Honestly, he said, he should be sorry if the Convention failed.

Ulster had no fault to find with the Union; but they were living next door to a house already in flames.
That was the general tone, but it would be difficult to convey the impression of experience and authority which his manner left: and Redmond supported him.

It was plain that the two men would understand each other.

In the upshot their view prevailed; Redmond, Mr.Barrie and Lord Midleton were instructed to suggest names, and after an interval they came back with a list of nine.

Lord Midleton was for the Southern Unionists; Mr.Barrie, Lord Londonderry and Sir Alexander McDowell for the Northern; Redmond, Mr.Devlin and Bishop O'Donnell represented the parliamentary Nationalists, and to them were added Mr.W.M.Murphy and Mr.George Russell.
This left eleven of us unemployed, and some days later we were formed into three sub-committees, the first dealing with the question of Electoral Reform and the composition of an Irish Parliament; the second with Land Purchase, and the third with a possible Territorial Force and the Police.