They do not slink aside when they see you now; on the contrary, they stand erect, and look you fearlessly in the face.

Upon my credit and reputation this is truth--melancholy truth, my Lord--and I fear that at the next election you will find it so to your cost.
"I have lost no time in ascertaining the other particulars mentioned in your lordship's letter.

The leases of three townlands expired on March last.

They are Derrydowny, Cracknaboulteen, and Ballyweltem.

The principal tenant of Derrydowny is a very respectable widow---one Mrs.
M'Swaddle--a woman of serious habits, if not of decided piety.