As we passed through the village we heard nothing but the entreaties, lamentations, and objurations of those who could not procure the means of carrying off their goods or their families; most painful when we could give no assistance.
'Next to the safety of his own family, my father's greatest anxiety was for his defenceless corps.

No men could behave better than they did at this first moment of trial.

Not one absented himself, though many, living at a distance, might, if they had been so inclined, have found plausible excuses for non-appearance.
'He ordered them to march to Longford.

The idea of going to Longford could not be agreeable to many of them, who were Catholics.
There was no reluctance shown, however, by the Catholics of this corps to go among those who called themselves Orangemen.
'We expected every instant to hear the shout of the rebels entering Edgeworth Town.

When we had got about half-a-mile out of the village, my father suddenly recollected that he had left on his table a paper containing a list of his corps, and that, if this should come into the hands of the rebels, it might be of dangerous consequence to his men; it would serve to point out their houses for pillage, and their families for destruction.