"There she is, masther," said one of them, "wid the roses on her head." "Well," said O'Finigan, looking about him with surprise, "I have, before now, indulged in the Cerelian juice until my eyes have become possessed of that equivocal quality called the double vision, but I must confess that this is the first occasion on which the quality aforesaid has been quadrupled.

Instead of one queen, wid Flora's fragrant favors in her lock, I think I see four." Finigan indeed was right.

Dora, on being presented with a simple chaplet of flowers, as the heroine of the night, in a spirit of true magnanimity generously divided the chaplet among her three rivals, thus, like every brave heart, resting satisfied with the consciousness of victory, and anxious that those who had approached her so nearly should also share in its honors.
It is not our intention to enter into a detailed account of the dancing, nor of the good humor which prevailed among them.

It is enough to say that the old people performed minuets and cotillions, and the young folks, jigs, reels, and country dances; hornpipes were performed upon doors, by rural dancers, and all the usual variations of mirth and amusement were indulged in on the occasion.
We have said that Tom M'Mahon and his family were there, but we should have added, with one exception.

Bryan did not arrive until the evening was far advanced, having been prevented by pressing business connected with his farm.