She made some comments on flowers; she invented some new species with startling names; she asked whether these were known in Ireland; but Lord Dunbeg was for the moment so vague in his answers that she saw her case was perilous.
"Here is an old sun-dial.

Do you have sun-dials in Ireland, Lord Dunbeg ?" "Yes; oh, certainly! What! sun-dials?
Oh, yes! I assure you there are a great many sun-dials in Ireland, Miss Dare." "I am so glad.

But I suppose they are only for ornament.

Here it is just the other way.

Look at this one! they all behave like that.