Going out of a narrow gate he found himself again brought into contact with Mr.Kennedy.
"What a crowd there is here," he said, finding himself bound to say something.

Mr.Kennedy, who was behind him, answered him not a word.
Then Phineas made up his mind that Mr.Kennedy was insolent with the insolence of riches, and that he would hate Mr.Kennedy.
He was engaged to dine on this Sunday with Mr.Low, the barrister, with whom he had been reading for the last three years.

Mr.Low had taken a strong liking to Phineas, as had also Mrs.Low, and the tutor had more than once told his pupil that success in his profession was certainly open to him if he would only stick to his work.

Mr.Low was himself an ambitious man, looking forward to entering Parliament at some future time, when the exigencies of his life of labour might enable him to do so; but he was prudent, given to close calculation, and resolved to make the ground sure beneath his feet in every step that he took forward.

When he first heard that Finn intended to stand for Loughshane he was stricken with dismay, and strongly dissuaded him.