And Maureen stood at the head of them, as though she only had the right.
Uncle Luke gave his arm to my grandmother and I took my grandfather's, and we went up in state, with old Dido following us, to the dining-room, where supper was spread and all the silver plate was set out.

There was a roaring fire in the grate and every candle in the big chandelier had been lit, and all was as though the coming of the heir had been long foreseen.
I do not think that in any house in the kingdom there was that night such joy and thanksgiving as in Aghadoe Abbey..