On our arrival, I found my sister-in-law who was escorted by two boatmen from Carrick-on-Suir, and who reached this wild sequestered and almost inaccessible mountain village, after a journey of fifty miles.

A sad change had come over our circumstances since last we parted.

My hopes were then nearly a conviction, and I went on my way not alone without remonstrance or regret on her part, but with intense encouragement.

She had heard of Mr.O'Brien's disaster, and a rumour of his arrest, had witnessed the prostration of the people, had heard I had means of escape proposed for me, and came with what money could be provided.

We spent that night together at the house of a woman who had been lately confined.