But Countess of Scroope the daughter of that Captain O'Hara should not become through his means.

Then he endeavoured to explain the obligation laid upon him by his uncle, and the excuse which he thought he could plead in not having been informed of Captain O'Hara's existence.

But the letter when written seemed to him to be poor and mean, cringing and at the same time false.

He told himself that it would not suffice.

It was manifest to him that he must go back to County Clare, even though he should encounter Mrs.O'Hara, dagger in hand.