There was much genuine sympathy with Redmond.

Sir Edward Carson evidently shared it, and he made a conciliatory speech in which he proposed that he and the Nationalist leader should shake hands on the floor of the House.

That is a gesture which comes better from the loser than from the winner, and there was no doubt that Sir Edward Carson had won.

But he knew Ireland well enough to realize the meaning of his victory, and his speech indicated disquiet and even horror at the prospect before us.

He was quite avowedly anxious to see a start made with Home Rule, Ulster standing apart.