[Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookPhineas Finn CHAPTER IX 18/19
Of course you will hear it some day.
They expelled him because he was drunk." Then Lady Laura burst out into tears, and Phineas sat near her, and consoled her, and swore that if in any way he could befriend her brother he would do so. Mr.Fitzgibbon at this time claimed a promise which he said that Phineas had made to him,--that Phineas would go over with him to Mayo to assist at his re-election.
And Phineas did go.
The whole affair occupied but a week, and was chiefly memorable as being the means of cementing the friendship which existed between the two Irish members. "A thousand a year!" said Laurence Fitzgibbon, speaking of the salary of his office.
"It isn't much; is it? And every fellow to whom I owe a shilling will be down upon me.
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