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€€ I will fee him/' he cried; vainly 
ftriving to dart from his pillow, " I muft 
look once more upon my dead friend." 
Dcrmot, eagerly motioning for his 
matter to lie down again, exclaimed 
eagerly, f c For the love of heaven , be ajy 
Sir; fure the Captain's not dead." 
There was a (inccrity in the manner of 
the poor fellow, which Charlcmont could 
not doubt -, a violent blow of joy (eemed 
to ftrike his heart, which for a while de- 
prived him of the power of fpeech ; but 
when he recovered it, he learned from 
Dermpt, that Captain . Fitzpatrick's 
wound was fuppofed to be mortal, the 
furgeons fearing chat fome vital part had 
been injured. 

" And lhall not 1 die ?" afked Char- 
lemont, as one of thefe gentlemen en- 
tered his tent, "do not fear to fay fo, 
Sir, I have very little to wifhto live for/' 
The furgeon Jooked grave ;— " I will 

not 



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not deceive you Mr. CharJemont, your 
cafe, like that of Captain Fitzpatrick, 
is a doubtful one." 

A momentary brightnefs illuminated 
the darkened eyes of Charlcmont * he 
(railed, « Well Sir 1" faid he, « I am re« 
figned : if my friend ^ie, I {hall have no 
defire to furvive. Heaven which hath 
thus arretted the career of my youth, 
will, I humbly hope, pardon its imper- 
fect ions/* He clofed his eyes for a few 
moments whilft he inwardly breathed a 
fervent prayer to that deity, before whom 
he thought he fhould fo foon appear : 
then tranquillizing the f welling heart which 
was convulfed by the idea of Rofc, fuf- 
fered the furgeon to drefs his wounds. 

For near a fortnight after this, Char- 
lemont, maddened by the laudanum 
which he was obliged to take, and the 
-delirium attendant 'on the raging fever- 
produced by his wounds, knew no one •> 

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" I will fee him/' he cried; vainly 
ftfivingto ftart frqm his pillow, st I muft 
look once more upon my dead friend." 
Dermot, eagerly motioning for his. 
matter to lie down again, exclaimed 
eagerly, f c For the love of heaven be ajy 
Sir; fure the Captain's not dead/' 
There was a finccrity in the manner of 
the poor fellow, which Charlemont could 
not doubt ; a violent blow of joy teemed 
to ftrike his heart, which for a while de- 
prived him of the power of fpeech * but 
when he recovered it, he learned from 
Dermpt, that Captain . Fitzpatrick's 
wound was fuppofed to be mortal, the 
furgeons fearing that fome vital part had 
been injured. 

" And (hall not 1 die ?" afked Char- 
lemont, as one of thefe gentlemen en- 
tered his tent, "do not fear to fay fo, 
Sir, I have very little to wifhto live for." 
The furgeon Jooked grave ;— " I will 

not 




tfl ■ 

Charlemont's, but his elasticity of tem- 
per, and constitutional chearfulncfs, had 
kept down the fever, which Charlemont's 
impetuous feelings kindled into a blaze. 
They were both however incapacitated 
for a&ive fervice, for at leaft fome 
forr;e months ; and as it had been the 
furgeon's opinion, t|p the feyerity of a 
Winter in Holland might be fatal to 
them, they were fuffcred to return again 
co Ireland. \ 

Mfhen Charlemont toft fight of the 
Dutch fhore, his eyes turned with melan- 
choly expreflion upon the waves that 
were flowing towards his native land. 
For what was he returning? To wander 
like a reftlefs fpirit through fcenes where 
He had once been happy ; where he 
would now meet his father eliranged 
from him ; Rofe indifferent ; where he 
would find no confolation for forrow > but 
infcnfibility -> no feeling of joy> but its 

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but his piercing exclamations on the 
names of Rofe and Fitzpatrick touched 
every heart, 

' During this period, the foldiery had 
been employed in throwing up a chain 
of redoubts, in front and flank of the 
Britifh encampment : news fpeedily ar- 
rived, that General Clair fair, unable to 
maintain his ground in Weft Flanders, 
had been forced to fall back ; and that 
the enemy, collecting near three hun- 
dred thoufand men, from all quarters, 
was going to attempt taking the Britifh 
lines, by ftorm. The fuuation of the 
army,, now no longer tenable, was aban- 
doned ; they quitted the pofition behind 
Blandin, and retreated in good order to- 
wards Antwerp* At this place fome of 
the wounded were left to be fent home 
to Britain : amongft thefe were Charle- 
mont and his friend. 

The wound which Fitzpatrick had re- 
ceived, was of a more ferious nature than 

Charle- 



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Charlemont's, but his elasticity of tem- 
per, and constitutional chearfulncfs, had 
kept down the fever, which Charlemont's 
impetuous feelings kindled into a blaze. 
They were both however incapacitated 
for a&ive fervice, for at lcaft fomc 
fome months ; and as it had been the 
furgeon's opinion, t%£ the fe verity of a 
Winter in Holland might be fatal to 
them, they were fuffered to return again 
co Ireland. . \ 

Mfhen Charlemont loft fight of the 
Dutch fhore, his eyes turned with melan- 
choly expreflion upon the waves that 
were flowing towards his native land. 
For what was he returning? To wander 
like a reftlefs fpirit through fcenes where 
he had once been happy ; where he 
would now meet his father eliranged 
from him ; Rofe indifferent ; where he 
would find no confolation for forrow > but 
infallibility ; no feeling of joy> but its 

b 3 remem- 



[4] 

but his piercing exclamations on the 
names of Rofe and Fitzpatrick touched 
every heart, , 

• During this period, the foldiery had 
been employed in throwing up a chain 
of redoubts, in front and flank of the 
Britifh encampment : news fpeedily ar- 
rived, that General Clair fair, unable to 
maintain his ground in Weft Flanders, 
had been forced to fall back ; and that 
the enemy, collecting near three hun- 
dred thoufand men, from all quarters, , 
was going to attempt taking the Britifh 
lines, by ftorm. The fituation of the 
army, now no longer tenable, was aban- 
doned ; they quitted the pofition behind 
Blandin, and retreated in good order to- 
wards Antwerp* At this place fome of 
the wounded were left to be fent home 
to Britain : amongft thefe were Charle- 
mont and his friend. 

The wound which Fitzpatrick had re- 
ceived, was of a more ferious nature than 

Charle- 



1*1 • 

Charlemont's, but his elasticity of tem- 
per, and constitutional chearfulncfs, had 
kept down the fever, which Char lemon t's 
impetuous feelings kindled into a blaze. 
They were both however incapacitated 
for a&ive fervice, for at leaft fome 
forr;e months ; and as it had been the 
furgeon's opinion, t|p the feyerity of a 
Winter in Holland might be fatal to 
them, they were fuffcred to return again 
to Ireland. . \ 

"When Charlemont loft fight of the 
Dutch fhore, his eyes turned with melan- 
choly expreflion upon the waves that 
were flowing towards his native land. 
For what was he returning? To wander 
like a reftlefs fpirit through fcenes where 
be had : once been happy ; where he 
would now meet his father eftranged 
from him ; Rofe indifferent ; where he 
would find no confolation for forrow, but 
infcnfibility ; no feeling of joy> but its 

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ftretf hing out his arms, found her the 
next moment rufliing within therfl.; 

Prefeed affectionately to the bread of 
Fitzpatrick, whom (he loved- as a* bro- 
ther^ and had lamented with the deepefti ' 
forrow, Rofe felt a tranfport which feal- 
ed her lips, and difcovered icfelf only in 
tears. She had no time to look on his 

4 

altered perfon, or to obferve his melan- 
choly weaknefs; (he heard his, voice, 
(he knew it was Fitzpatrick, and flte 
fcemed to want no more. He eagerly 
inquired for hi* wife, and finding, that 
(he was alone, requefted Mifs de Bla- 
qulere would tell her of his arrival 

fC 1 had no opportunity of \ fending 1 

any *etter> after the 25th," faid he, " or 

•I fhotrid not have come thus unawares,, 

' ' haften then, my dear girl, and break the 

(hock of this ftrrprift to her as tenderly 

as you can." 

"Follow 



[*5l 

" Follow me," cried Rofe, advancing 
to the door, " I will acquaint her in 
five minutes, and then you may enter." 

" I cannot follow you Rofe/' faid 
Fitzpatrick, with a faddened look> 
" Flora mud come to me, I cannot go 
to her." Rofe grew pale \. ," Good 
Heavens ! What do you mean ? Has 
your wound been indeed fo dreadful ? O 
Captain Fitzpatrick, why did you de- 
ceive us ?" tears fell from her eyes. 
Fitzpatrick fmiled — <c Do not grieve, 
my kind girl, I am only weak, bring 
Flora to me, 1 tell you, and lee us have 
no more farrow." Penetrated with pity , 
Rofe, without anfwering, left the room. 

Fitzpatrick's agitation was now ex- 
treme : he looked upon the folitary can- 
dle which he had taken from the porter 
in the hall ; it was burning on a remote 
hapfichord, and he therefore hoped that 
its feeble light would not be iufficiefit to 

dif- 



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difcover to his wife> the ravages which 
pain and ficknefs had. made in his. per- 
form 

With fbprtened refptration he liftened 
to every found that echoed through his 
lofty houie; at length the well-known 
voice and ftep of Flora, reached his ears 
fhe rulhed wildly- in — h,e ftarted from 
the feat he had taken, and exerting him* 
felf to meet her, caught her in his arms. 
Neither of them could fpeak; clafped 
in the embraces of each other, they 
found no relief for their full hearts, but 
in tears. 

Rofe had never known the agony of 
joy before * it is not in rapture for ouf- 
felves only, that we ever experience it* 
the fublimcft glow of happinefs is when 
we ;witne& the felicity of thofe we 
love. 

After the firft ecftaicies , had fub&» 
ded, Mrs. Fitzpatrick urggd her huf- 

3 band 



[*7] 

band to return with her to the drawing- 
room. " You muft help me then, Fkv 
ra,** replied he, tenderly putting her 
hand (upon which a tear fell,) to his 
lips, <c I am ft HI an invalid, and muft 
have your arm, or I (hall not be able to 
get up ftairs." His wife checked the 
grief which this fpeech occafioned ; (he 
fmiled fondly, and affifting him acrofs 
the apartment faid, " Well ! fince you 
have returned, I will not venture to afk 
bow I but (hew my gratitude to the Al- 
mighty* by fubmitting to a letter evil, 
than that of luting you altogether." 

With difficulty Rofe and her friend 
were able to fupport Fitzpatrick to the 
drawing-room : the hall was very wide 
and the ftaircafe lofty j but he retted at 
every fecond ftep, and at length reached 
the faloon, which he had fo often feen 
crowded with beauty and pleafure. 



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"Now, I (hall fee you my defeeft 
Henry/' faid Mrs, Fitzpatrick, Handing 
to take his hat, and glancing round, up- 
on the profufion of lights which flamed 
atunjt them* 

Fitzpatrick anfwered with a faultering 
tongue: "You will fee me greatly at- 
tercd, my bed love t but you muft not 
be ihocked: remember I have gone 
through much fatigue, and more pain.'* 
He opened his eoat as he fpoke, and laid 
the large military hat, which he wore, 
upon the table, .Flora burfting into aa 
agony of tears, flung herfelf at his feet* 
and buried her face in his arms* 

" 0> how you are altered !" flie cx* 
claimed, <c Not in my heart, my Flora," 
he cried, deeply affe&ed, and prefting her 
clofely to it—" Not in my heart 1 da 
not affiift me, 'by grieving at my chang- 
ed perfon : furely, that had no {hare in 

your affedioa!" 

Mrs* 



[«9] 

Mrs. Fitzpatrick fobbed, "None, 
none, Henry ! you are dearer to me 
now, I call Heaven to witnefs, than you 
ever were in all the bloom of health. 
But when I look on you thus, my hearc , 
would be marble if it did not ache, to 
think what you muft have endured." 
Fitzpatrickanfwered by aclofer embrace; 
and Kofe, though her fighc was covered 
by her moiftened handkerchief, yet Teem- 
ed to behold his pale and wafted figure. 
When (he laft faw him, youth breached 
over his form, fpirit beamed from his 
eye, and health glowed upon his cheek $ 
thefe were now gone ; a pale faintnefs 
Teemed to fpread itfelf over his whole 
appearance j his breathing was quick 
andfhort, his eyes dimmed/ and his lips 
colourlefs ; he was incapable of moving 
without afliftance j and his countenance* 
(as he looked with languid fmiles around 
the magnificent apartments,) appeared 

to 



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. [ 20 1 

to exprefs the emptinefs of fplendour and 
wealth, when the owner of them can no 
longer enjoy their favours. Rofe thought 
of Charlemonr, and a deep figh burft 
from her. Mrs. Fitzpatrick got up 
from the ground, placing herfclf upon . 
the Grecian couch > where her hufband 
was leaning, (he took his hands in hers> 
and killing them fervently, faid— 

f Well ! you are now come back my 
Henry, and you (hall never, never leave 
me more. Rofe, ripg for refrelhments* . 
| fee that 1 have agitated this dear 
creature by my folly, and he mud take 
fomething to revive him." 

Rofe obeyed, and alternately (baking 
hands with her friends, told them, that 
(he would leave them to themfelves * no 
oppofition was made to this* and (he re* 

tired. 

i 

The night was pafied by her in tears 
and uncertainty about Charlemont ; but 

it 



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it fled joyfully with Fitzpatrick and his 
Flora, who fat calking over all the afflic- 
tions they had gone through, and the 
happinefs which now fpread before them. 
In the yielding tendernefs of foul, which 
felicity always produces, Fitzpatrick 
gave bis wife a promife, that he would 
refign his commiffion in the army, and 
ferve his country 'in the fcnate: (he 
urged that his bravery would be fully 
fubftantiated by the wounds which he 
bore, and the gallant conduct by which 
they had been, preceded. Prefled by the 
arguments of the woman he loved, 
charmed with the idea of never leaving 
her more, and languifhing for reft, he 
was unable to refufe to himfelf fo much 
happinefs. 



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CHAPTER XV. 



In the morning when Fittjpatrick and 
Flora defcended to the breakfafl parlour, 
they found Mrs. Bcllingham (to whom 
Rofe had fent) anxipufly waiting for 
their appearance. She teftified nothing 
but pleafure on once more beholding her 
fon-in-law > breakfafl was immediately 
brought in, and while Fitzpatrick an- 
fwered the refpe&ful, but joyous inqui- 
ries of his fervants, his breaft heaved, 
and his cheek glowed with virtuous ex- 
ultation. Smiles and vivacity again re- 
turned to the late fad Flora j and if a 
tear ftarted to her eye, as her hulband 
now and then changed colour, from the 
pain of moving his pofuion, it was gild- 
ed 



C * 3 3 

ed by the mftant illumination of pious 
gratitude. N 

During the time of break fa ft, Fitzpa- 
trick fpoke of Charlemont, and repeat- 
ing to his wife how much he owed to 
his kihdnefs, fought to prepare Rofe for 
the probability of feeing him. " I muft 
fend to him," faid he, ringing the bell, 

f and know how he has refted, he will 
i 

of courfe come to us, and then Flora, 
you muft thank him, as much as you 
love me." 

Rofe, who had iyen' watching every 
inftant, to hear Charlemont fpoken of, 
tiid not betray any part of the emotion 
under which the fuffered j (he continued 
to pour opt the tea, with a lefs fteady 
hand indeed, but without any change of 
countenance, F it zpa trick faw and pi- 
tied her fuuatton^ "And now," faid he 
turning kindly towards her, tc will you 
make me ftill more your debtor (for I 

underftand 



onderftand from Flora that I owe you a 
million of thanks and blefiings) by writ- 
ing to my dear mother, and telling her 
thap as foon as ever 1 can bear the fa- 
tigue of travelling, I will come with all 
my tribe^ to Killarney. Tell, her that I 
am as gay as ever, and as dutiful as ever, 
and that I love her, next to .this April- 
faced creature befide me.— Come, 
come Flora 1 I have feen lb many tears 
of forrow lately, that I almoft tremble 
to fee thole of joy." 

When Rofc found that every one had 
concluded their meal, ' (he got up, and 
prom Ting to write a very long, circum* 
ftantial accountto the dowager Mrs. Ficz* 
patrick, quitted the room. She entered 
her own book*clofet, with a tremor at 
her heart, which unfitted her for the taflc 
fhe had undertaken j but refolutely ftriy- 
ing to thtnli-of any thing, but that which 

flic 



(he moft thought of, (he began a letter 
Co Killarney. 

In the mid ft of this, a loud knock- 
ing at the ball door, made the pen fall 
from -her hand; (he darted up, and was 
hurrying to the window, but. al moft in* 
ftantly turned back ; (he only advanced 
to the top of the flairs, and liftened with 
throbbing temples to the entrance of the 
pcrfon that knocked. It was Charle- 
nxmt i his voice always charming, and 
once fa dear, echoed through the wide 
hill : the modern houfes render even a 
whifper audible ; and Rofe, though (land- 
ing upon the middle flight of the 
graftd ftair-cafc, heard him diftin&ly 
fpeak as he entered, and then figh hea- 
vily on approaching the room where (he 
had left Fitzpatrick $ a cold thrill ran 
through her veins at the firft found of 
his voice ; it hrought his image with 
frc(h force before her eyes; it laid 
open the dreadful gafties of difappoint- 
.. vol. in. c ed 



ed confidence; it renewed in her bofom 
a bleeding tendernefs, which (he had 
vaiqly hoped was (lopped for ever ; and 
reviving all her fondnefe, all her regrets, 
all her refentment, fent her back to her 
room deltigtd in tears. 

What were her fufferings,^s (he fac 
panting near her opened window, and 
imagined him fcated in the parlour with 
her friends, perhaps converting of her, 
perhaps fedfcing to intereft them, in their 
re-union. Though virtuoufly refolved 
never to become his wife ; -never to fuo. 
ceed a wretched and feduced woman, 
yet a thriH of pleaftire, which (he would 
have been aftiamed to have confefled, 
pafled to her heart, while fancying that 
Charlembnt had not forgotten her. The 
hour which he fpent with the Fitzpa- 
tricks, appeared an age to Rofe j flic 
fat Watching for his departure, and long- 
ing, (he knew not why, to hear him go 
out. The bell ringing for the door to be 

opened, 



t*7l 

opened, made her hafteti from the robrr*.' 

Again fee heard Charlemctot fpeak, and 

again,, torrents of tears poured over her 

faded cheeks. ' 

c< Q beautiful voice/* (he exclaimed, 

cc how I once loved you !*' 1 

. As> the : ftrect-.door clofed, fhe turned 

flowlp away ; and trembling' at the idea 

of feeing him as altered as his friend, 

had not courage to feek *ven a glance 

of his figure, from her (tody window. ' 

By. remaining above, Bnifhmg the cafk 

that had been aifigned her, Rofe ef- 

caped a crtfwd of tedious viihors, whorti 

the news -of Captain Fitzpatrick's arrival 

bad brought fuccoflively to Marrion 

Square* Arnongft thefe, were the two 

Mr. BeHinghamsr they faluted Fitzpa- 

trick with as much pleafure as their cold 

natures* were capable of, and fcon after 

shurried &way, the one going to attend 

fom /toftneft - at his lawyer^, the other 

c a to 



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tovjfu a miftrefs whom h* ktpt, becaofe 
k was the falhioo, and could fpeod 
him a vety enormous allowance, in a 
very (pJendid manner. 

When Mift de Blaquicrc went down 
to dinner at fire 6'dock, flw found Col- 
looel Omtortd and Mr. Barry in the eat- 
ing-room* and learnt that they hid con-* 
fenced to fpend the remainder of the day, 
in Marrion Square. Rofe efttemed the 
ColoncU Ae alaaafUoYcd bis friend. 

Why bare we pot a word, that could 
cxprefc a femtmtot warmer than efteem, 
yet not fo tender as love ? A word that 
would af ode ftroke, give us an idea 
pf admiration, affe&ioo* rcfpe&, and 
difimereftedae fs ; fomething \tk intimate 
than friend (hip, but not kefs energetic. 
Whatever this femitnent may be called* 
Rofe had conceived it powerfully fe# 
B*ny> A fine glow i>f countenance 
convinced bar, that he knew the luxury 

of 



[a 9 ] 

of feeing others happy: fhc accofted 
him with animation, and replied to the 
Colonel's more agitated compliments, 
by fweet complacency. 

Charlemont's name was never men- 
tioned, yet (be armed herfelf for his re- 
appearance; tranquillizing her heart by 
every argument of his unworthinefs, 
and ftrivjng to lofe in attention to the 
converfauon of ColviUe Barry, all re- 
membrance of what the frail Felix had 
formerly been to her. The evening 
glided away, and he did not come \ the 
clock ftVuck twelve ; Ormond and Bar- 
ry then took their leave, and the family 
they had left, retired foon afrrr, for 
the night. 

During four following days, happinefs 
and affectionate care, re do red Fitzpa* 
trick to fotfle refemblance of himfelf j 
the colour again v Kited his cheeks, the 
fpirit his eyes, and it was only when he 

c 3 leaned 



[3oy 

leaned heavily upon the fbppohing arm 
of his wife, that he remembered he had 
any thing to lament. AH this time, 
Charlemont never appeared ; but as 
Fitzpatrick had gone oat every day to a 
neighbouring hotel, Rbfe rightly judged 
that it was to call on him. Her Situa- 
tion now became extremely iikfome* 
convinced that her pre fence previewed 
Charlemont from flaying; in Marrion 
Square, (he was anxiou fly mediating 
fome excufc to. return home, when a 
letter was brought to Captain Fitzpa- 
trick — Rofe was fining at fome diftance 
from him, copying a drawing, and as 
ihe feemed occupied by the work, Fitz- 
patrick thought he might without any 
indelicacy, fuppofe hrr inattentive, and 
fo give her fome information re- 
fpefting his friend.— He rea4 the note 
aloud, to his wife. 

' To 



C3«3 

To Captain Fitzpatrhk. 

fi I have this moment heard from 
my father's fteward . that my brother has 
met with an alarming accident in the 
road from Dublin to Blefiington : I 
have not time to fee you, but beg you 
will allow for the anxiety, which prompts 
me to haften to him immediately. As he 
is at the houfe of a mutual friend, I 
fhall remain with him, till he is better. 

cc Adieu, my dear Fitzpatrick, need I 
affbre you how gratefully, how affection- 
ately I am yours, 

" Felix CHARXEMokT. 

Not a fy liable of this efcaped Rofe; 
though flie affefted not to hear it :. tears 
dropt from her eyes* upon the half- 
finifhed drawing. 

In the courfe of the evening, flie 
fpoke of. returning home, urging the 
long ftay which Ihe had. made from KiU 

g 4 larney, 



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ft 

larney, and the neceffity for it, having 
ceafed, fince her, dear friend no longer 
required her confolations % flic rcpre- 
iented the lonely fituation of her good 
protestor and his fitter, and would have 
gained her point, had not Fitzpatrick 
(who hoped much, from throwing her 
and Charlemont in each other's way) 
declared that he could not part with her, 
till he was hrmfelf able to leave Dublin, 
and give her fafe into the hands of Mr* 
ONiel. All oppofition was vain \ Fitz- 
patrick was refolute \ Flora perfuafive, 
and Rofe was obliged to yield. 

Meanwhile, Charlemont, ' having 
written to Mr. ONiel, with all his ufual 
affcr&ion, fet off for Bleffington, to fee 
and affift a brother that had ever treated 
him, with the mod contemptuous indif- 
ference. It was late at night, when 
he drove into the court yard of Mr. 
Beaulieu's houfe: that gentleman oo 

hearing 



* 



hearing his name announced, met him 
at the door, and led him into an ad* 
joining room : Cbarlemont eagerly in- 
quired for his brother ; Mr. Beaulieu 
(hook his head, " I hope fir, f*id he, 
that you have been apprifed of the na- 
ture of the accident, which Lord Ty- 
rone met with." 

" He is not in danger," exclaimed 
Charlemont, rapidly viewing in his 
mind, a thoufand things, which he was 
anxious to fay to him, things which 
made the poffibUky of his fudden death, 
fearfully . tremendous. I bear he has 
been thrown out of his curricle, and has 
injured his head -, is it worfe even than 
this?" "The fkutl was fra&urcd!" 
Mr. Beaulieu as hefpoke, looked dowb, 
H Was ! Good heaven 1 he is then 
dead ! M 

Mr. Beaulieu did not anfwer, and 
Cbarlemont overcome by the ihock, 

c 5 dropt 



[34] 

dfopt upon a feat, he remained there 
with his eyes covered for forae time, 
meditating with inteofe horror, upon 
the brief and profligate life, of the un- 
fortunate Lord Tyrone rafter a while he 
arofe. 

c< Pardon me, fir, for fuGh apparent 
want of fortitude \ but this was fo un«r 
peded ! will you fufFer me to fee my 
poor brother £ % the gentleman of the 
houfe, led the way in filence, acrofs a 
large hall -, he threw open the door of a 
room but dimly lighted, and bowing as 
he did fo, quitted his gueft. 

Charlemdnt ftept lightly forward-: 
fome one flood by the bed* which con- 
tained the body of Lord Tyrone : they 
turned on hearing the found of fteps, 
and Charlemont few his father. The 
grief which was painted upon his lord-r 
fcip's greatly altered face, mpked the 
heart of .his fon i he prefit palTionatejy 

forwards, 



/ 



[35] 

forwards, and inftin&ively dropt upon 
bis knee j Lord Rofcommon penetrated 
with forrow for the lofs of one fon, had 
yet too much falfe fhame, to acknow- 
ledge the other ; he broke forcibly away, 
and hurried out of the chamber without 
fpeaking. 

Charlemont had no room for refent- 
ftil emotions ; he advanced to the high, 
dark bed, and undrawing the curtains, 
looked upon his brother ! He .was in- 
deed dead } and a large wound in the 
face, with one upon the head, left no 
traces of that great beauty, for which 
he had once been fo admired: Charle- 
mont gazed upon him for a length of 
time, fpeechlefs and motionlefs ; but 
not without tenderhefs : he recalled all 
the worthlefs adtions of his (hort, but 
refponfible exigence ; all the brilliant 
talents which he had profaned, by dedi- 
cating them to Wee: and bending with 

c 6 pious 



pious awe before the decrees of infinite 
mercy, aim oft breached a prayer for the 
foul, which had been fo ufelefs and fo 
guilty." 

After (landing over the body for near 
an hour, he clofed the curtains* and 
returned to the parlour : it was empty ; 
but he found writing materials upon a 
table, to which he then fat down, and 
wrote the following letter to his father. 

" To the Right Honour all t 
the Earl of Rof common. 

" My Lord 1 

I have unfortunately arrived 
too late, to fete my brother before he 
died ; but I hold it my duty to perform 
for him the laft fad offices, which it 
would be too melancholy for your lord* 
(hip to witoefs. 

".Will ypu authorize me to remain 
here, till 1 have attended his body to 

the 



[ 37 ] 

the grave; and wil you pardon me my 
Jord, for having intruded myfelf upon 
you, in a moment of grief, which 1 (hall 
always rofpect, and in which I mud 
cverfincerely partake ? 
I remain, my lord, 
your obliged fon, 

Felix Charlemont." 

As he fealed this letter, Charlemont 
rang the bell, and de firing a fervant to 
give it to Lord Rofcommon, waited 
impatiently for an anfwer. 

In a quarter of an hour, Mr. Beau* 
lieu came into the parlour, he brought 
a meflfage from the Earl to his fon, giv- 
ing him unlimited privilege to condud 
the funeral as he thought beft, but re- 
quefting that Lord Tyrone might be 
carried to the family vault in Rof- 
common. 

Having 



E 38 J 

Having given thefc inftru£Hons to 
Mr. Bcaulieu, the Earl much affeded, 
by having received even a line from 
Charlemont,. under fuch fad circum- 
fiances, fee out for Dublin ; carrying 
with him the lady of the houfe, whofe 
fpirits were unequal to her, remaining 
longer at Bleflington. 

During the days which intervened be- 
fore the funeral could proceed to Rof- 
common, Charlemont learnt from his 
hoftr the circumftance of his brothel 
death. He found that Lord Tyrone had 
been' in Dublin 6nly a week, when he 
intimated to the young Mr* Beaulieus* 
his intention of fpending a fortnight with 
them. About half a mile from Blefling- 
ton, his horfes had taken fright, and 
running the curricle violently round a 
fliarp angle of the road, the right wheel 
fell down the fide of a ditch, and gave 

the 



! [39] 

the carriage fuch a (hock, that Lord 1 
Tyrone was thrown to a great diftanee 
) upon fome large flint ftones piled on 

one fide of the way. At fir ft, he was 
believed to be dead; and his grooms 
with great difficulty could convey his 
body to the houfe of Mr. Beaulieu* 
Upon the arrival of a furgeon, he was 
reftored to breathing, but never to 
fenfe : ' his brain was irreparably in* 
jured. Lord Rofcommon was imme- 
diately fummoned, but he came only to 
witncfs his Ton's agony, and could not 
have the comfort of being known by 
him. 

The certainty of his brother's ipfenfi- 
bility, fomewhat confoled Charlemont, 
for not having feen him ere he died -, he 
wrote a fcort account of the melancholy 
event to Captain Fitzpatrick, and fqon 
after* fet out with the cavalcade of 

mournings 



[ 40 ] 

mourning, for the ancient residence of 
his family. 

The night was dark and tempcf- 
tuous, when the hcarle covered with 
plumes, and the horfes trailing their 
black palls fblemnly along, entered the 
boundaries of the fared, in which Ty- 
rone cattle ftood. The lights carried 
by the numerous mourners, were half 
extinguifhed by the wind ; the rain be- 
gan to pour in torrents, and the large 
dark trees, tolling their heavy branches 
on each guft, feexned to groan around 
them. Charlemont (hivered : he was 
cold and he was fad* After traverfing 
in profound filence, the long and foaked 
paths, cut through the foreft : the pro* 
ceffion at length approached their place 
of deftination* 

Charlemont heard the river which ran 
paft Tyrone Caftle, dalhtng againft the 

ihore, 



[ 41 3 

fhore, tnd looking o\m of the carriage, 
he perceived by the torch light, the 
black battlements of the building itfelf. 
The great gates (lowly unfolding, as if 
rafted by difufe, admitted them into 
the firft court : a few old fervants ap- 
peared at the door of the grand hall : 
Charlemont got out of the coach, he 
followed a perfon thai had formerly offi- 
ciated as houfe fteward to the family, 
and was led into a large Jaloon, where a 
fire had been kindled, and (upper was 
laid $ every objed around hiqn feemed 
to weigh upon his heart; the hall 
through which he hid pad, was half filled 
with heaps of turf and bog wood : the 
Gothic niches, where a few years before 
he had feen die venerable ftatues of his 
anceftors, were blocked up by their mu- 
tilated fragments. Defolation and decay 
fpread over every place, the pidures in 
the galleries were dropping to pieces 

from 



[ 4* ] 

from the damps * the black wainfcotv 
no longer gloffy with care and warmth, 
was dim and worm eaten, and the long 
fuite ,of gloomy apartrhents,in which only 
a folitary fervanc, was now and then to 
be ken, ftmled him with their echoes* 

Eight years ago, how peopled* how 
magnificent had he feen this place * there* 
his mother) encircled bjr beauty, wir^ 
and happinefs, had (bed a luftre over 
its neglected walla : and his father glory- 
ing in the noble relic of the Charlemont 
grandeur, had reigned like a. fovereign 
over the hearts of his friends and te» 
nantry. 

Charlemont ate little fbpper; but 
converfing wich the fteward upon the 
death of his brother, gave orders for the 
vaults to be opened, and the chaplain 
of the family, to be in readinefs to per* 
form the fad rites upon the enfuing day. 
The fteward loved the family,, and had 

never 



C 43 ] * 

never feen Lord Tyrone fince he was a 
child •, he thercf >ce liftened to the narra- 
tive of his untimely fate, with many 
tears, forrowfully and fblemnly proteft- 
ing, that the banhee bad been heard 
for fome weeks, every day, moaning in 
the left tower, and fhriekirig through 
the whole of the night, round the out- 
fide of the cattle. Charlcmont would 
not pa\n the incurably fuperftitious old 

r I 

man, by any fymptoms of unbelief : he 
heard him in melancholy file nee, and 
then taking up his candle, when Brady 
concluded, retired to his room. 

The wind howling round a (harp an- 
gle of the building, where Charlemont 
lay \ and the water and the trees roaring 
hi t}ie ftorm, did not fuffer him to enjoy 
ipuch fleep ; however, towards day* 
break, the tempeft fubfided, and he 
funk to reft, ' 

The 



[44) 

r 

The fun (hone, and the iky was blue, 
when Charlemonc arofe the next day : 
to the coldnefs and fury of the night be- 
fore, had fucceeded a calm and dazzling 
morning ; he opened one of the many 
narrow- pointed cafements, which were 
ranged along one fide of his chambers 
the ivy ruftled as he pufhed the window 
with difficulty back, and dire&ly after- 
wards, he felt the foft, warm air, blow 
upon his face. He looked forth, and 
faw the fame figns of defolation without, 
which he fo painfully perceived within; 
the fequeftercd river that walhed the 
foot of the Caftle, was aim oft covered 
with bufhes and aquatic plants: in 
many parts, they had made fo high a 
bank, from additions of fragments of 
trees and loofe (tones, which had been 
fwept down, and ftopt in their progrefs) 
that the water formed itfelf into confi- 
dcrable falls. 

Adjoin- 



t 4i ] 

Adjoining the caftle, Rood the chapel : 
Charlemoitt looked at it with heavinefs 
of heart : the burying ground txfide it, 
was overgrown with wild currant 
buihes, and yarrow; the monuments 
were green with mofs, and the Gothic 
windows of the little edifice, like thofe 
of his bed-chamber, were choaked up 
with ivy. The bright day, the folk 
leaved woods, the fongs of the birds, 
the lowing of the cattle, were all dif- 
cordant to the reBedions which theft 
objc'&s had excited. Charlcmont left 
his room, and haftily difpatching his 
breakfaft, prepared himfelf to welcome 
the chaplain* 

Towards evening, every thing was 
ready ; and die coffin carried by four 
of the head tenants, and followed by 
Charlemont, and a numerous aflem* 
Wage of country people and fervants, 
entered the chapel. The fervice was 

7 read 



t 4< ] 

read with folemnity, and pathos ; 
Charlemont liftened to it, with an in- 
ward oppreflion, he could not over- 
come, ; which was only relieved by long 
and interrupted fighs. When the vault 
was clofed, the peafantry commenced 
their difmal dirge and cries, which no 
one can hear without, horror, no one 
can recoiled without (huddering. Their 
new young lord, as they ft i led Charle- 
mont, hurried from the fcene, and (hut- 
ting himfelf in. his chamber, fpent tha 
remainder of the evening in prayer and 
meditation* 

He; remained two (lays after the fune- 
ral, at Tyrone Caftle, leaving the fe*f 
decayed attendants that inhabited it, 
breathing bleffings on him, and promU 
fing to obey the orders he had given, 
for lighting frequent fires in the grand 
faloon, and the galleries, to prefer ve xhff 

.. hangings 



r ['47:j 

hangings and piflures from the decay, 
with,which they were threatened. 

On . reaching Dublin, Tyrone, (for 
lb he muft now be called) fent co inform 
his father, that every thing had been 
duly executed, and that he waited his 
further commands ; in anfwer to this, 
he received thefe lines. 

To Lord Tyrone. 

" I am perfe&ly fatisfied with all that 
*you have done in this melancholy affair, 
and if you wilh to add fame further por- 
tion of comfort, to the laft years of a 
father's life, which your beadftrong 
paffions have greatly embittered: you 
will immediately relinquilh that comrnif- 
fion in the **th regiment, which you 
procured without my concurrence, and 
which if you retain, you will bold in 
fpite of my commands. Remember 
my lord, you are now the only repre- 

fentative 



tentative of an ancient and noble family : 
you owe it then to your country, not to 
fuffer the name of Charlemont to be- 
come extind. x I wifh you to marry : 
fince I find you have entirely renounced 
all connexion with that obfcure girl in 
Kerry, I fliall hope to fee you ally your* 
felf with fome honourable houfe ; and 
think of faithfully difcharging your duty 
to your country, by a zealous attention, 
to its political and moral welfare. 1 am 
not inexorable, Tyrone $ and though I 
muft not fee you again, yet I would ea- 
gerly promote your happinefs : fome 
proper conceffions might reftore to you 
the father you have wilfully loft. Be 
that as it may, you are now mailer of 
a very fplendid eftablifhment ; much 
of your mother's property belongs to 
her elded furvivmg child \ ufe it then 
as it ought to be ufed. 

Roscommon/* 

It 



1 49] 

it was impoffible for. Tyrone to read 
this letter, cold and cruel, as ic might 
at firft appear, without fomc filial yearn- 
ings. He thought be faw in it, the 
ftruggle of pride and fondnefs ; only the 
attempt to be indifferent, not the reality j 
fenfibie thac it was his duty to obey his 
father, wherever reafon and. honour 
were not injured, he returned him thefe 
words : 

4< To the Right Honourable - 
the Earl of Rof common* 

« I will obey you my lords I will 
immediately renounce the profeflion 
which you diflike, and endeavour to bg 
ufeful to my country, in a lefs brilliant 
Kne ; but I cannot facrifice my peace of 
mind to an ambitious alliance ; I (hall 
perhaps never marry 5 when I do, your 
lordfhip may reft affured, that I will 
never chufe a woman capable of dif~ 
gracing our noble name, 

vol. hi. o " You 



t5oJ 

" You urge me to make conceffions ; 
can any be expe&ed 1 your Jordflitp moft 
confcfs that 1 owe duty to the memory 
t)f my mother, as well as co dve audio*, 
rity of my father j and I declare befotit 
heaven, that no mfok, no outrage, no 
indignity fliould ever have forced me to 
abandon the boufe of an only parent* 
had he not condefcended to receive there, 
a perfon whom I could not refpelt. 

" What I have owed to you my lord, 
during the courfe of twenty- four years, 
for love, for protection, for care, is en- 
graven upon my heart $ I remember it 
with the deepeft gratitude ; I atknow- 
ledge it with the warmeft fincerity ; pri- 
vileged then, to avow obligation, fuffer 
the to fiibfcribe myfelf, 
« My lord, 
" Yoor lordlhip** very grateful fon, 

" Tritwi/ • 



This fatter was followed foon after, 
by the writings of an eftate in Eagland, 
which Lord Rofcommon fent to his fon,$ 
and then all cornefpondcoce between 
them <eajfcd. Lord Rofcommon ac* 
campaaied by his lady, immediate]/ 
left Ireland, being nominated ambafla- 
dor to -the Porte* Tyxone hired a toufe 
in Dublin, and bufying himfeif m the 
neceffary arrangements for leaving the 
army, ami obtaining a feat in parlia- 
ment^ did not, for fome time, ,notice 
with pain, the fiknee ofMr.,ONielj 
he wroxe to hi on again : ftill that gen* 
tleman was filent, and Tyrone, aflured 
by Derjnot (whom he had permitted to 
v-ifit his mother) of the health of Ml. 
CXNiel, became indignant againft Rofe, 
to v whole unfair rc^prefentations, h,e 
wholly Aforihcd iuch extreme unkind- 
aefs. That (he wa* not only fickle, ,but 
falfe, filled Jiim .with regret, as well as 

d 2 anger j 



t sO 

anger- but he foon diffipated the for- 
crier weaknefs, and refolving to (hew 
her, that he could (hake off a paflion, 
which he defpifed, he accepted one of 
Fitzpatrick's oftcn-refufcd invitations, 
and pro mi fed to dine with him in Mcr- 
rion Square, 

When this intention .was announced 
by Captain Fitzpatrick to his wife, the 
heart of Rofe (who was prefcnt) palpi- 
tated violently, flic had been deeply ' af- 
fe6ted with the melancholy fcenes, 
Svhich fo immediately followed Charle- 
mont's return from the continent, and 
in fpite of all her refolution, Fitzpa- 
trick's ceafelefs pcaifes of the man flic 
had once believed fuperior to all com- 
mendation, were hourly leflening her 
fortitude and undermining her peace. 
Tyrone was to dine with them on the 
following day$ trembling at, the meet- 
ing, and aware of her daSiger, flic re- 

folved, 



[ 53 ] 

fotved, when that meeting was over,, to 
avow her weaknefs to Mrs. Fitzpaffick, 
and then to entreat her permiflion to re- 
turn to Killarney. 

\ The day came : Rofe had been weep- 
ing in her dreffing room over the recol- 
lettion of feveral incidents, which Fitz- 
patrick had narrated, of his friend's gene- 
rous and humans nature i he had told 
all that he owed to him, and had fent 
poor Rofe to her room, unable to deny 
that Tyrone poffeffed thofc virtues, but 
that bis crimes heavily outweighed 
therru 

Anxious to appear be&re the man 
that would: have injured her, at lead 
tranquilly indifferent, Mifs de Bla- 
quiere, after being dreffed, fat down to 
recover her fpirits : a fummpns to din- 
ner called her away. As (he opened 
the door of the eating-room, her limbs 
trembled beneath her - 3 Tyrcme was aU 




I 54 1 

h 

I 

feady there, .he had previoufly feitfcd 
his pfefiofconduft, and he now bowed 
calmly on her entrance, going on with 
fome obier vat ions which he was making 
to Mrs. Fitzpafrick. Dinner being 
already fervcd, the whole party took 
their feats at cable. 

Rofe, placed next to Mifs Lwcreti* 
Carey, hoped, in her voluble vivacity* 
co efcape much notice* bur Capcaio 
Fitzpacrick watched her vary ingcounce* 
nance with fincerc pity, and Tyrone him*. 
felf, though unufualty ehearfol, checked 
a figh, while his eyes lighted for a mo- 
ment upon her. Rofe never looked to- 
wards the place where he fat : Ave was in 
an uniterfal tremor, and though (he had 
certainly feen that he was prefenc, (he 
had hehdd him as if encircled by mift, 
and knew not whether he were changed/ 
or ftill the fame. On leaving the gen*, 
tlemen, for the drawing-room* Mifs de 

Blaquiere- 



Btaquiere begaa to cgllcft her festered 
fcnfc% : flbe took herfelf fewely to talk* 
for the agitation whiQh Tyrone's voice 
tad occifioned her a and concluded by 
dctcrnainiog to behave, through the; re* 
maiwtef of the evening, with chearful 
cafe. This refolutioa was ftrcngthencd 
by the arrival of more company* whom 
Mrs. FiUp&trfck had invited* in order 
co reader the fuuation ot her friend lefs 
erobaxraiTing ; for this resfon (he had 
procured the pre fence of Lady Bindon 
aod her daughters, who were joined ac 
oioe o'clock, by the young lord. 

At thia period, Fkzpacrick and Lord 
Tyrone entered the drawing room : the 
latter direftty made his way to the fide 
of Mrs. Fitzpatrick, and the former 
joined Kofe, who was talking with.Mife 
Carey, and {ncircfcd.by Lord Bind on y 
Mr. • Carysfort^ and Colviile Barry. 
Some of the company now fat down ta 

d 4 cards t 



Cards-: and in one of the paufes which 
took place irv Mifs de Blaquiere's circle* 
(he haftily fent her eye acrbfs the room, 
uy fearch of Lofd< Tyrone :<■ Mrs. Firz- 
patrick had gone to fettle the -card-ta- 
bles, and he was theh fitting with his 
Jiead inclined, apparently loft- to every 
thing around : he was in deep' mourning. 
Rofe faw him changed for h'tf was- pale 
and thin, and that flalhing expreffion of 
ian ever a£ive fenfibility, which for- 
merly diftingfciftrcd . his countenance* 
-was now overclouded by fadnefs : a pro- 
found deje&ion, appeared to her agitated 
fpirit, to have fettled upon his chara&er 5 
nothing remained of the beautiful 
Chai lemony but the fine outline of fea- 
ture and figure, which nothing 'could 
change, which nothing could render un- 
Jovely. Her eyes once paufing upon 
him, were foon fixed 5 abforbed in the 
objedfc before her, (he beheld no others* 

Tyrone 



[57 I 

Tyrone drew a heavy figh, and looked 
up : their eyes met : the blood that had 
before centered in the heart of Rofe, 
now rulhed over her whole frame : (he 
darted from her feat, covered with confu- 
fion, while he, growing dill paler, turned 
hadily towards fome perfon fitting near 
him* 

Neither the tumultuous throbbing of 
Mifs de Blaquiere's bread, nor the grief 
of her countenance, fcfeaped the obferv- 
ing glance of Colville Barry ; he faw her 
haden to one of the vignt-un tables, 
over which die leaned, apparently watch- 
ing the game j but in reality driving to 
recover from the agonizing, yet delight- 
ful emotion, into which the eyes of Ty- 
rone had N thrown her. Barry looked 
firft on her agitated features* and then 
upon the pale, but unaltered ones of 
Lord Tyrone, with a ftrange perplexity, 
which increafed as he faw her gradually 

d 5 recover 



I 5*1 

recover into fmiles, and his lordfhip 
rife and faunter through the company* 
with eafy indifference. Cut to the heart 
by the gay compofure, with which Ty- 
rone fell into converfation with a pretty 
vifcountefs, Rofe was ftrongly battling 
with her feelings, when Lord Bindoi* 
came up to her. tc What made you ftarc 
away fo, faid he, bending with an ena- 
moured air towards her downcaft face i 
I hope I did not offend you, by aiking. 
after Mifs Prudy OBxien, as yourprodi- 
oious friend ? I vow to heaven I have 
a very great refped for the young lady ^ 
only (He is fo ridiculoufly ugly, and fo 
abominably antiquated in her manners - r 
but I am defperately out of luck with 
you, I find I have quizzed another of 
your favourites, poor Mr*— what's his 
name, the waddling lawyer ; do yot* 
know, Mifs de Biaquiere, I fufpe& 
you're a little democrat, for I perceive 

you 



[59 3 
you like any thing better than a man of 

wnk. w 

** There you are wrong my lord /* re* 

plied Rofc, who accidentally caught 
the eye of Lord Tyrone, and was ftimu* 
fated by pride, to affume an air of vi-» 
vacity. *♦ I have fo much of the ariftch 
crat in me, as to eonfefs* that I reve- 
rence virtue* and talents infinitely more 
amongft paribus of quality, than in thofe 
of an. inferior ftation : and I do fo, be* 
caufe 1 think the acquirement of them, 
more difficult for the* one than tht 
other*'* Lord B4ndpn r with a fooliftv 
(brt of hcGtarion* faid, cc and why fo E? 
4C Becaufe they have ft w motives 
for ir* The man of middling rank 
knows well, that good morals, and 
cultivated minds will be likely to advance 
him, both to fame and honour t and 
perhaps* incapable of affording other p&> 
creation** finds very pleating ones in* 

d 6 reading, 



[ 60 ] 

reading and thinking : the man of falh~ 
ion, on the contrary* has every thing 
in his pofiefiion, but fame * and the love 
of that, his education feems to me cal- 
culated to ftifle ; having no bufincfs but 
pleafure, ftudy is to him labour, and 
therefore fhould he willingly undergo 
this labour, for the fake of felf applaufe, 
and general ufefulnefs, I think we fhould 
be very unjoft, if we did not decree to. 
him, the prize of merit." 

Lord Bindon ftupidly fuppofing that 
he had a fair claim to this prize, what- 
ever it might be, made an extremely 
low bow. Rofe fmiled at his folly, and 
joined Mrs. Fitzpatrick, who was feated 
for a few minutes between Colonel Or- 
mond and Mr. Carysfort ; the former, 
becoming more timid; as he became 
more in love, now for the firft time ad- 
drefled Mifs de Blaquierc ; Mr, Carys- 
fort, with a fatiric&l burft of admiration, 

turned 




[6i ] 

turned dire&ly towards her, Roft very 
unintentionally had drafted berfelf in the 
Grecian coftume ; for, weary in fpirits, 
(he had only drawn her fine hair, in a 
knot behind her head ; this, from its 
quantity and form, gave her the air of the 
Venus, and the beautiful outline of her 
neck and (boulders, ferved to heighten 
the likenefs. Carysfort curioufly won- 
dered whether this apparent fimplicity 
did not require more time to arrange, 
than the Vandyke ringlets, which he 
ufually faw her wear, and he added, " I 
fuppofe you know that you are like the 
Venus de Medicis ; nothing but fuch a 
face would look decent in thisTafhion." 

Rofe was confeious of what he meant 
to infinoate by this feeming compliment, 
and though her heart freed her from the 
charge of vanity, yet her innocent cheek 
glowed with blufhes : (he turned from 
him, without anfwering. Mrs, Fitz- 

patrick 



£ 6x J 

patrick looked round, with momentary 
Urverity^ c< Mr. Carysfort,, you are either 
the moft ill-bred creature, or the mod 
aukward complimenter in the world I 
but come renew your obftinaee argo* 
ment r which the prefence of MHa de 
Blacptere interrupted.'* O Mr* Barry*, 
added (he, as he was flowly palling the 
feat on. which (he fat * do come here 
and enlift under my banners * Mr* Ca- 
rysfort has drawn me into an argument,, 
and though I have Truth on my fide* I 
eannot prevail on her tofpeak eloquently 
by my tongue.'* Mr. Barry paufed > 
*' and what is this debate, Mrs. Fitz^ 
patrick ? w 

(C A very hack me d one v about the 
powers and the duties of women 1 1 con^ 
tend for mental equaiky, and this gen«r 
tleman advocates the oppofite opinion r 
he tells me that women halve nothing to 
do with, literature/ 4 

w Ifhall 



" I (hall then brisg myfdf into t very? 
perilous fituation," returned Mr. Barry* 
modeftly, but firmly eyeing the gtgan* 
tic parfon, u If I affert that literary pur* 
fairs are perhaps more the province of 
women, than of our (ex !'* " I have no* 
doubt of your aflirring this, fir/'* replied 
Garysfort fuperciliouQy ; ct hut I doubt 
as much, the poflibility of your proving: 
it , what reafon have you for fuch a pre- 
pofterous opinion ?~ 

• € If it be an acknowledged truth/*' 
returned Barry, " that refte&ion is the 
nurfe of wifefcm, as well as of virtue* 
theil we may fafely infer, that women 
are not merely better, but wifer than 



we.** 



fC Wifer P' burft from the lips of Mr.. 
Carysfort, with a diidainful laugh $ fc do> 
a£k the whole female party here, if they 
can throw any light upon the ereftion of 
what is called Pompey's pillar V' 

" I do 



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rr I da not mean learned" Mr. Cary 
fort; " when 1 fay wifer, I think of fome« 
thing nobler* better, more advanta- 
geous to the dignity of human nature : I 
mean an expanfion of intellect* an inten- 
fity of reflection, . of which mere learn- 
ing is but one of the humbled caufes.'* 
Carysfort reddened and bowed ; " Ga 
on fir!" 

" If refle&ion then, be confidered as 
the great fource of wifdom j are not wo- 
men, by their very natures, conftituted 
for it, and by their habits led into it? 
The philofophic calm of domed: ic retire- 
ment, the leifure f which their fedentary 
occupations afford to the mind, mult 
be grand incentives to that mind's acti- 
vity." " Leifure and adlivity, what a 
paradoxical reafoner !" 

Barry merely fmilcd at Mr, Carysfort 9 $ 
interruption, and turning his eyes for a 

moment* 



[«5 J 

moment, with glowing expreflion upon 
'Tiofe, gently proceeded. 

c * To excel in the arts of mufic, paint- 
ing and poetry, we fhould pofTcfs not 
only obfervation, but fenfibility ; who 
will deny the latter quality in an emi- 
nent degree, to women? Their acute 
perception of the delicate, the beauti- 

« 

ftil, the futyim? > their happy energy of 
mapnerv *nd natural facility, of expref- 
fion, are adored ly proofs, that in the 
fbining, i*ay, important walk of poetry ^ 
providence has deftined them to cxqclU" 
. Carysfort laughed again, "poetry* 
important 1 there never were four tines 
written, either by Homer or Shake* 
fpeare, that had more fublimity, or have 
done more for fociety, than the follow- 
ing. 

" As I was going to Can-ter-bury, 

" I met twelve haycocks in a fury I 

" When as I gaaed, a hieroglyphic bat, 

" Skimmed o'er the zenith, in a flip (hod hat.!* 

The 



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The fine eye-Ufties of Cohrilie Barry* 
dropc filentty over hra check, while Mr. 
Carysfort triumphantly repeated thefc 
abfurd lines; he would roc perhaps* 
have condescended to have fpoken again* 
had not Rofc eagerly begged hino to pro- 
ceed* 

u If I confider your fex, fcwj he* 
turning towards her, as qualified to con- 
quer ours, ia the field of the muftay I 
at the fame time acknowledge them a* 
much our fuperiors in thofc advantages' 
which might render them mora) pbitoftK 
phers. It is here, here, m this iiobleft, 
wifeft, fobltmeft exercife of hitman in^i 
relied, that I look with unfeigned re- 
fpeft upon the powers of women* I have 
only to regret, with wondering aftoaifh- 
ment, that they have not dared to give 
os more proofs of their excellence in this 
important branch of ftudy f I believe it 
has beea granted, by the prewdeft ty- 

*asu 



C 67 1 " 

rants of mind; that women, even of in- 
ferior talents, are neverthclefe gifted 
with a fort of intuitive penetration into 
character* which baffles the Sower flcili 
of a thinking fcholar. What then are 
we to infer fro n> this ? That women, al- 
ready poficft of a peculiarly fine tad, by 
which they ioftaotaneoufly discover cha* 
fa&cr * endowed vrith iendermft of 
beatf, whh delicacy of mind, and (breed 
ioto foiitudc *ad thought ; would fawn, 
by the aid of culture, acquire akeenefe 
of pcoetrattap, and an accuracy in inves- 
tigation, which books, converfatkm, and 
writing ftroogiy prompt. Grant the pro* 
bability of this, and you will then allow, 
with one, that women are of all human 
beings, belt fuitrd to be philofophers, 
hiftoriaos* and poets. J reliaquifh for 
them, the drier .pwrfuits of law, mathe- 
matics, dec. I am well aware, that if 4 
woman's heart be not interefted, fhe 

will 



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will never bccom e any thing ; it is only 
for coldly vain man, to ftudy for a name> 
woman thinks of being ufeful-* man of 
being admired ; woman is philanthro* 
pic; man is felfifh." 

* " Should your future wife be in this 
company/* faid Mr # Carysforti facing 
confidently round upon Mifa de Bla- 
quterc* ?* I am vaftly for ry for y oi*j when 
the honey-moon is gone, fhe may 
knock, you ■ down with your own 
weapons.'* • r 

Rofc was overwhelmed with blulhes r 
Mr* . Carysfort had contrived to* fatten 
attention upon her, by an implied afier- 
tion, for which there were no grounds* 
but which might give birth to- an opi- 
nion, (he was far from defiring to have 
fpread. She haftily refolved to difprove- 
ie, by appearing uncaafcious* and af- 
fuming a though tlefs fmile ; fhe looked 
up* her eyes were again arretted by 

Lord 



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X.ord Tyrone's (then leaning over a 
chair near Mr. Barry) ; their calmnefs 
(truck her, (he thought chat (he read in 
them, at Once a perfect belief of Carys- 
fort's hint, and total unconcern about its 
veracity ; the thought was ele&ric : (he 
turned haftily towards Colonel Ormond, 
^vho had been all this time, a Hlent, but 
not inanimate auditor of the little de- 
bate. 

Mr. Carysfort, pleafed with the con- 
fufion which he had excited even in the 
face of Mr* Barry, ca^elefsly added; 
" and fo, you would like a learned 
wife, Mr* Barry V* 

" I (hould - never choofe an ignorant 
one. The graces of a polifhed mind 
and tender heart, would furely heighten 
the beauties of a fine perfon ; or elfe 
render the abfence of fuch beauties, no 
ferious evil. Women muft have em- 
ployment Mr. Carysfort ; and the wife 
and mother, that never thinks, and 

never 



•ever reads, will folacc her vacant hours* 
with cards, balls, and drefs $ but fhc 
that has early learned the value of intel - 
left affd of time ; flie that is indeed am- 
bitious to become the friend and partner 
of her htrfband, will nourilh her foul 
with nobler food , fhe will fifld amufe- 
rnent in the culture of the heart 
rod the underftanding j and furroandeel 
by objefts, at once benefiting by her ftti- 
dres, 'and interefting, her affe&ions 5 flic 
will furely be more likely to fulfil the 
facred duties of her ftation, than the 
creature that fcarcely knows***hey *re 
duties, and could not, if ftie would, do 
more than fpend her hufband's money, 
order his dinner, and ftrckle their ill- 
Fared thildren. 1 have ever been of 
opinion, Mr. Carysfort, that what 
ftretigthens the virtues in' one fex, wili 
ttrengthen them in the other; -and as 
no one will be ftupid enough to afiert, 
that men celebrated for wifclora, have 

2 been 



I 7*1 

%een as famous for wickednefsi, I Jhall 
confidently give ic as nay belief, that in 
fKoportion as we cultivate the think- 
ing powers of women, we ifaall culti- 
vate their ufefulnefs, and their refped- 
ability." 

c< There ! Mr. Carysfort, " exclaimed 
Mrs. Fitzpatrick # whofe fparkling eyes 
liad been all this time uttering reproofs 
to his folly, 1 hope you are filenced." 

Carytfbrt (hrugged up his (houlders. 
%t Mr. Barry advances things lb confix 
dently madam, that it is no wonder 
be cakes you all in; however in his laft 
di&atorki decifion, he forgets the ia- 
(lances of jhameful irregularity which 
mod <of our men tf genius, have offered 
to the world." 

" You are not ferious, in advancing 
this as an argument?" aflccd Barry 
with a playful fmile, . • : 
4€ To be fore I am." 

« What 1 



£7*3 

«* What ! are you unacquainted with 
the difference between mere genius, and 
that ripenefs of mind, which is the flo\y 
growth of time and thinking ? Genius 
often has,, and often will exift, unfup- 
ported by that pillar of virtue, reflec- 
tion; but we mud not confound its 
Tingle, glorious, yet too unfteady blaze, 
with the fine calm glow, which the phi- 
lofophic head, and tender heart, caft 
over the path of life. Unite the two, and 
the light is indeed, of heavenly bright- 
fiefs." 

Colville Barry again turned involun- 
tarily towards the figure of Role, in the 
txpreffion of whofe countenance genius 
fcemed diftin6Uy vifible. Lord Ty- 



rone's eye retted on hira, with fearch* 
ing fcrutiny. Captain Fiizpa tricky 
joined them. 

" So I hear that you are all Squabbling 
about the rights of women y faid he 

gaily* 



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gaily. Barry ,are you the hardy knight 
that has taken up Carys fort's gauntlet i 
for mercy's fake finifh your difpute elfc- 
where, or I ihall have my wife cor* 
rupted, lcizing on my difcarded regi. 
„ mentals, or canvaffing in my (lead for 
the reprefentation of Killarney: truly, 
I would not have her fpoiled for a king* 
dom. I like the little Natural too 
well." 

Mrs. Fitzpatrick gave him a ftroke 
with her fan, as he archly pronounced 
the word " Natural $ "and Barry offering 
him his chair, which was next to hers, 
faid with great good humour, " I 
hope you don't fufpedt me of fuch vi« 
fionary plans as thefe. I love order, too 
well, to wifli the; prefent beautiful har- 
mony of creation to be difplaced : both 
fexes have their fcparate duties j I fee 
it, and I admire it; providence has 
wifely given each of them peculiar capa- 

vol. in. z - bilitiet 



t 74 ] 

biiitics for difcharging thcfc peculiar 
duties, in order to render their fulfil- 
ment, a fcnfible enjoyment. Men were 
born for noife, for buftle, for perfonal 
activity ; they may (land on the ex* 
pofed hill of public life, amid ft all the 
flashings of its varying element ; but it 
is for women to walk the (hade, yea, 
the academic (hade ! Mr. Carysfort 
they are the facred depofitaries of thofe 
nice and lovely fenfibilities which would 
perilh in the polluted air of bufy fociety ; 
it is therefore their duty to watch them, 
like the facred fires, and to tranfmit 

them unextinguiQied and unwafted to 
v their rffing offspring. 

" However, I am a vifionary perhaps 5 
for no one here feems to meet my fen* 
timents. I have now and then looked 
towards Lord Tyrone fbr fome fupporr, 

• • * * 

but I have not been, able to find it, even 

sin 



£ 75 ] 

in his eyes : may I venture to afk him, 
what is his opinion ?" 

Lord Tyrone, then felf-abforbed, was 
unprepared for this addrefs $ the vcr- 
million of furprize lightened through 
his cheek : his heart was full of other 
things. Starting from the back of the 
chair, over which he leaned, he turned 
towards Barry. 

* € I have not joined in your converfa* 
tion, faid he, (while his agitated voice 

thrilled through the nerves of Rofe,) 
becaufe I could not believe that Mr. 
Carysfort intended his random remarks 
for arguments. I can well imagine that 
many fenfible toen m ight hold fuch opi- 
nions as that gentleman does, but not 
that they would defend them, as he has 
done. Had you, Mr* Barry, not been 
called upon by Mrs. Fitzpatrick, I 
fhould have faid you were fighting a 
windmill, fince I am certain, that Mr. 

es Carysfort's 



£7*3 

Carvsfart's real fentiments would have 
been better aflcrtcd. 

" But you afk nhe, what are my opi- 
nions upon this fubje&$ can they be 
very .ad verfe to yours ? Every man mpft 
abhor the revolutionizing fyftem which 
would divorce women from the dclU 
cacies and the duties of their fuuation % 
which, in ftrengthening their minds, 
feeks alfo to harden their hearts $ but 
r they muft deteft ftill more, the petty 
jealoufy which would keep them (laves ; 
which would make thofe duties talks ; 
which would urge them to their per* 
formance, by threats or flatteries. Wo- 
men furcly, ought to be enabled to di- 
reft and to decide upon their own ac- 
tions. I (boold chufe a wife (Here Lord 
Tyrone ftifled * figh) with whom my 
mind would fympathize, not guide; 
where can love fubftft, but in perfeA 
equality of foul ?" Tyrone was not then 

in 



[ 77 3 

in the vein for argument, bewildered, 
and faultering, for an inftant he paufed ; 
Barry's voice called him to proceed, 
and he went on. 

" I agree with you in thinking/' faid 
he, " that the charadcr of woman, in its 
natural ftate, is of a more philofcphi* 
caft, than that of man. How can man, 
toft on the ftormy leas of defirc, hope, 
fearp ambition, dare to ftudy his own 
heart. We mult leayc it. to woman, 
who, in the fhade of domeftic feclufion $ 
and the filence of the paffions, fees and 
reflefts upon the dignity, and the de«i 
bafement of human nature." 

" But you fpeak of delicacies apd dtf* 
ties, as diftin&ly different in the two 
fexes," faid Colonel Ormond ; fC do you 
then fuppofe my lord." Tyrone inter- 
rupted him wjth vivacity, " that there 
is a difference?— certainly .* but I fear the 
moral advantage is on the fide of wo- 

£ 3 man * 



[ 78 ] 

i 

man ; I believe her to have as clear a 
head as man ; but a much purer heart; 
and I doubt whether we ought not to 
fay, that (he has affcdions, m^n only 
paffions. While I confefs her duties to 
be different, I think them equally as 
important as thofe of her companion* 

" Providence has marked feparate paths 
for her and man ; as in individuals of 
the fpecics, he has made one a poet, 
another a painter, a third, a ftatefman ; 
and which of us here will refute to all 
thefe charatters, an equal (h^re of 
glory r 

As Lord Tyrone concluded, his eyes 
glowed with an animation, which ri- 
wetted for an inftant, thofe of Mifs de 
Blaquiere j he looked as he ufed to do 
at Caftle-Connel, and her heart by aflb- 
ciation immediately throbbed with all it$ 
long ab fen t ecftacics. But Tyrone's 

countenance changed, the momentary 

colour 



C 79 1 

colour left his complexion; the fire his 
eye* and the foul of Rofe faddening 
with his looks, looned ached again with 
the acute reality of their fituatiom 
Tears were gufhing over her cheejcs, 
but haftily dafhing them off with he* 
hand, fhe ftrove to fmile, Fitzpatricfe 
obferved this, > 

* c ^ Fine fophiftry, gentlemen ! (cried 
he gaily,) and I dare fay your two hi* 
rangues have done their intended bufi- 
nefsy namely, gained, you half a thou- 
fand female f miles ; but what affertions ! 
and what arguments ! Women with as 
clear heads, and purer hearts ! Now 
you have quite forgotten, that an un* 
confcionable large portion of affection 
in thefe pure hearts, is perpetually cloud- 
ing their clear heads, and; leading. Jtheifr 
inveftigations, a romauticdancc towards 
any thing but truth ! ' ••> * * *:*; „b 

e 4 * c I wo'nt 



i 



A 



[ «* ) 

1 wo'nt admit their fuperiority ; but 
their equality I'll fqbfcribeto, with all 
my foul : for ic is my opinion that the 
very quality which lifts their fcale above 
ours in one inftance (greater energy of 
affe&ion), deprefiVs it in another, by 
mifleading judgment, and' fixing ten- 
der prejudices. Yet with all tfieir tender 
prejudices, 1 love ancfrefped thefc fweec 
philo fop hers ; and here is a ftubborn 
proof that I do." He gaily caught hold 
of his wife's hand, which he preft for an 
inftant, and then releafing it, bid Or* 
mond raife recruits for fome mufic. 

Barry looked with a fmile of furprife 
towards Captain Fitzpatrick, and thea 
•ddreffed him. 

c< You have faid more againft my 
Lord Tyrone and me, in this one re- 
mark, than Mr. Carysfort has done, 
during the whole diicuffion. I admit 

the 



[81] 

the truth of your obfervation, but ftill 
cannot think it conclufive j unlefs wo- 
men had the advantage of a fimilar edu* 
cation with men : that might probably 
ftrengthen the conftitution of their 
hearts : (if I may be allowed fuch an ex- 
preffion:) You will grant that it is poflible, 
for this excefs of laudable feeling, to 
originate in a wrong bias, rather than 
in a radical defeft ?" " O ! upon my 
foul, I have not another good thing to 
fay, cried Fitzpatrick ivith vivacity. 
I had better be fatisfied with the laurels 
you have juft be ft owed on me ; by grafp. 
ing at more, I may chance to lolc the 
handful I have got/ 9 He turned to- 
wards the muflc room, and bidding 
Rofe join his band of volunteer fingers, 
led the way out of the faloon. 

Rofe was ill adapted to (ing at thukpe* 
fiod, but (he did not refute* violiif 

* *• ****** # 

duets were fucceeded by glees: ia 

x 5 chef*, 



£8a] 

thefe, Tyrone once or twice took a part, 
and though his voice gave no teftimony 
of agitation, that of ,Rofe frequently 
became low and faultering, and her 
thoughts wandered in fpite of every ek 
fort, from the party and their har- 
mony. ^ ■ 

Supper was at length announced : 
Lord Biodon, fpringing forward as the 
fcrvant threw open the door, feized the 
Jfand of Rofe, to conduit her to the 
eathig-parlour. Colvilie Barry* who 
had ftretched out his hand*, for the fame 
jpurppfc, modeftly drew back ; and his 
delighted lordfliip feizing his prize, \q 
aefiance of 'her coldncfs, led her frona 
tne apartment. • 

c TBcf iplendpr and jppfefion ; of tlje 
ftrpper-tabfes^ ^krering with / plate ai)4 • 



* * thtm, 



Ma J 

them, and oppofice to Lord Tyrone, 
fhehad therefore no method of prevent* 
ing her eyes from, falling upon the latter 
but by ftudious attention to thefe two 
in ftp id triflers. Mils Lucrctia's elo- 
quence was foon diverted in its courfc, 
by Mr. Qarysfort, who fat on her left 
hand, and who, feized with the whigi of 
laughing at her credulity, plied her 
with fuch fulfome compliments, that 
flie had no longer any time to wafte 
upon Mifs de Blaquiere. Lord Bin- 
don was then mailer of the field : he 
contrived to prevent Rofe from any 
other convocation, by unceafing vollies 
of his own ; which uttered, in low whif- 
pers, half ridicule of others, and praifes 
of her, gave him the appearance of a 
favoured lover. Lord Tyrone, appa^ 
rently inattentive, but in reality watch- 
ing tbe^m from under his long eye lafhe.% 
was npw, convinced that Lord Bindon's 

,*6 title 



[ 84 1 

title had been the fatal charm with Rofe; 
inftantaneoufly defpifing her folly, he 
became chearful and unembarafled. 

In one of the paufes of mirth, Lord 
Bindon afked Rofe to take fame wine 
with him ; (he confented : and as her fatis- 
fied admirer was replacing the decanter, 
Lord Tyrone ftretching his hand acro/s, 
faid carelefsly, "If you give rte leave, I 
will join Mils de Blaquicre and your 
I ordfliip." The wine wa6 immediately 
poured out, and the gentlemen bowed to 
each other. Rofe ceuld fcarcely lift her 
glafs, as Tyrone, accompanying it with 
a gay remark to lord Bindon, bowed 
calmly to her. She had anticipated 
emotion in his face, and (he had not 
feen it. Something like indignation 
flufhed into her's. s 

" Quit it !" (he faid to herfelf, as fhe 
reverted to her intention of quitting 
Dublin, 4< No ! 1 would not do myfeif 

7- fuch 



[ «5 3 

fuch injuftice as to fuppofe that my 
peace has any thing to dread from fuch 
a being as this ! unfeeling, fhamelefs, 
defpicable Lord Tyrone !" 

Burning with this fentimeot, (he turn* 
ed fuddenly from Lord Bindon, who was 
now drawn into a lively converfation, by 
Tyrone, and addrefling Mifs Lucretia 
Carey, foon engaged that lady and her* 
fclf, in a fmart conteft with tln^unfpa-r 
ring Mr. Carysfort*. 

The company did not feparate till a 
late hour. Both Captain Fitzpatrick 
and his wife were diftinguifhed by that 
talent of univerfal p leafing, and that 
gracefully — ardent hofpitality, which is 
indeed, the genuine growth of Ireland. 
They were young and happy, their 
houfe was large and (plendid, and their 
entertainments were always fumptuous ; 
every body was at their eafc in Merion 
Square, aad every body therefore was 

loth 



[ 86 J 

loth to quit rt. At length the depar- 
ture of the Dutchefs of Connaught 
broke up the circle. 

As Lord Tyrone was lhaking hands 
with Fitzpatrick, he looked round upon 
a little knot of young men, (who feem- 
ed as if they did not know how to get 
home,) and faid, " I have two places in 
my carriage at the fer vice of any gentle- 
men that are at a* lofs to be let down. 
Mr. Barry fhall I have the pleasure of 
taking you ?" 

Barry darting, round, accepted the 
offer, and Colonel OrmoncJ immediate* 
ly claiming the remaining place, was 
joined to their party. 
- As the chariot drove rapidly towards 
the Phoenix-Park, (near which Qr* 
mond's brother had a hotrfe) the Colo* 
nel, whofe heart, (ill at eafe from there* 
collection of Lord Bindon's attentions to 
Mifs de Blaquicre,) wwaaxious fo have 



ji 



its 



[ «7 ] 

its fears contradicted, began ftnrie re- 
marks upon his Lord (hip's evident pat 
fion. Tyrone, with fancied compofure, 
allowed that it was pretty evident; ob~ 
ferving that Mifs de Blaquiere feemed no 
fmall part of the attraction to Mrs. Fitz- 
patrick's parties. Thrown into frefli 
agitation by this unexpected obfervationj 
Ormond attempted gaiety, while jea- 
loufy was rankling at his bread, i 

" So much of the attra&ion indeed 
my Lord/* cried he, while his quivering 
lips almoft rendered his attempt at live- 
linefs, abortive/* ci that 1 much queftn 
on, whether one half of the vifitors there, 
will not vifit St. Luke's, when (he leaves 
Dublin. Here is my friend Barry nfrW,' 
that, is njbrc in love than ever man- was, 
fine e the time of Orlando; he cam talk 
of nothing but Mifs.de Blaquiere V tea 
complements, and the .good nefs which 
led her tQ defer t public admiration, and 

bury 



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bury herfelf, with Mrs. Fitzpatrick, ici 
Lifburne hall." 

Lord Tyrone, with a violent beating at 
his heart, which he drove to quiet, for- 
ced a fmile $ " Mr. Barry has no occa- 
sion to go mad, I think, if that be the 
cafe: fince Mifs de Biaquiere feems 
very nearly as much pleafed with him, 
as with my Lord Bindon." 

A cold Oliver (hook the body of Colo- 
nel Ormond. " Do you hear this Barry ?'* 
laid he, fcarcely able to articulate? 
" come -, fince you are fo happy a man, 
confefs your attachment at once/' 

Mr. Barry fmiled : " Both of you 
would do me great injufticc," he replied, 
" if you did not believe me mod deeply 
imprefsed by Mifs de Blaquiere's virtues, 
and moft deeply interefted in her happU 
nefs i but you will be wrong if you think 
that I am in love with her. I never 
favt been in love * I now moft likely ne- 
ver 



V 



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rcr (hill: but ftill I pronounce this charm- 
ing creature, the mod excellent as 
well as the mod fafcinating of her fox. 
However, I nruft not let Lord Tyrone 
off, with his unjuft decifion about my 
Lord Bindon, I ihoutd be very much 
mortified indeed, if I did not think that 
Mifs de Blaquiere entertained .infinitely 
more friendfhip for me than for his lord* 
fhip: No one here can be backward in 
acknowledging that he is no more than a 
common-place character; and who will 
do Mifs de Blaquiere (o great an injury 
as to fuppofe that (be would willingly 
wade. her fine mind, for five minutes 
upon fuch a trifleK? The man is very 
much enamoured, and very trouble 'ome, 
and very talkative, and won't be difcou- 
raged, and Mtfs de Blaquiere is coo len- 
fibte to give him any importance, by 
ftudioufly avoiding him. ,? . . . ' 

"And you are not as much in love, 

as 






[ 9© 1 

as my Lord Bindon ?" exclaimed the 
poor Colonel, forcing a laugh, " excel- 
lent ! excellent ! Well ! and if goodnefs, 
and fenfe and beauty, united in the fame 
woman, always create this very ardent 
affedion, which* is not love, why do you 
not feel it for Mrs. Fitzpatrick ? She is 
certainly a mod delightful and amiable 
young woman.'* 

" Granted," replied Barry. " I behold 
Mrs. Fitxpatrick'9 charming chara&er 
with warm admiration ; but independent 
ef her being married, fhe could never 
touch my heart like her friend, who 
poffefifes aH her charms in a very fuperior 
degree. There is an unfpeakable inno- 
cence in the manner of Rofe de Bla*- 
quiere, which makes ics way immediately 
to the heart •, and which united with her ex- 
traordinary talents and extenfive informa- 
tion, is at once furpufing and fafcinating : 
then her exa&ly-poifcd reafon and fen- 

fibility, 



[9« ] 

Ability, awaken both aftoni foment and 
admiration: herreafon foftrong! her fen- 
fibility fo acute ! — a fenfibility which ex- 
cites fuch a conftant and tender folicicude, 
that we have no opportunity of forget- 
ting her but for a moment. 

ct Her very beauty too, as it renders 
her fuaation more dangerous, tends to 
deepen this intereft. Such beauty ! fo qua- 
lified to (hew her fine foul in its pureft 
lights 1 When (be fpeaks, what an ex- 
predion of complexion ! the colour al- 
ternately flufhing and fading with the 
feeling ! her eyes, by turns humid or 
fparkling ! Never in ipy life did I fee 
anything fo delightful as this, variety of 
look : furely there is an eloquence in the 
colouring of her cheek, which wants no 
Hp-ofatory ! I could almoft fay, there is 
poetry in her complexion. However, 
it is certainly more like the play of the 

knagt* 



C90 
imagination, than the plain reality of 



nature. 



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.> 



The ftrong tumults circling round the 
heart of Lord Tyrone, during this fanci- 
ful fpecch, were but too vifiblc in the 
expreffive changes of his countenance r 
his pulfe b^at quick, and the fatal paf- 
Con which reafon had once fo nearly fub* 
dued, now trembled through every 
nerve. Colonel Ormond, leaning anxi- 
oufly forward, ferved to conceal this agi~ 
tation : his own was but too powerful* 

"And will you, after fuch an eulogU 
tim as this/* faid he, fC attempt to con- 
vince me, that you are not in love with 
Mils de Blaquiere ? — O Barry, you 
either deceive yourfelf, or would de- 
ceive me." 

The* pointed manner jn. which thU 
was faid, could not efcape Tyrone; a 
conviction of what he had never before 
fufpe&cd* the attachment of Colonel Or* 

mond, 



t 93 3 

mond, was conveyed by thefe few words. 
Starting forward in the carriage, his eyes 
almoft lightening as he did lb, he caught 
the arm of the Colonel, and looked car- 
neftly in his face ; the next inftant, with- 
drawing his hand, he funk back with a 
heavy figh. Mr. Barry and his friend, 
turned inquiringly round : his Lordfhip, 
recovering from his momentary forget- 
ftrinefs, faid in great confufion. " I 
have ftartled you both by my impetu- 
ofity ; but you muft forgive me. I 
am fo me times not quite myfelf a fatal, 
fetal attachment has blighted much of 
my mind, and when men talk of love, 
they make me mad." 

Tyrone was indeed little (hort of 
madnefs, at that inftant ; he put his hand 
to his forehead, wildly repeating, " Go 
on ! gb on 1" 

Only Barry guefied at the real caufe 
of thefe emotions : he was therefore ftill 
more relo&ant to go on : but as Ormond 

a preflcd 



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prefied him with the charge of infince- 
rity, he was fbrced to refume the con- 
vcrfation, 

<c I confefs I know not then what to 
fay, to convince you that I am fincere^ 
when I afiure you, that I have no paf* 
(ion for\ Mifs de Blaquiere 5 furely the 
very freedom and energy with which I 
fpeak of her excellence, and the undif- 
turbed pleafure with which 1 hear all 
others admire it, would convince any 
body but a wilful man." 
" Ah ! that is very eafily faid, my dear 
Barry , 5> returned the Colonel with a figh, 
<( but it cannot carry conviftion with 
it* Before you knew Mils de Blaquiere, 
I have heard you, a thoufand times, 
draw the portrait of an admirable wo* 
man, in precisely the fame manner 
as ydu now delineate her's ; and I have 
fince heard you declare, that you never 
faw any one female truly lovely either in 
mind, or perfon, but this fame bewitch- 
ing 



l9Sl 

ing creature. Why then, in the name 
of heaven, have you not fallen in love 
with her 1" 

Barry was filent — Ormond repeated 
the queftion, and the difordered eyes of 
Tyrone feemed to fecond it. At length 
Barry fpoke.— 

€C A mifapprehenfion of her character, 
was I believe the real caufe of it : when 
I fir ft faw her, circumftances confpired 
to miftead me, in one grand point of- 
her excellence, fweetnefs of difpofitioh : 
fte appeared to me fatiricai, fevere, un- 
amiable; the attradtion of the other 
parts of her character was of courie di- 
minished; they came in upon me, one 
by one, not in their full ftrength; my 
heart was therefore not /urprized, and 
my reafon being freely left % to itfelf, was 
enabled as it developed new virtues in 
her, to repel their dangerous cflccT: upon 
hfelf;" 

"By 



cc By what ? Good heaven, by what V 

exclaimed the impatient Colonel, " what 

could reafon fay againft preferring Rofe 

de Blaquiere? Oh ! that I had learned 

the precious fecret !" 

After fome hefitaiion Barry replied, <c I 

heard that (he was engaged i 1 faw that 

{he was attached to fome one : this con* 

vidion, and the circumftances I have 

before mentioned, affuredly confpired to 

prevent the growth of any felfifti, impof- 

fible wifhes, in my bofom. True ; I 

fee her beauty with pleafure ; ■ I watch 

her virtues with enthufiafoi; and I 

fpeak of them with candour 5 yet I pro* 

teft, that could I to-morrow give her 

into the arms of the man (he loves, I 

would do fo, with almoft paternal tran- 
sport." 

Colonel Ormond anfwered this fpeech, 
with nothing but fighs ; Tyrone draw- 
ing ftill farther from obfervation, fat 

with 



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with tears dropping through his clofed 
cyelaflies, muling on the ftrange charact- 
er and condud of Role. His heart, like 
a bow long bent, now recoiled with 
double force from its conftrained indif- 
ference : he faw Rofe efteemed, admired, 
refpe&ed by every one; furrounded by 
lovers, from whofe variety (he was likely 
foon to felcft the one mod favoured $ 
he Paw her, with that touching air of in* 
nocence and goodnefs which Barry had 
lb \uftly defcribed, and which his own 
heart had once coo powerfully acknow- 
ledged ; and while he beheld her look 
and aft, as if (he were the moft excel- 
lent of her fex, he vainly recurred to 
her former weak and unfeeling conduft, 
as an antidote for this- new poifon. 

In the fir ft anguifti of his foul, he re<* 
folved to leave Dublin* the very next 
morning; and during every paufeofthe 
languid converfation, which occupied the 

vol. \\u f little 



:■[ tf } 

<Jitde party for the reft of their dfiye, 
he repeated to himfelf, l€ Yes, I will go 
to-morrow," But the morrow brought 
with it different fentiments, he fancied 
himfelf more realorrable; and cheat- 

, ing his heart with the idea, that it w$s 
better to conquer its weaknefs by feeing 
Rofe, and* learning to do fo with com- 

* pofure, he told Derroot at breakfaft> that 
he might countermand the orders, given 
the night before, fince he fhovid now 
remain in Dublin, at lead a month 

; longer. 



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CHAPTER XVI. 

At breakfaft the next rooming, Fitz<- 
patrick 9 who had made many fage reflec- 
tion/during the night, upon the agitati* 
on of Rfcfe* faluted his wife and her friend 
with affumed vivacity -, declaring his 
belief /that he fhotild foon be ftrong 
enough to undertake a journey to KiU 
larney.. • . ' 

Mrs* FiUpatrick heard this 'declarat- 
ion, with pleasure j her mother had al- 
ready left town, and it had therefore 
xe^fedtohave any hold upon her wilhes, 
Ihe languished for the fight of green 
trees, and the found of their ruftling 
leaves, and fondly, hoping that the quiet 
of K,illarney, would ptfrfeftly reftore her 
beloved Henry, (he prorriifed to accom- 
pany him there, whenever his furgeon 

? a pro- 



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pronounced him in a date to travel. 
Rofe was not lets fin cere in giving her 
cheerful aflent to leave town; (he had 
palled a fleeplefs night, and began to 
fhudder at htrfelf, for clinging thus to 
the remembrance of an attachment 
which had owed its exigence to goodnefs, 
and ought to have expired with that 
quality. The thought of again feeing 
her revered protector, and his excellent 
fitter 3 of again lofing felfifli regrets in 
the performance of adive duties, anima- 
ted her countenance, and gladdened her 
heart. She fpolce with joy of leaving 
the metropolis, and as Fitzpatrick che- 
lifhed with equal pleafure the idea of 
meeting his mother, they converfed up- 
on the intervening tinfe, till the fafhion- 
able morning was far advanced, and a 
loud knocking at the porter's gate an- 
nounced vifitors. 

The 



[ roi ] 

The pames given in, by the fervant, 
were thofe of the Dutchefs ' of Con- 
naught, and Lady Gertrude Dulverton. 
Rofe had often heard of this young lady, 
who was niece to. the Dutchefs, and was 
now come from her father's gay houfe in 
London, to fpend the fummer months at 
Tarbert Caftle. 

Lady Gertrude had been the Englifh 
toaft for two feafons ; and having left 
captivatioa than beauty, and more 
haughrinefs than fortune, (he contrived 
(very much^gainft her own inclination 
as well as that of her fchemiog father) to . 
remain (till, cc an unappropriated fweet," 

Report faid, that Lady Gertrude had 
once been violently in love . with Mr* 
Felix Charlemont ; and that in the fir ft 
phrenzjr of her pafiion, (he refufed a rich 
old Marquis upon his account. Lord 
,Normantun,her father, who then feverely 
frowned upon this attachment, was now 

f 3 a won* 



[ boss J 

a-womJerful-adh^kefrof this very young 
niatfy to fay thctttith* his Lordfhip had 
chappy knack iofctengiftg hi* opinion 
according to grand policy ;„wa* very 
poor* incumbered with a large family of 
children , and 'was therefore prudent per- 
haps* in .difpatshiftg Lady Girtrudeto 
her aunt, in hopes that her gre&ly im^ 
ffrdvedperfon; and kttprovfcd arts, might 
fefiHaate jhe nsw Lord Tyrond. 

,R©fe could : BDt refute a tribute of ad* 
fniration to Aec'fiM figUte and exquifite 
feature* of Lady Gertrude; but tti* 
turhed diflatifcfied at her bold towering 
ffep, her haughty meafufing eyes, whicH 
indicated as much infolence of beauty, 
ai of rank. ' Lady Gertrudfe fiadf been 
taught by her aunt, to conftdef #f the 
Mifsde Blaquiere" as a fomewhat for- 
midable rival in the circle of fafhion ; 
aad (he now fat imperioufly filent, flaring 
full upon Rofe, as if copfidering no 

creature 



[ 103 ] 

creature in the room, of fuffkient conse- 
quence to awaken her charming 
powers. 

In one of the paufcs of a cooverfatioo 
that had been kept up between the 
D.utchefa and, Mrs*.Fitzpatrick> while 
Rofe was occupied, in playing with * 
little fon of the former, Lord Tyrona 
was announced : his name a&ed likq 
magic upon the Englifh beauty ; (h% 
was no longer cold and repulfive, bqt 
foiling into lovelinefa, began to cangrai 
tulate him on his return from the con- 
tinent. With that glad, fmrprife whisli 
we always CMiace on meeting a pleafao? 
perfon in one country* wham w& vfs4 
often to fee. in another, TyrQna OlQPfc 
her by the offered hand, and* after pay-t 
tng'his compUo&entjuo the other^ies* 
took a feat neap the handfojfle vifepiy 

Rofe thought that flie could W n^f* 
take the meanigg of Lady Qe^trude^ 

. F 4 /*l^ft^ c y«i 




[ 104 ] 

eyes which feemed now to devour greed- 
ily, all the noble lineaments of Tyrone's 
face and figure: (he fancied too, that 
the exhilarated countenance of Tyrone 
announced fome thing more than mere 
pleafurc. " His is a transferable heart," 
fhe whifpered to herfclf, as (he bent over 
the Dutchefs's pretty child, " and it is in 
its deplorable inconftancy alone, that we 
muft feek for the origin of all his guilt." 
As (he concluded this reflediion, (he 
pre ft her lips upon the forehead of the 
boy, and releafing him, turned to the 
Dutchefs. The child ran immediately 
to Tyrone, whofe ready arms received 
him, and whofe mechanical kifs, was in 
the fame inftant imprinted on the fore- 
head yet glowing from the tips of Rofe: 
Rofe was looking at him, in the fame 
moment, the fame ft range thrill ran 
through the veins of both. Tyrone, 
fcorning the fufpicion of weakly yielding 

to 



[ ios ] 

to the mere influence of her prefence, 
pufhed (he child from him ; while Rofe 
recollected his own child, doomed to 
fliamef ul obfeurity. Each of them reco- 
vered their fetf-command, as they pa u fed 
on thefe ideas. Lord Tyrone redoubled 
his attentions to Lady Gertrude, and 
Rofe found an opportunity of difplaying 
her unconcern by the entrance of Lord 
Bindon and Mr. Carysfort. 

The budget of news brought by Lord 
Bindon, and the ill-nature furnilhed by 
Mr. Carysfort, made a refpeciable addition 
to the entertainment of the morning. 
The Dutchefs of Connaught brightened 
into gaiety, and Lady Gertrude's fre- 
quent (hort laugh, afforded Lord Tyrone 
an opportunity of admiring her dazzling 
teeth, and ruby lips. Fitzpatrick joined 
them— he was more ferious t!,an before 
but not lefs agreeable ; he fat down near 
Lady Gertrude. — Novelty has its 

f 5 charms : 



[ io6 ] 

charms : and though Rofe was certainly 
more lovely, and Flora a thoufand times 
dearer, than this handfome ftranger, yet 
the volatile Henry deferted them both, 
to admire Lady Gertrude's white arms, 
and alluring lhape, — fuch is man ! 

The fwect child which Lord Tyrone 
had fo violently repulfed, was at this pe~ 
riod feated upon his knee; he was paf- 
fionately fond of children, and had often 
been induced to vifit Connaught-Houfe 
for the fake of caretflng this intelli- 
gent boy. Rofe thought ftill of the de- 
ferted little Felix; averting her eyes 
from theobjeft they had formerly never 
failed to feek, flie addrefled Lord Bin- 
don; his Lordftiip anlwered her qucftioa 
and then turned to the Dutchefs. 

. i€ I dare fay your grace is very fond 
of that litcte urchin : he's a dcvilith fine 
lad to be fure.— O ! don't fend him to 
m< !" added he* feeing Lord Tyrone was 

po* 



» - • 



C «°7.J 

politely relinquiihing him* — cc I admire 
children like pictures, quiteatadittancej 
quite at a diftance ! if they come tQO 
©car, the effeft is over." 

* c They are like cabinet pi&ure$ 
then my Lord," faid Mrs. Fitzpatrick, 
fending her fweetly-fpeaking eye, to- 
wards the pretty lordling, " the n? arer 
they draw to us, the more bewitching 
they are/* 

Fitzpatrick looked fondly at her, and 
he looked volumes: in a moment he 
was at her fide, 

" I; have often perplexed myfelf with 
thinking, "faid Rpfe, " why we enjoy, in 
our attachment to children, an overflow- 
ingnefs of the heart, a delicious fecurity, 
that is to be found in no other fend* 
menjt." Lord Tyrone's fearching eye 
fix^d direftly upon her. "It is,'* ob- 
served he, " becaufe we are allured .of 
the purity of the objeft ; and certain of 

f 6 the 



/,• 



[ ioS ] 

the fmccrity of their affe&ionate careffes. 
Every day, I love children more," added 
he, (recovering from the undue energy 
with which he had pointed this obferva- 
tion,) €< and I like myfclf the better 
for it." 

" And fo you are a child fancier $" 
cried Mr. Carysfort, (talking contempt* 
uoufly up to him " to be fure it's a very 
harmlefs fore of virtu ; and I don't fee 
why a man of your Lordfhip's fortune 
might not have a collection of pretty 
little brattlings, as well as a mufeum of 
plants, or butterflies, or any thing elfe 
that is ftupid and ufelefs." 

Lord Tyrone made it a rule, never 

to anfwer Mr. Carysfort; he fmiled with 

an air of pity, and addrcfled Lord Bindon. 

* f Are you fincere, Bindon, when 
you tell us that you are not fond of 
Children ?" 

« c O cer- 



[io 9 1 

cc O certainly !" refumed his Lordfliip, 
(taring at the poflibility of its being 
doubted, " I cannot endure their con- 
founded fqualling." 

" But fuch boys as this don't fquall." 
anfwered Fitzpatrick* 

u No, to be fure, but then they teize 
and talk nonfenfe; and I deteft any 
body that talks nonfenfe." 

" Do you," exclaimed Carysfort, 
" then I have no doubt but that you and 
I abhor the fame perfon." Mrs. 
Fitzpatrick feeing where this pointed, 
did not give Lord Bindon's flow mind, 
time enough to perceive its meaning* lhe 
faid quickly to her hufband — 4 J Well, 
Henry, and where have you been all this 
time? who has deprived us of you 
folong?" 

• "•Our friend Ormond, he left me to 
fet off for Dennis-Mount, from whence 
an exprefs came this morning to tell him 

of 



\ 



[ 1,0 ] 

ofthefudden illnefs of his. brother: he 
defircd me to fay all that was refpe&ful 
to you and Mifs dc Bhquiere." 

" So ! fo !" cried Carysfort, maliciouf- 
ly leering at Rofc, " we (ball have him 
return, to us my LorcfAchonr y, perhaps, 
Cojfie, ladies, prepare co fcrarpk?le for a co- 
ronet; OravwTs heart is fomewhere in 
Dublin, I am certain^ and he will be 
giving cake and favors, with the fcarf 
and weepers." 

Having met the Colonel at the Lord 
Lieutenant's two days before, Lady 
Gertrude had fet him down in her lift of 
lover6», (he \ glanced cowards Tyrone, 
and heaving up the Uwo that (haded her 
fair neck, laid— cc you are not quite fure 
of this cake and favors, Mr. Carysfort, 
I fhould think there was a chance of the 
Lady's affc&iona being othtrwife enga- 
ged." 

» 

" Affirc- 



% 

"Affe&ions! nonfenfer!'* exclaimed 

« 

Carysfort, dill aiming at Mifs de Bla- 
quiere, " don't you think that twelve 
thoufand a year, and a Baron Lord, would 
outweigh alt the affe&ion in the world ? 
even fpch a commoner as the celebrated 
Colville Barry would grow odious by 
the companion." 

Rofe was never proof againft the in- 
fidious attacks of Carysfort; her face 
now glowed with refentment and con- 
fufion : Tyronejuddenly took up his hat; 
he haftilv bowed round to the whole 
party, and muttering " good morning," 
left the room. His features had betray* 
ed no difquietude, but a fwell of ming- 
led emotions was beating againft his 
bofoml Fitzpatrick followed him out*. 

Carysfort addreffed the child, " Come 
here, Lord Robert, let me fee whether 
my ugly phiz can pleafe you as well as 
my Lord Tyrone's beautiful ok. Don't 

5 y° u 



you think his Lord(hip is very hand- 
fomc, Ladies ?" 

Lady Gertrude now grew eloquent j 
glowing with the expectation of her vivid 
praifes coming round to their fubjeft, 
(he pranced away about proportion, 
grace, colouring, expreffion and dignity, 
with all the phrafeology of a painter. 
Carysfort fmiled, and facing round upon 
Rofe, put the queftion broadly to her. 
Rofe faw the barbarity of this, but Aim- 
moning up compofure, (he anfwered 
freely in the affirmative. 

fi No one/' (he faid, " can deny I^ord 
Tyrone's perfon, to be the pureft aiTerrw 
blage of graces ever beheld." 

* c O! and hb mind, ma'anr" cried 
Lady Gertrude, eager to infinuate that 
(he was upon excellent terms with him. 
€C He is the moft fenfibk creature in 
the univerfe, I have heard him and Lord 
Normanton talk politics, fill he has 

actually 



C "3 3 

a&ually made his Lord (hip look like a 
fool." 

" I have not the honour of knowing 
Lord Normantonj" faid Carysfort far- 
caftically, yet rather apprebenfively— 
"So I cannot determine how far thii 
praife exalts its hero." Rofe, who was 
the only perfon near Carysfort and Lady 
Gertrude, looked with amazement at 
the former, when he pronounced this 
daring farcafm, but Lady Gertrude, with 
out perceiving it, ran on— 

" And then, he is fuch a noble crea- 
ture : I have witnefled fuch inftances pf 
his goodnefs ! for he was fo intimate at 
my father's, that I ufed to be quizzed 
about him. What do you laugh at, Mr. 
Carysfort? upon my word I merely 
mentioned this, to, prove to you, how 
well acquainted I am with his char after, 
and confequently confider myfclf certain 
of being believed when I fpeak of it." 

" Then 



£ "4 1 

cc Then perhaps you Jinojy of hU 
Lordfhip's charming family, here in Ire- 
land," Obfcrved Cary^foricpoly. "This 
noble creature h^s fm& $ p*i$pn for 
children* that I hear he h** a little neft 
of them, 0/" £** ewti.v&ry near !QubUn* 
My fervatjt law one of thefo-chcrubs at 
fchool famewbere. Waa your Ladyffeip 
acquainted with this?". 

Lady Gei crude at finft denied the trurix 
of this affertion.; bat qpon Carysfart 
preffing it as *fe6t, flip wheeled* rqund* 
ami defended the whole bufiaefs. While 
(he was. running on, aboufc the frailty, of 
human nature, and: the arta of low 
women* and thediagerio£fpfaepribiHcy t 
and the iropoffibilitjr of finding perfection, 
ami the folly of expe6iing a Sir Charles 
Grandifon in the 1 8th ceptuny, in fhort^ 
ringing every change upon the chime of 
falhionable excufes, M rs. Fkzpatrick was 
fteadily but fcornfully denying it all; 

and 



and Rofe was called away to fee a poor 
widpw, for whcfe ion flic hid (hat day 
(through Captain Fitzpatrick) obtained 
a filiation in a public office 

Role did not return to the company, 
when the grateful widow took her leave j 
her heart was. wrung- with grief: (he had 
heard' Tyrone cenfured, and flic could 
not defend binz, for he was not inno- 
cent " O deac and iefpe&ed friends. T* 
Did exclaimed,, as (he .entered her dref- 
fin g- room, and thought of Ca£tle«Con~ 
nel :; c * How (hall I dare to meet your 
penetrating eyes ? Hqw dare to confefs 
xs% jaou* tim gme, which ought to have? 
rooted my aver&M for Lord Tyrone, 
has only fervedi to overturn it, Alas 1 
hftjeems fo excellent that I delude nny- 
felf with the belief of his being fo/' 

On the laft futnmoos of the dinner- 
bell, Mifa de Btfaquiere appeared in the 
eating-room; for the firft time during 

the 



/ 



the cburfe of fornc weeks, they dined 
alone. Never had this meal beei* more 
delightful ; for Fitzpatrick and his wife 
were in a charming mood, and Rofe ex- 
erted herfelf to be cheerful. At the 
conclufion of dinner, when the fervanrs 
withdrew, Fitzpatrick addreiled her.— 

u As 1 hope, nay believe," faid he, 
tc thatyou would willingly have no con- 
cealments from my Flora, I will noc 
turn her out of the room, while I fpeak 
to you upon a fubjedt, which nearly 
concerns your future happinefs." Rofe 
lifted her eyes, the ferious tendernefs of 
Fitzpatrick, the. late vifit of Tyrone, 
their difappearance together, all con*. 
fpired to make her bread palpitate with 
the expectation of this important fubje& 
being connedtd with him. 

" Go on, dear fir !" (he faid, hardly re- 
fpifing, " Whatever relates merely to 

my 



1 "7 3 

my&lf, I would never conceal from 
my friend." 

<c Here is another perfon concerned," 
replied Fitzpatrick, V it is Colonel Or- 
mond." . Mrs. Fitzpatrick left her feat. 
cc Sit down, my dear Flora," cried Rofe, 
trembling with disappointment, " Colo- 
nel Ormond can never be of that confe- 
que/ice to me, to make me feek any 
concealments about him." 

cc If this be the cafe, then I fear I. need 
not open my commiffion/' faid the kind 
Henry, fomwhat difconcerted. Rofe 
looked.down. c< I am fure — I mean I — 
I don't conceive what Colonel Ormond 
can have to fay to me." 

<c Nay ! don't be prudifli, Rofe: you 
muft have feen that he admires you ; in 
fhort, the bufinefs is this : Ormond is 
as defperately in love with you> as I was, 
as I am, with this dear creature : he has 

a fine 



t\ir8..] - 

a -finefonunc, is prfefumptfvcheir to the 

Achonry title, and bears an uaexceprioh* 

able charafter$ hisperfon and manners 

you 1 know; his heart Iwill anfwer for. 

Unable himfelfto ofiei 1 youhis hand,* he 

came thU morning to commiflion me 

with his propofals % and therefore, my 

dear girl, if you entertain any prepoffef- 

fion for this poor fellow, tell me fo at 

once." ' ,; ' 

Rofe was too much agitated to anfwer 

immediately i % atiength wiping her eyes 

after a flood of tears, fThe gave a firm but 

grateful refufal to the genfcrous offers of 

Colonel Ormond. 

Fitzpatrick preffed his friend's fuit with 

honeft ardour ; but his wife declined 

any interference, declaring that the 

wctild never wifh any woman tomarry 

the man, whofe propofal (he had received 

at firft, without pleaftire. Fitzpatrick 

' urgtd it again, becaufe he thought he 

oughr 



ought to do fi> ; bift Rofe was rcfolate, 
and having taught a look of mingled 
approbation and reproach from her (V. 
lenced friend, (he obtained permiffion 
to withdraw. * ' ' 

.^The enfuing evening was 1 fpent in a 
domeftic way, at Cohnaught houfe, the 
company there, eonfifting only of the 
Duke and Dutchefs, Lady Gertrude 
Dulverton, the family from Merriort 
Square, Lord Tyrone, and the diffi- 
paced Wortley Maiden. 

Rofe but too well remembered the 
affertion of Lady Gertrude, that (he and 
•Lord Tyrone had been quizzed, when 
(he faw them fitting together on the 
fame fulcane. In truth Lady Gertrude 
was celebrated for a charming eafinefs 

r 

of manner, that permitted her to fliflg 
herfe If where, and how (he Chafe; that 
under the title of candour, licenfed her 
to fay flattering things -to eirery man, 

whofe 



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whofe preemption upon; them, fhc 
upbraided with her tongue, but encou- 
raged by her eyes. Gracefully unbent tq 
gaiety and good-humour, (he fat play- 
ing with the little Lord Robert, whom 
(he noticed before Tyrone, becaufe he 
liked children : and becaufe it gave her 
an opportunity of flinging about her 
line hair, and difordering her glittering 
draperies.. She was very, lively, and 
very entertaining, and very beautiful : and 
though incapable of infpiring the fenti- 
mcntoflove, (he imparted to the ad- 
miration created by her perfon, all the 
force of a paffion ; to touch the hearty 
and to (ire the imagination are very dif- 
ferent things. Lady Gertrude could 
not have understood the language of the 
former, but (he was extremely acute in 
perceiving the firft fparks of the latter; 
added to this* though apparently care- 
lefs and unftudied; (he lived in a con- 

flant 



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ftant watchfulncfs upon the effiSt of her 
own charms. 

Mr. Maldon entered in the midft of 
her ladyfhip's , witcheries j the fight of 
him, electrified Lord Tyrone. This 
was the man whofe flagrant attentions 
to Lady Rofcommon, were even then 
plunging the name of her hufband into 
the gulph of diflionour. Tyrone (lasted 
angrily away, and Lady Gertrude per- 
ceiving that her favourite coufio did not 
pleafe the perfon flie wifhed to fafcinate* 
quitted her (eat, 

c< Have you ^ver feen my boudoir?'* 
(he aflced. Lord Tyrone anfwered in the 
negative. 

" Then you fhall fee it d\rt&\y* 
cried fhe, pulling the bell; " carry 
candles into my reading-room (fpeaking 
to the fervant). Come, Captain Fitzpa- 
trick, if you can leave the fide of your 
wife I nay* don't frown Mrs. Fitzpatrick: 

vol.. in* d though 



though I may jeft about matrimonial 
lovers, I have no fuch feeling in my 
heart I aflure you : if ever I marry, I 
know I fhall love my hufband dearly j 
but what am I talking about ? come, 
Nlifs de Blaquiere, I fhall be fcanda- 
lized, if I run about the houfe with 
two fuch fmart creatures as thefe." 
There was fomething in Lady Ger- 
trude's manner which pleafed you, in 
fpite of your judgments Rofe fmiled, 
and following her up flairs, alternately 
looking at Tyrone and her perpetually 
fwaying (hape (which feemed at $very 
new movement to (hew fome new beauty 
of form) almoft fancied this difplay 
was not ftudied, but accidental. 

Upon entering the boudoir, the gay 
aflemblage /of drawings, bufts, plants, 
and cabinets, pleafed every one. 
«« There 1" cried her ladylhip, throwing 
open the door * " fee what a fabric I have 

5 raifed 



£ "3 3 

raifed for my aunt; I have been in Dub* 
lin only a week, and lo ! what I have 
completed*" 

" It is a fairy palace I 1 ' cried Fitz- 
patrick. 

<f Do you indeed think it pretty, 
well that's very civil of you ; I am fb 
fond of thefe creations of one's own ! 
Ol don't look at the drawings, my 
lord; they are (hocking daubs: mere 
effedt was all that I thought of pro* 
during." 

<c And are thefe your drawings, La- 
dy Gertrude j they are admirable F* 
Lord TyrQne was a fine painter himfelf, 
and fuch proofs of Lady Gertrude's ge- 
nius, greatly aftonifhed him 1 Lady 
Gertrude laughed. cc What a flatterer 
you are ;, but I'll, (how you fome fpeci- 
mens of Englilh artifts , I brought them 
over for my aunt, becaufe my father 
ufed to have them duck about our walls 

g 2 in 



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in fuch a manner, that it was as odious 
to me, as walking among nothing but 
looking glaffes." While (he fpoke, 
(he opened the drawers of a fuperb ca- 
binet, and threw out a large parcel of 
drawings and miniatures. €€ They are 
all portraits of me, Captain Fitzpatrick, 
and moft prepofteroufly flattered ; nay, 
I'll put them back again, for I perceive 
Dord Tyrone and MHs de Blaquierc 
fmiling at my vanity; but in this, 
1 they wrong . me -, indeed my lord, I 
(hould never have fat for thefe fantaftjc 
things, if the poor fellows that did 
them, had no: peftered me out>of a pro- 
per refolution 5 they complimented me 
to death, about fine, model, good co- 
louring, and heaven knows all what : 
and then came to the plain matter of 
faft ; I was daughter taLord Norman- 
ton, and I was juft come out, and juft 
talked of> and my face would be gene- 

rally 



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rally recognized in the exhibition : it 
was a charity to fit, I found, and fo 
I did it." 

Rofe was now (landing clofe to Lord 
Tyrone, examining the drawing which 
he held, and which difplayed the charms 
of Lady Gertrude's redundantly beau- 
tiful fhape in every becoming view, and 
aft ion. . When her ladyfhip thought 
they had made a due impreffioo, (he 
gaily fnatched them away, and huddling 
them back into the cabinet, ran towards v 
bcr harp, 

<l Come, good folks, can any of you 
play on the harp? MaCs de Blaquiere, 
will you ?" Rofe excufed herfelf, and 
at Lord Tyrone's requeftj Lady Ger- 
trude took the inftru'menr, and fang the 
following ftanzas, to a very graceful ac- 
companiment : 

* r 

« 

trj SONG. 



[ n6 ] 

f 

SONG. 

* c My Carlos ! though thy gazing eyes have 

told s 

" That tale impaflioned, which thine oaths have 

feal'd, 
" Still do I feein to thee, like friendship cold ; 
'" Still is my foul's devotion, unreveal'd : - 

„ " Yet ah ! reproach me not ; (indignant grown,), 
•' For bagful fear, bids ardent words retreat : 
" To iilence, and my own fond heart alone, 

" Dare I, the vows of doating love repeat." 

» t 

Ac the two laft lines of the ballad, 
Lady Gertrude timidly directed her 
fine eyes towards Lord Tyrone; and 
meeting not only tbofe of his lord (hip, 
but Mifs de Blaquiere's, {he became fa 
confufed, as to play fome falfe notes in 
the accompaniment* 

1 This artfully contrived fong had 
fucceeded in producing the effedt in- 

; ' - tended : 



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tended: it gave Rofe to underftand, 
that Carlos meant, Charlemont and thac 
Lord Tyrone was enflaved by the fair 
linger ; and ic created a fpecies of un~ 
definable confufion in his lord (hip, a* 
he clearly perceived that Lady Ger- 
trude's looks had applied the lad lines 
to hino. 

The fong being new to Fitzpatrick* 
he befought her ladylhip to tell him 
whofe it was. Lady Gertrude laughed j 
c< This is very flattering ! frcll, I nevef 
knew before, thac I was a poet and a 
compofer j the words and the air arf 
both mine: and I fhould not have iiv 
truded them upon you now, had not 
the whim feized me, of giving you every 
thing of my own manufacture ; or in- 
deed, if I had recollected any .thing 
elfe at the time." Tyrone looked ax 
her wit^ momentary;, ad miration**; 
" what an enviable affemblagp of talents 

g 4. is 



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is yours, Lady Gertrude !" " Yes ;" 
cried Fitzpatrick, " fo young, fo beau- 
tiful, fo clever ; you mult be the hap. 
pieft creature in the world." Lady Ger- 
trude rofe from the inftrument with a 
changed expreffion. 

V Ah ! exclaicned (he, fighing, what 
avails the praife of intellect, the ; efteem 
of the good, or theperfonal admiration 
of fools, if— "fhe turned abruptly 
from Lord Tyrone, when (he had ut- 
tered this, apparently afliamed of hav- 
ing gone too far. Fitzpatrick familiarly 
caught her by the arm, as ihe was 
retreating from his friend, and added ; 
*' if you fhould lofe or fail to touch the 
heart that governs yours; was not 
this, the end of the fentence? Ah! 
Lady Gertrude." Her ladyfliip with 
an aflumed air of afiuming gaiety, broke 
from him,, and fnatched up a candle. 

€S Come, come, let us be gone, you 

have 



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have b£tr*yec) me into a vaft deal qf 
folly, and ten to one, if ypu don't 
think dreadfully ill of me, for the reft 
of your lives, I have nothing for it, 
but my Lprdt^Lyttleton's affertion, that 
"not to lovty but to love wrong is 
ftiame ;" come, Mils de Blaquiere, I 
fuppofe I Jhall b*ve it all over Dublin 
lo- morrow, that poor Lady Gertrude 
Dulverton is in love. 

Both the gentlemen immediately be- 
gan a proteftation upon the fubjeft; 
cc hufh, hufh !" added (be, interrupting 
them i " I am a very ftrange being, and 
don't care who thinks it i for if me/i 
believe me attached to fomebody, they 
will ceafc to pefter me : but no more of 
this j. pray* my lord, is it true, that ypu 
are going to put up for that borough in 
the county of Mayo. I forget its name ^ 
that place which the late Mr. Faulkner 
\ reprefented," Lord Tyrone replied in 

o $ the 



• 4 



[ »3<> 1 

* ¥ 9 9 

the affirmative; and Rofe thinking 
upon his luminous mind, already anti- 
cipated his rife to political glory; They 
toere by this time at the door of. the 
drawing-room; Lady Gertrude fttH 
talked as (he entered it. <c And I fop- 
pofe then, you will very fooii leave 
Dublin; to begin the canvafs i 9 * 1 €€ To 
canvafs; cried the dutchefs, what, is 
Lord Tyrone going into Parliament ?** 

" Yes, aunt ; replied her ladyfhip ; 
•he puts up for the borough in Mayo.* 
ic If that be the cafe/' (aid, the diitchefs, 
•deciding then upon her fummer retrear, 
" as we (hall be at Tar bert Caftle,I hope, 
my lord, you will favour us, by mak- 
ingit your home : it is a very fine old 
place I affure you; arid Gertrude v and 
the^chiklren will help to enliven it/' 

Tyrone bowed, <c Your grace does 
me too much honour; but as the elec- 
tion will, I fear, prove a violent conteft*, v 
• • x fuftcr 



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tbflfer me to decline making TarBertr 
Caftle the fcene of any of my perplex* 
tics. 1 * The dutchefs would not be de- 
nied : the duke urged the near neigh- 
bourhood of the Caftle to the town : 
and Lady Gertrude whifpering the lit- 
tle Robert, bade hirn <c *coax Lord Ty- 
rone toga and play with him at Tar- 
bert." Lord Tyrone was not very 
much at cafe; he could not miftake 
Lady Gertrude's manner, apd he would 
have abhorred himfelf, had he been ca- 
pable of giving her* or any woman, 
hopes which he did not mean to realizes 
The varying complexion of Rofe, and 
the eyes of Fitzpatrick, however* deter- 
mined him to go: he fought to prove 
to them both, that he had no lurking 
tendemefs for the former, and there- 
fore trading to his future condudt for a. 
Security to Lady Gertrude, he accepted 
the dutchefs's invitation* ... 

m . ' + g 6 Wortley 



> . a 



< 

Wortley Maiden, who was fitting at 
« whift table, looked up, *nd ftifled a 
laugh at the facility with which Tyrone 
-was caught \ he filcntly remarked Co 
himfelf, " what a devilith dead fet his 
coufin had made at the new Vifcount." 
-The reflexions paffing through the 
mind of Rofe, were not very different 
in their nature ; blinded by a fpectes 
of jealoiipfy, which (he tried to hide from 
herfelf; (he fancied that the attentions 
which Lady Gertrude artfully betrayed, 
nay forced Lord Tyrone to pay her, 
were all voluntary tributes : fhe looked 
upon his acceptance of the* dotcheis's in- 
vitation as a fignal of his prepoffeffion 
in favour of the dutchefs's niece ; and 
already in imagination (he beheld the 
unthinking, vain Lady Gertrude, who 
would be infenfible to every thing but 
his beauty, in poffeffion of his heart and 
hand. 

Thefe 



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Thefe thoughts deadened her fpirits^ 
and abated her charms; {he neither 
fhared in, nor contributed to the plea* 
fantnefs of the evening ; but fitting near 
the card-table, would have totally for- 
gotten the room, and moft of its inha- 
bitants, had not the bold eyes of Wort* 
ley Maiden fixed upon her face, when- 
ever he dealt, or waited for the lead of 
the firft card, recalled fome fcattered 
colour to her cheek. Lord Tyrone, 
difgufted with the company pf Mr, Mai- 
den, left Connaught-houfe before fup- 
per i the remainder of the party kept up 
a languid change of amufements, fuch 
as cards, mufic, and puzzles; and 
then feparated, with this general, but 
internal remark, that they had never 
before fpent fo ftupid an evening. 

When Lady Gertrude Dulverton re- 
tired for the night, (he felicitated her- 
felf rather prematurely, upon having 

had 



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*ad great fuccefs with Lord Tyrone ; 
(he anticipated complete conqueft among 
the old groves of Tarbert, where retire- 
ment, and that foftnefs of heart, which 
romantic natufre produces, would prove 
her beft auxiliaries. She had indeed 
heard about an attachment to Mifs de 
Blaquiere : but {he had heard alfo, that 
it was gone off, and judging by herfelf, 
erroneoufly foppofcd that they now ab- 
horred one another, as cordially as they 
fiad ever loved. Lady Gertrude had 
been five times in love, before (he faw 
Lord Tyrone, and near as frequently 
fince ; and Jhe always made it a rule 
to hate or defpife her old Same, the in- 
ftant (he conceived another. FtjII of 
the hope, that Tyrone would fpeak la* 
viftily in her praifc, to his friend Fitz* 
patrick, (he waited anxioufly through 
the next day, till the time pafied, in 
which (he thought it likely for them to 

have 



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have met, and difcuffcd her attra&ions * 
then ordering her aunt's vis-a-vis, (he 
drove off to Merrion Square. 

Rofe was (landing at one of the open 
Windows, reading a letter from Lady 
Glenroy ; w.hen the glittering equipagei 
with its glare of fcarlet liveries, and 
gold trappings, flopped fuddenly at the 
gate, "not at home, my dear Flora !" 
cried Rofe, eagerly as (he caught a 
glance of Lady Gertrude. " O ! *we 
muft be at home, . Rofe j (he has feen 
us/' The wind at that time blew afide 
the branches of a rofe-accacia, in the 
balcony, and her ladyfhip nodded. 
" How I diflike that woman V 9 ex- 
claimed Mrfs de Blaquiere. 

€t Not more than I do !- returned 
Mrs. Fitzpatrick, looking down upon 
the ftriking figure of her lady (hip (who, 
covered with a fantaftic veil, which (he 
wrapped like a mantle around her> wa$ 

now 



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now ftepping out of the carriage). Wot 
there ever fuch an impofing mafs of va- 
nity, infolence and falfehood ; as to her 
writing poetry, and compofing mufic, 
it is the verieft fable that jever exifted : 
I could not help laughing, as Henry 
praifed her fine fentimenta) fong I, Whea 
fhe was in Ireland before, I was in her 
company, when poetical forfeits were 
played at ; and though fhe attempted 
to produce two extempore lines, fhe 
could not make one the fame length 
as the other. I have heard that (he has 
a very clever maid, who was the orphan 
of a clergyman, and whofe talents in 
this way, render it worth Lady Ger- 
trude's while, to be a mod indulgent 
miftrefs: fee what a Mrs. Candour I 
am $ her mafterly drawings too ! by 
mere chance I faw 6nc ot them at aa 
obfeore artift's houfe in London laft 
year $ a week after, . I was (hewn it by . 

Lady. 



£ *37 ] 

Lady Gertrude, as her own : thefe de- 
ceptions are fiifficient to authorize one 
in the belief of her being all a cheat. 
I have no patience, when worthy men 
fquander admiration upon — " here the 
door opened, and Lady Gertrude was 
announced. 

Wich a familiar "how do ye?" 
fee approached the friends. <« Why my 
dear Mrs* Fitzpatrick, cried fhe, look* 
ing through the fuice of rooms in which 
(he was ; you have certainly the very 
bed houfe in Dublin : it is in fuch good 
tafte ; I am paflionately fond of flow- 
ers, and ftatues, and you feem to ex^ 
pend a little fortune in them. In the 
name of charity, where do you find , 
fuch delightful rofe-trees ? how did you 
get home laft night ? I am afraid you 
fpent a monftrous dull evening. . I am 
fure Captain Fitzpatrick and Lord Ty? 
rone muft have thought me the ftu. 

pideft 



/ 



[ »3* 3 

pideft creature in the world j 1 was fa 
horribly low/' 

Mrs. Fitzpatrick was too penetrating 
not to difcover the defign of Lady Ger- 
trude ! (he replied politely in the nega- 
tive; faying, " I met Lord Tyrone, 
this morning at my book fellers, and as 
we did not particularly fpeak of our even* 
ing, I fuppofe it left no unpleafant im- 
preflions," IC and nb pleaiant ones ;" 
the gay \Flora*s mifchfevous eyes added, 
as (he turned carefefsly towards the bal- 
cony. Lady Gertrude coloured V Rofe 
looked reproachfully at her friend; 
M Here comes Henry/* faid the latter, 
(laughing and killing her hand to him, 
as he was eroding the fqdare,) coming 
as ufual, with a whole regiment of little 
ragged beggars at his heels." 

<c How well he looks!" cried Rofe, 
admiring with friendly fulnefs of heart, 
the benevolent countenance of the again 

hand- 



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handfome Fitzp^trick, « fee ! how he 
fmiles, and (colds in his good-humoured 
way, the poor little imps that are run* 
oing after him V* 

" And does Captain Fitzpatrick ge- 
nerally travel mth /ucb a retinue as 
this ?" alked Lady Gertrude. 
« * c Yes ! and, in my mind, 'tis the 
nobleft he can have j" replied Flora, " he 
never enters the houfe, without brings 
ing in a whole party to be fed and 
clothed i and I certainly agree with 
Role in thinking, that the dear creature 
never appears half fa charming." 
< Mrs. Fitzpatrick V brilliant eyes 
were always doubly brilliant, when fhe 
fpoke of her hulband; his quick rap 
echoed through the hall, and the next 
inftant brought him into the drawing- 
room. "What news do you brings 
my good fir ?" alked Lady Gertrude $ 
" you feem in admirable ipirits/* 

« la 



[ HO ] 

"In fpirits ! yes! I have juft heard 
chat Sir Hercules , McDonnell is 
dead." 

"On my word !" obfcrved cc Rofe, 
you chufe a mqft humane caufe for glad- 
jjefs." 

" Why, the truth is thi$, ladies J Sir 
Hercules was a ftupid, miferly wretch, 
that n$ver did a good a&ion in his life» 
1 believe, and he reprefepted Kerry; 
find I am an ingenious, fquaadering* 
good for fomcthing fellow, and I want 
to rcpr^fent tny native country, and he 
has juft died in the nick of time for 
me to (tap ioco his place* Now, Flora, 
my angel, we'll be off for Killaroey in 
a week or two." Lady Gertrude Was 
then playing with a Newfoundland dog, 
which had followed ics mafter into the 
room ; and Fitzpatrick feizing the op* 
portunity, yvhifpered to Rofe j " con^ 
trive to get her lady {hip away j I exped 

Tyrone 



c mi r 

Tyrone every moment, to talk over 
this electioneering bufinefs; I have 
juft been in Rutland Square, and left 
word with the porter, to fend his matter 
to my boufe." "But how can I get 
her away ?" cc O ! to Lady Bindon's, 
or any where/' Rofe was too defirous 
to remove both herfelf and Lady Ger- . 
trode from Lord Tyrone's eyes, not to 
acquiefce in this requeft ; (he exprefled 
a wilh to call on the Mifs Careys 5 and 
as Fitzpatrick artfully lamented the fad- 
den illnefs of . his coachman, Lady 
Gertrude could do no lefs than offer 
Mifs de Blaquiere a feat in her vis- 
a-vis. 

Fitzpatrick's filence about Lord Ty- 
rone vexed Lady Gertrude, and fo to- 
tally turned\the tide of her fpirits, that 
(he did not exchange above half a dozen 
words with 'her companion during their , 
drive. Mifs Lucretia Carey was vifible 

in 



[ »4* 3 

in Sackville Street, and the ladies were 
let ill ; the firft falutations were followed 
by a long lid 6f remarks upon fafliions, 
beauties, the hot weather, new novels, 
and new carriages, in the midft of which 
they were interrupted by the entrance of 
Lord Bindon, with Lord Tyrone. 

Lord Bindon hurried up to Rofe; 
whom he protefted he had not feen for a 
century ; and Lady Gertrude, with an 
improved complexion, was filently in- 
viting his lefs gay companion to become 
equally ardent. Tyrone had no inten- 
tion of the fort, but paying his compli- 
ments equally to them all, continued to 
converfe with Lord Bindon, Rofe made 
an effort to take leave, but Lady Ger- 
trude was fpell- bound, and in fpjte of 
the abftra&ed vifcount's coldnefs, did 
not defpair. Her fafcinating powers 
were again put into a&ion, and as Rofe 
rallied her fpirits, and Tyrone foon be- 
came 



£ *43 I 

came lefs grave, a pleafant difcourfe 
commenced, which being moftly upon 
works of art, was not much above the 
capacity eyen of Lord Bindon ; this 
converfation was put to flight by the 
appearance of Mr. Carysfort j the fati- 
rical caft of whofe countenance an- 
nounced ill-nature; the motion of Mifs 
Carey's chair, as (he got up to fpeak to 
him, threw off a curious ivory fan, 
which (he had been (hewing Lady Ger- 
trude. Rofe (looped for it, involunta* 
rily, and Tyrone with a palitenefs al. 
mod mechanical in him, at the fame 
time, made the fame movement ; he 
recolle&ed himfelf, and drew up his 
hand, it ftruck that of Rofe; (ire 
feemed to rufh through his veins, as he 
touched, though but for an inftant, that 
hand which he had formerly preffcd (b 
often, and fo fondly. Stammering out 
an apology, and rifing in extreme dis- 
order, 



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order, he hurried to the window, won- 
dering why his curricle had not yet fol- 
lowed him to Sackville Street. 

The agitation of Rof$ was as intenfe, 
but lefs obfervable, and though every 
objeft around feemed to fwim before 
her mifty eyes$ fhe turned towards 
Mr. Carysforr, and, for the firft time in 
her life, appeared to lend an attentive 
ear to his difcourfe, the words flic 
Caught were thefc $ c< O you muft go, 
Mifs Carey ; I am fure you will have 
ample entertainment 1 a play from fucfi 
a pen as Mr. Colville Barry's, fupported 
by the Kemble, cannot fail of being 
fuccefsful." 

" What about Barry ?" cried Lord 
Bindon, advancing from a diftant part 
of the room, with his mouth and hand 
full of grapes, which he found upon 
one of the tables ; " what the deuce are 
you faying about him and a play !" 



cc 



Why 



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* c ,Why that he has written one,'* re- 
turned' the other, " is that very furpriz- 
ing ? it has been announced in the bills 
for thefe three laft weeks, and only 
waited for the arrival of John Kertible 
from London, to be ufhered into thfe 
world •, he has had the pare to ftudy, I 
underftand; two months ago. You'll 
all go, I hope ! Thurfdav is rhe awful 
day, fo keep yourfelyes difengaged." 

<c But is this really the cafe ?" faid 
Rofe, who had been awakened by the 
name of Barry, from her tumultuous 
trance ; f c is he indeed the author of the 
new play ! and what is it ?" ' > . 

" Faith, I fhould not wonder if it 
were a comedy," anfwered Carysfort, 
<f although Kemble be the hero. Mr. 
Barry's genius is of fo daring a kind, 
that I fhould not marvel at any of its 
flights; but now I think on't, 'tis not 
a comedy: it's a tragedy upon the 

vox- in. h * Mufco- 



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Mufcovite Prince J)emetrius ; pray, 
Lord Tyrone, what is your opinion of 
'the modefty of a young man, of five- and- 
. twenty, who brings out tragedies ?" 

•• I do not know enough of the gen* 
tleman in queftion," replied his lord- 
Ihip, " to fpeak confidently of his abili- 
ties; but as to his modefty, I think 
he has >juft as much of that honourable 
quality, as any well-educated, well- 
principled man ought to have * when 
.modefty deadens the nerve of exertion 
or enterprize, 1 call it high treafon 
again ft genius." 

- " High-treafon ! what's that about 
high- treafon ?" cried Lord Bindon, as he 
flood again near the grape balket t c< by 
gad ! I think Mr* Col v ilk, what's his 
name, as likely to be guilty of it as 
any man I know ; he has fuch a curfed 
itch for notoriety about him, that if he 

.can't be exalted one way, he'll try for it 

another. 



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mother. Pihal you don't take my 
pun, ladies?" 

" But how comes it, chat we have 
never heard of this public authorfhip 
before ?" afkcd Mils Carey : while 
Lady Gertrude taking her cue from 
Lord Tyrone, protefted that her aunt 
Ihould fecure a box. 

<fi O ! the fellow is fo abominably 
affc&ed, ,, returned Carysfort, <c chat he 
does nothing like any body elfe ; he 
wilhcs the tragedy to ftand or fall by 
its own merits j he difdains fupport." 

u But that wo'nt bring in the cafh, 
Carysfort," rejoined Lord B'mdon, ''by 
gad, if the tragedy falls, Mr* what's 
his name's purfe muft fall too, I fancy, 
Isn't he as poor as a rat, Carry !" 

" Yes ! he's a fort of a ftarving gene 
tie man $ no, no, not a gentleman now, 
an author/ 9 

■4 

Hi "And 



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<f And docs a gentleman, and a fcho- 
lar, and a chriftian !" cried Rofe indig- 
nantly, " make fuch a diftin&ion as 

this?" 

<c I fpeak as the world fpeaks, Mifs 

de Blaquiere, I cannot thruft an author 
down the throats of people, merely bc- 
caufe I fometimes turn over their mufty, 
but entertaining volumes. You know 
fociety has its forms, and its opinions." 
" And whenever thofe forms, and 
thofe opinions militate againft com- 
mon fenfe, and common humanity, I 
fhould defpife them ; but I deny their 
exjftence in this inftancc. I am curious 
to hear you. attempt to prove, that ge- 
nius inftcad of ennobling, debafes a 
human creature ; for you muft remem- 
*ber, fir, that Mr. Barry is fon to a moft 
fefpeftable baronet of your own moft 

honourable profeffionj and defcended 

from 



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from one of the nobleft families in our 
country/' 

C< 1 had really forgotten that Mifs de- 
Biaquiere was in the room, when 1 fpoke 
Of Mr. Barry J* returned Carys r ort with 
affiled C3ncern :•'• as he isyour parci- 
cular friend, I ferioufly hope you will 
pardon me." Lord Tyrone, more dif~ 
turbed than ever, turned again to the 
window i Lady Gertrude interrupted. 
Rofe c< poor fellow ! I fuppofe he is 
in great diftrefs, well t we'll all patro- 
nize him, poor foul V 9 <c Do'nt anlwer 
for me, Lady Gertrude !" cried Lord 
Bindon; " I hate Aich idle caterpillars ; 
by gad, I'll never encourage them : the 
fellow has a good bufinefs, a lawyer 1 
believe; but inftead of minding that* 
xhe tbrufts himfelf into the belt circles, 
and writes twaddling plays ; he's a forfP 
of, verfe- tagger, for literary ladies o 
fafhion." 

w 3 Rofe 



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Rofe darted from her chair; her 
cheek burned, and all the gratitude 
which fhe owed to Barry's kindnefs, 
panted in her bofom. cc Certainly every 
one has a right to deliver their opinion/* 
ftid flie ; " but as I hoheftlv confcfs 
myfelf an obliged friend of Mr. Barry's, 
and as you all appear not to underftand 
his character, you muft pardon me if I 
leave you/' 

<c Not all" anfwered Tyrone, fcarccly 
trufting himfelf to look on her ; while 
his fluctuating complexion announced 
mingled jealoufy of Barry, indignation 
again ft them that fneered at him, and 
cfteem for the conduft of Rofe. " I hope 
you will do me the juftice to believe, 
that I have not only great admiration for 
your friend's talents, but great refpe& 
ft>r* his, moral character." Lord Ty- 
rone did not wait for an anfwer; he 
obferved that his curricle was already in 

the 



the ftreet,, aadtaking a hafty leave, left 
the houfe« 

The departure of his lordlhip was 
the prelude to the leave-taking of Lady. 
Gertrude;, (he quitted Bindon-houfe 
foon afterwards, an3 fecting Rofe down 
at Merrion Square, drove difappointed 
home. 

As Rofe knew that Lord Tyrone 
would mod probably obey the fummoas 
which Fitzptatrick had left with his por- 
ter, fee retired to her cjofet, arKltjher* 
bufied herfelf in writing letters* when 
the family afiembled at dinger, fh# 
found that Barry had called during her 
abfence, and particularly requefted the 
prefence of the Eitzpatrick's family af~ 
jhe theatre on the night of his tragedy. 
Though he difdained mere fafhionable 
* patronage, his heart warmly fought the 
grote&ion of friendlhip ; and confeious 
that the amiable inhabitants of Merrion 

h 4 Square*, 



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Square, poffcfied judgment to decide 
upon the faults or merits of his produc- 
tion, and fincerity to declare their ftn- 
timents, he haftened to them to folicit 
their attendance. 

On the evening of its representation, 
the fate of the play was for fome time 
doubtful j a ftrong party, which Rofe 
iecrctly believed to be headed by:Mr, 
Carysfort, ftifled every attempt at ap» 
probation ; hifles and groans, interrupted 
fome of the fineft burfts of paflion, 
which Kemble gave, as if he had been 
infpired : until at length, the fublimity 
of the fentiments, _ the energy of the 
language, and the keenly- raifed intereft 
of Demetrius, bore down all oppofition, 
and Rofe and Mrs. Fitzpatricic, with 
fmiles glittering through tears, faw the 
curtain drop amidft thunders of ap- 

plaufe. 

Occu- 



C *S3 1 

Occupied folely in watching the 
fluctuations of the audience, Rufe did 
not fee Lord Tyrone, who fat on the 
oppofite fide of the houfe, at the back 
of one of the many boxes which his 
friendly influence had filled. Her deep 
anxiety did not efcape him ; he be*, 
lieved himlelf entirely obliterated fiom 
her affections, and he now faw her 
moved to agitation for Colville Barry : 
the grand, but fimple ftrudure of the 
piece before him, and the powerful ori- 
ginality of its thoughts bore unanfw^r- 
able teftimony to the miyd of Mr. 
Barry j the purity of his lire and man* 
ners gave evidence of his heart : what 
more could Rofe feek ? their opinions, 
their taftes, their principles appeared the 
fame, and though Mr, Barry had pro* 
tefted againft being in love with ber> 
yet Tyrone with a figh (which (larded 
every body in the box) concluded his 

h £ sreflcc* 



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refledtions, by deciding that Jbe was at- 
tached to the young poet. 

Before the farce began, the theatre 
was nearly empty; the Fitzpatricks 
returned home, to an early fupper, in 
which Barry partook, receiving not 
dnly the praifes, but the criticifms of 
his friends, with that dignified modefty, 
which made a leading feature in his cha* 
rafter, 

Tyrone refufed xht DutcHef* of 
Connaught's invitation, to eat Sand* 
wicbes with her, and returned hocrc 
alone. He entered one of the fine 
rooms of his aoble houfe in Rutland 
Square, with a dejefted countenance s 
and throwing away Ms hat, as the bttt<» 
ter lighted the candies, fat .down witk 
foMed arms, to ponder upon the 
efhoughts and e morion of the evening. 

Tyrone was himfclf a diftUigvilhedf 
fx>et * foe was, an embufiaft io genius* 

and 



antfthe fine blaze of it, which he had 
juft witneflfcd, did not merely fire 
his imagination, but warmed his heart ; 
he had not learned the fafhionable art 
of feparating the author or artift, from 
his work y that criminal, that ungrate- 
ful apathy, which teaches the infolenr, 
and unrcfle&ing, to confider the infinite 
poet, the juft a&or, and the faithful 
painter, as mere machines to give plea- 
fare* Tyrone always avowed an incli- 
nation to efteem the man, whom he ad- 
mired; and afking himfelf how he 
would have a£ted towards Colville 
Barry, had he not dreaded him as a 
rival, rapidly decided upon his future 
conduct. 

Jn confluence of this decifion, he 
sang tor pen and ink, and wrote a fhort, 
but very fincere, and very ardent note, 
tp t&e youqg poet; it is true he bad ne- 
v# b?ea fprjrjally introduced to Mr. 

h 6 . Barry, 



[ 15* ] 

B4rry t but he was confcious that the 
mind which comprehends genius, is en- 
titled to its confideration ; and there- 
fore waving common ceremonies, he 
declared his with of being honoured by 
a further knowledge of the author of 
Demetrius. During the time which 
elapfed before Lord Tyrone joined the 
Connaught family at Tarbert, his ac- 
quaintance with Colville Barry ripened 
into an efteem fo lively, that it almoft 
furprizd bimfelf. The ftrength, the 
fteadinefs, the integrity of Barry *s cha- 
racter, , excited a pleafing wonder in the 
mind of the impetuous Tyrone ; the 
fudden burfts of whofe almoft terrifi- 
cally impaffioned foul (added to an 
amazing fublimity of intellect) kept up 
a curious and ceafelefs intereft, in that 
of his inveftigating friend. 

Like the moon in a cloudlefs night, 
Barry's foul flione with a clear and un- 
changed 



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changeable brightnefs; like the fun in 
atremenduous ftorm of noon day, Ty- 
rone was by turns dazzling, and in- 
volved, 

A few days before the Fitzpatricks 
propofed quitting Dublin, Tyrone's 
bufinefs called him to Mayo : Barry 
haftened a way to meet colonel Ormond 
at Limerick ; and Rofe found no longer 
any charms in the deferted metro- 
polis. 



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CHAPTER XVIt 

It was late in the afternooq of one of 
the lad days of Auguft, when Rofe 
once more faw the mountains of her na- 
tive place ; while the carriage drove ra- 
pidly forward, and the high tops of 
Mangerton, and the rocks of the upper 
lake towered gigantically before them, 
her heart and that of the affectionate 
Fitzpatrick enjoyed all that gulh of ten- 
der rapture, which is excited by a near 
approach to the (bene, where we have 
pa(fcd our youngeft and our happieft 
days. 

As they drove towards the town, the 
lake itfelf* with its pi&urefque fhores 
and romantic groves, broke upon their 
fight; by turns, dark clouds, and 

blazes 



[ *59 3 

blazes of funlhine, fucceeded to each 
other ; the trees that waved around the 
richly verdant fides of Glenaa, and the 
fwoln waters of OSullivaa's cafcade* 
now glittered in the fun, and now pre- 
fented one vaft mafs of (hade. While 
Rofe ftretched eagerly from the carriage 
window , gazing on the, towers of Caf- 
tle-Connel, the found of a bugle horn, 
breathing from a folitary boat upon the 
upper lake awoke air the thoufand 
echoes, which are returned from thefe 
bewitching regions : as the folemn 
chord* produced /by its notes, undu- 
lated among the rocks ; Rofe thought 
of Tyrone, and remembered the delight 
with which he ufed to ftand, watching 
the fainting breath of the laft echo* 

It had been previoufly fettled th^e 
t£rs» Fitzpatrkk was to meet her Jon* 
at the fooufe of Mr. ONiel, therefore 
drey did not flop at Kittarney, but 

drove 



I i6q J 

drove dire&ly to Caftle-Connel, to the 
gate of which the arrival of their out- 
riders had fummoned Mr. ONiei hirn- 
felf. The mingled joy and grief which 
agitated the party, after an abfence, 
during which, focnehad been in- danger, 
and all in forrow, (hewed itfelf hy tears 
and fife nee ; the Fitzpatricks (laid to 
take a little refrefhmrnt only, and- then- 
returned to Killarney, clofe to which, 
flood the jointure-houfe of their mo- 
ther. 

The heart of Rofe was full when (he 
fourfd herfelf once more in the oak-par* 
lour, where (he had fpent fuch happy 
hours as (he could never hope to tafte 
again : (he looked round the walls, and 
filently remarking that the drawings by 
Tyrone were all difplaced; tears, darted 
into her eyes, and . (he was obliged to 
turn away her face to conceal them from 
Mrs.- Hcfter. That kind friend, and 

her 



[i6i] 

her brother, were in tolerable health, and 
and comparatively good fpirits : the/ 
gazed on her, with doating fondnefs, 
anxious to believe that her faded com- 
plexion had been altered rather by gai- 
ety than fadnefs. . Converfation upon 
Dublin and its cuftoms, and enquiries 
About domeftic events, and congratula- 
tions from the fervants, filled up the 
evening; they feperated at a late hour. 

When Rofe entered her own room f 
the affii&ing recoiled ions which every 
thing about her Jerved to conjure up, 
filcntly reminded her of the exertion 
which it was requiftte for her to make * 
ftie would have defpifed herfclf could 
Ihe have wilfully fubmitted to fdfifh re- 
gret ; bu<: Ihe was was not yet deadened 
to that acure, momentary anguifh, which 
a blighted life, and difappoinred affec- 
tion, willforce upon the ftrongeft minds* 
Ruminating on all that (he owed to her 

dear 



1 16a J 

dear prote&ors, to her own refpeftabi* 
lity and peace, to that gracious provi* 
dence which had given her many bkf- 
fings, and witheld but- few * (he opened' 
her window, and ftpod mournfully befide 
it: fometknes purfoing a deep train of 
thought, fonnetimes awakened from i& 
by the fudden gufts of wind, which 
paffing among the tops of the tall fruit* 
trees, on the neighbouring ifland of- 

Inis fallen, ferved to recall her to fenfa* 
tion. 

The night was dark ; and (favc the r<» 
gular din of the cafcade) was profound t 
]y ftill. At length caiqal fqqalls from the 
mountains feemed to be-token a ftorm : 
Rofe could but juft perceive their fu- 
blime outline, and the deep darknefs of 
the numerous iflands fpotting the lake; 
Jbut memory filled up the fketch with 
all that luxuriant glow of colouring,, 
which the arbutus, mountain-afh, juni- 
per, 



per, and purple heath, throw around 
thefe ftuptnduous heights. 

Inisfallen, with its fteep and verdant 
banks,, its flickered bays, and romantic 
ruins, now lay ftretched upon the water,, 
dim and formiefs j but fancy tranfportcd 
Rofc among its groves ; and her heart 
ached with melancholy, whilft (be re- 
called the moonlight hours in which 
ihe had wandered over it with Tyrone, 
alternately liftening to the ecleftial 
echoes of his flute, and the fofter tones 
of his whifpered voice. 

The wind fwecping tempeftuoufly 
down the rugged fides of Tomifh and 
Turk, and the rain fplaihing amongft 
the broad»leaved trees, deftroyed the 
delicious dreams of Rofe; (he retired to 
her bed, fad but not wretched, for her 
heart was grateful, and it was inno- 
cent. - , . 

Some 



Some days paft before the famHy m* 
Caftle-Connel could return to thofe do- 
mefticand quiet habits*- which were in- 
terrupted by the joy of meeting, bur 
which -confticutc the gVeateft part of our 
ufefulnefs and our happincfa :. vi fits from 
and to their hofpitable neighbours! little 
parties of pleafure* and anxiety about 
Fitzpatrick'a election, frittered away- 
their time, while it gradually gave their 
thoughts a new drre&ron. At length, 
the difllpations became lefs frequent ^ 
and as theobje&s in Caftle-Connel, and 
thofe (urrounding it grew again- familiar 
to Rofe* they eeafed to awaken painfull 
recolle&ians, or did it cafually* when 
any coincidence of circumftance reftored 
to them the effedV which habit had 
gready weakened. Tyrone's name was 
never repeated ; and Rofe far from the 
influence of his fociety> gradually reco- 
vered her tranquility, 

Mr. 



Mr. ONeil, who had liftcned atten- 
tively to the account which his darling 
•girl gave of her rencontre at the maf- 
^juerade, confidered thefubje£l ferioufly, 
and though he forbore to pain her with 
the fufpicion, he fixed himfelf in the be- 
lief that the lady who perfonated the ma- 
gician was none other than the profit- 
"gate Lady Rofcommon: that (he was 
her mother therefore, admitted not of a 
doubt. 

When the buftle of her firft coming 
was over, Mifs de Blaquiere obfervdd 
with angilifh the heavy change which had 
taken place in the (pints rather than rn 
the looks of her prote&or ; he was fel- 
■dom chearful, and often melancholy; 
and frequently as ftie pafled the library 
in which he fpent mod part of every 
morning, (he would hear him figh deep- 
ly. After a walk which (be took "one 
day with her dear Flora, amongft the 

verdant 



verdant enchantments of Mucnris, the 
was paffing the ftudy, when a heavy figh 
from Mr. ONeil, made her involuntarily 
torn back. She had formerly never 
been accuftomed to break in upon his 
privacy, without giving him fame fignal 
of her intention % and now fince her re- 
turn from Dublin, whenever (he had rap- 
ped at the door, he opened it himfclf, but 
never afkcd her to come in. , By a fud- 
den impulfe, originating in tenderneft, 
fhe opened the door, and entered the 
room. 

Mr. ONeil was fitting near a table, 
on which lay an opened book j but his 
head leaning back on his chair, and his 
eyes fixed upon a portrait of Tyrone, 
that hung oppofite, convinced Rofc 
that he no longer fought the folitude of 
the library to read* but tp grieve. Rurft- 
ing into tears, (he ran to throw herfelf 
at his feet, while be ttartcd in confufion 

from 



^frdm his chair, and haftily tried tA 

<efcape from her twining arms. 

«* O, my dear Sir V* cried (he, when 
her agonized heart would fuffer her to 
*rtioulate, " is it thus that you fpend 
your once happy hours ?" Mr, ONeti 

-could not anfwer For fome time— Ac 
length wrapping her id his arms, he ex- 
claimed til a broken voice, " Don't de» 
fpife me Rofc, but I fear I Jove him 
ftiJl. He was fo dear to me ! and now 

. days, weeks, months, years, will f>afs 
away, and I (hall not fee hira." 

Overwhelmed with the vaft griefc 
which her own ftiied regrets, and her 
beloved guardian's fituation occaGoned* 
Rofe covered her eyes with her hand- 
kerchief. She faw that Mr. ONiel's 
heart was .pierced through ; it was in- 
deed irreparably wounded : after her de- 
parture for Dublin, he found no motive 
ibr exertion, but , imperceptibly yielded 
6 himfclf 



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himelf to a fickly defpondcncy, which 
Mrs. Hefter was not watchful enough 
ro perceive, and for which, if (he had 
perceived, (he could have imagined no 
remedy. Perpetually mufing upon the 
boyifli days of his ohce-boafted Felix, 
and grieving over the difappointment of 
Rofej he nurfed his melancholy in fbli- 
tary walks, which the credulous Mrs. 
Hefter placed merely to the account of 
health. 

Heart- (truck with the change in her 
revered proteflor, and its hopelefs caufe, 
Rofe trembled to look forward ; ftrenu- 
oufly urging him for her fake, and that 
of his filler, not to give way to Co fatal a 
depreflion. 

" My dear child V 9 exclaimed the too- 
gentle Mr. ONeil, cc I fee the truth of 
all that you have uttered ; I acknow- 
ledge that obligation to exertion which 
you have placed before me. Ah 1 how 

much 






[i6 9 ] 

much do I admire, do I venerate the 
fortitude of a young creature like your- 
fclf, fo cruelly difappointed, yet fo 
greatly refigned ! the noble exarrfple 
ftall not be loft upon me j 1 will promife 
to feck chearfulncfs ; I will religioufly 
abide by any mode of conduft, which 
you may deem the be ft. Tell me then 
Rofe, how (hall I aft V 

With a whitened cheek and faultering 
voice, Rofc tore her eyes from the pic- 
ture of Tyrone, and haftily anfwercd— 
(( Do not indulge yourfelf by coming 
into this room ; or elfe fuffer that pic- 
ture to be removed." Heie ended all 
the refolution of the unhappy girl -, (he 
broke away from her guardian, deluged 
in tears* and took refuge from obfer na- 
tion, in her own apartment. Mr. O-t 
Neil could not Obey the laft injunction, . 
but ordering a part of his books and/, 
maps, to be placed in another wing of 

vou in. i the 



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the houfc, .he/Jbfcked ppity& library^ and" 
entered it no mewew 

The 'mind of Rofi% became now en- 
tirely abforbed in hen anxiety about him, 
(be fotugfiti.eoAnpaoyiwr order *o- tempt- 
him, to join iftit^i fbe never; permitted 
him to ,walkn without her; or to ftay » 
away, from JCDlarney, when a dance or a 
concert, at the kind Fitafjatriek's, af-~ 
lembkdi;allithe :genery^of-*be/viciliage. 
By degrees .thofc affeaionate-^ exertions ' 
fueceeded: with- Mr* ONeil % hfe counter » 
nance exhibited its old placidity ; and ' 
daily in company with the 'Fitzpxricksy 
he grew deeply>intereft«d in every thing : 
that concerned, them.- The flu&uation* 
of an eleftion confpired to keep up this 
intereft: thenoifc, thebuftte, the merri- 
ment . of i i t y ' were quite »4iew to * Mr; 
ONeil, w<foa> -had - never ' before entered ' ' 
Killarney, when, any > contefc was on-foofc 
Rofe partook of the fplendid balls which ' 

ftie- 



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f 

fucceeded to FitzpatrjcVj* bejng chpfep, , 
with more vivacity than The thqught;Kcr-r 
fclf capable of $ but (hq had fuffered y$ry 
great folicitudc whilft the affair Jiung, in , 
the balance -, and her joy at its favour- , 
able termination, was confequcndy in . 
the fame proportion. - 

Among ft the vifirors who crowded > 
the houfe of Mrs. Fitzpatrick,. on the, 
night, of the publick afTembly, Mifs de , 
Blaquiere was agreeably iurprized t.<^r 
meet Mr. Colville JSarry ; an animated 

bloom covered her, cheeks, as in the.. 

• -,• •. « - • * ' 

fame momept (he faw, and Hretched out 
her hand to him. Barry's generally- 
fubd.ued manner, was never fo to her ; * 
pleafure ftione dyyn£tly,in Jiis eyes, and . 
almoft immediately ne jold her, that he 
came to.fpend a week ojf twp with her. . 
By his anfwers to fome of her queftions,. 
(he found, that he was to ft^y with Mr* 
Fitzpatrick, from whom he had re- 

1 2 ceived 



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> ' * • 

ccivcd a very urgent invitatiop juft at 
the period when he was going to leave 
Limerick for a folitary tour. 

Cf But I expe&ed more pleafure here/* 
laid he, <c and I could not refill my cu- 
ri'ofity to fee fome fragments of an elec- 
tion, at leaft/' 

The reply of Rofe was broken in up- 
on, by the entrance of Mife Prudy 
OBricn, who with her fitters was come 
to Killarney, to be chaproned by Mrs. 
Ficzpatrick to the Ball. In one of 
thofe prodigious head-drefles which Lord 
Bindon ufed to laugh at j an4 covered 
with bows of the party-ribbon, Mifs 
Prudy came panting up the room : her 
large, good- humoured face, was in- 
flantly, recognized by Mr. Barry, who 
accofted her with cordial politenefs, 
though at the fame time, a fort of 
whimfical wonder was excited in his 
mind, by her ftrange appearance. 

Poor 



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Poor Mifs Prudy was one of thofe 
unfortunate looking people, that never 
become any thing j and who never fancy 
that they are drefled, unlcfs they arc 
heaped over with cloaths, and looking 
as unlike their every-day appearance, as 
poffible. With the exertion and heat of 
drcfling, (which was to her a moft tor- 
midable tafk indeed, for ihe generally 
wore her hair in papillottes , two days, 
before any threatened party,) her face 
and arms feemed almoft 'burftingr . (he 
panted, and talked by turns * now fan^ 
ning herfelf violently, and now lament- 
ing that (he had gone from Dublin be- 
fore the reprefenurior, of Mri Barry's 
play, and that be had been abfent from 
Killarney when the buftle of the elec- 
tion made it fo entertaining, ' " 

Barry Hftencd with equal patience 
and benevolence, to her coarfe buffin- : 
cincere compliments, and her auk ward 

1 3 dtferip- 



dcfcriptions of the canvaffing days; but 
his politenefs was riot taxed very long, 
for 'Mrs, Fftzpatrfck entered" the par- 
lour, a ncT Turn moped her" party' to" the 
carrjages which tvere to takeHfrcni to 
the aflcmbly-room. 

'" The ball, though of a mixed nature, 
as ill ele&iori- balls liiuft tie,' was a very 
pleafant one : Rofe danced with Colville 
Barry, and Mrs. Fitzpatrick, exerting 
6er delightful vivatity, and amiable 

affability, v was foon furrounded by a lit- 
tle cfowd or admirers. 

The young and handfome member, 

was, to the extreme mortification of the 

Kerry ladies, unable to dance •, yet he 

found many agreeable things to fay to 

them ; and what with gaiety, what with 

attentions, contrived to imprefs them all> 

with regret at his being a married 

man. 



To 



[ 175 3 

To the buftle <of the dle&ion, u 
charming calm fucoeeded ; the Fitzpa- 
tricks and the ONeils perpetually toge- 
ther, varied their fimple-pleafures, by a 
.change- of drives or walks, a new publi- 
cation, or a merry nutting party. v Bar- 
ry, though carried constantly into the 
.company of Rofe, and hourly difcover- 
ing frefli excellencies in her xhara&er^ 
found no occafion to terr>per the enthu- 
fiafm with which he thoqght of her, by 
£ recollection of Lord Tyrone: hi? 
glow of admiration and efteem never go* 
ing further than a fraternal length. Anxi- 
ous to be of -fervice to her, he 'eagerly 
fought to cultivate her talent for poetry, 
to ftrengthen her judgment, and to firo- 
plify her tafte: in this talk, he made a 
rapid and rewarding progrefs. Rofip 
had been ^lmoft felf-taught in matters of 
tafte : ihe had learned to admire nature, 
and* confequently, whatever faithfully 

14 imi- 



£ '74 ] 

defcriptions of the canvaffing days 5 but 

his politenefs was riot taxed very long, 

for Mrs. Fi'tzpacritk entered the par- 

lour, ana lummoped her party to the 

carriages which Were to take^tliem to 

the aflembly-room. 

'* The ball, though of a mixed nature, 

as all eleftiori-balls rhuft be,' was a very 

pleafant one : Role danced with Colville 

Barry, and Mrs. Fitzpatrick, exerting 

fcer delightful vivacity, and amiable 

affability, " was foon furrounded by a lit- 
tie 0*0 wd or admirers. 

The young and handfome member, 

was, to the extreme mortification of the 

Kerry ladies, unable to dance \ yet he 

found many agreeable things to fay to 

them ; and what with gaiety, what with 

attentions, contrived to imprefs them all> 

with regret at his being a married 

man. 



To 



[ 175 3 

To the buftle <of the dle&ion, •» 
charming calm fucoeeded ; the Fitzpa- 
tricks and the ONeils perpetually toge- 
ther, varied their fimple-pleafures, by a 
.change- of drives or walks, a new publi- 
cation, or a merry nutting party. Bar- 
ry, though carried constantly iato the 
company of Rofe, and hourly difcover- 
ing frefli excellencies in her charade^ 
found no occafion to temper the enthu- 
fiafm with which he thoqght of her, by 
£ recollection of Lord Tyrone: hi? 
glow of admiration and efteem never go- 
ing further than a fraternal length. Anxi- 
ous to be of fervice to her, he 'eagerly 
fought to cultivate her talent for poetry, 
to ftrengthen her judgment, and to firo» 
plify her tafte: in. this talk, he made a 
rapid and rewarding progrefs. Rofip 
bad been ^lmoft felf-taught in matters of 
tafte : ihe had learned to admire nature, 
and* confequently, whatever faithfully 

1 4 imi- 



able fatality that mud have feparated 
fuch cbdgenial chara&ers. 

Rofe poffeffed great refolution : and 
(he certainly thought of Lord Tyrone as 
feldorh as it was poffiblej but (he 

* * * * 

iould not deny herfelf the fatisfadtion of 
heading the newfpapers in which he was 
dften mentioned : cheating herfelf with the 
belief, that (be merely wifhed Lord Ty- 
rone well, when flie regretted that he^ 
tfas going to marry Lady Gertrude 
Dulverton. Repeated paragraphs in the 
public prints, had reprefented him, as 
riegle&ing his intereft amongft the vo- 
ters to languiih at the feet of the Englifh 
beauty; and had fpoken of her, as a 
mod per fu a five and indefatigable orator, 
in his favor : Rofe could not therefore 
doubt, of his being completely en (laved 
by the rank and accomplifhments of 
Lady Gertrude. She fighed* thought 

of 



C 179 1 

of his child and Louifa, and fighed 
again. 

After fpending fix weeks in Killarney, 
Mr. and Mrs. Ficapatrkk took leave of 
their friends at Caftle-Connel* and ac- 
companied by their rndther, fet o£F fw 
the country- fcac of Mr. Bellingham* 
where they propofed (laying rnofl: pari 
of the (hooting feafon* Barry was 
fommoned to Limerick, to attend the 
marriage of his eldeft fitter then go-* 
ing to be united to an officer whofe re* 
giment was ftationed in Gibraltar; KiU 
larney fuddenly divefted of all that- 
could intereft the hearty and occupy the 
time of Rofe, was now feldom vifittdt 
by her or her protestor. 

Q&ober was already far advanced *< 
the lake began to change its ferene cha- 
racter; and at midnight, the trees upon' 
its banks, and the catarads among its - 
rocks> frequently awoke Rofe, by their 

1 6 roar- 



[ i8o ] 

roarings. The brilliant tint of the 
heaths which covered the hills, began to 
fade; the echoes returned only the 
fcreams of the vulture and ofpray ; and 
wherever Rofe bent her fteps, (he fouqd 
her path ftrewn entirely with leaves* 
The . mournfulnefs of this fweeteft, but 
faddeft feafon, feemed to renew that of 
Mr. ONeil j he gradually funk from 
chearfulncfs to melancholy, and Rofe 
foon faw with grief, that what (he be* 
lieved a ewe, had been merely fuf- 
penfion of the difeafe. To combat this 
afflicting evil, all her animating powers 
were again called forth, but they loft 
their charm j a nervous diforder fet- 
tled upon the conftitution of Mr. 
ONeil, which, refitting all the endear- 
ments of his once adored girl, at length 
forced her to relinquish them. Aware 
of the neceffity there was, for her chear- 
fulne& to redouble 9 in order to fupport 

the 



[ i8i 3 

the fpiFits of Mrs. Hefter, Rofe appear- 
ed not to fee the change in look and 
health, which was caking place in Mr. 
ONeil; but when fhe was alone, her 
tears ftreamed over the altered appear- 
ance of Caftle Connel, of which former- 
ly, chearfulnefs and hofpitality feemed 
the prefiding genii. 

There was a fmall negledted room, at 
the weft end of the houfe, commanding' 
a full view of the lake, the iflands, and 
the ftupenduous mountains by which 
they are inclofed $ Rofe loved this room ; 
for it was feldom entered by any one ; 
and (he ufed often to read in it, or fit 
watching the effeft of fun-fet and twi- 
light, on its firft blazing, and then ex- 
tinguifhed profpefts. The evening had 
been cold and dreary, and fad j and Mr. 
ONeilandhis filter retired early to their 
chambers : Rofe funk in heart, wandered 
into this room. The night was cem- 

peftuous 



[ i»a ] 

ptftuous and rainy ; the fwaying of the 
t;rees, (he cries of the eagles, the falk of 
the torrents, and the roaring of the wa- 
ter, were all mingled together,: fre- 
quently, in intervals of the ftorm, Rofe 
caught the found of ber Eolian harp, 
(that v^as placed in another wing of the 
building) and which now came like the 
failings of fpirits upon her ear, and was 
now fwept au£ay by. the w'mdi 
* Nothing recalls to the human heart,, 
foch crowds of tender and aflfe&ing at-, 
fociations, as mufic i a. few fimple notes* 
unexpedtedly heard, will awaken a thou- 
fand before- forgotten events;, and fome- 
times, when even remembrance of the 
circumftances under which we once iift- 
ened to fuch founds, is entirely effaced* 
our former emotions will be renewed, 
and an undefcribable fadnefs will over- 
whelm, or a fudden pleafure animate us, 
for which memory know? not how to 

account. 






C 1*3 1 

account. §o is the whitenefs of light, 
formed out of a variety of colours, 
ftrangely loft and abibrbed in its appa- 
rent Simplicity. 

Every mournful event of- Mifs de 
Blaquiere's paft life now weighed upon 
ljer heart : her mother's cruelty, Ty- 
rone's unworthinefs ; and her kind guar- 
dian's too probable death ; were all pre-* 
fent to her thoughts. 

Depreffed even to mifery, (he fat 
without a light, leaning upon the win- 
dow ; her dropping eyes fixed unconfci- 
oufly upon the thick ivy which almoffc 
covered its ftone-work ; the found of a 
ftep, and the glimmer of. a candle near 
the door, made her ftart ; it was Aleck, 
who, placing the light on a table, and, 
giving her a letter, immediately lefc tke 

room. 

> 

Rofe wiped off her tears; (he broke 
the teal, and advancing towards the light, 

faw 



C »*4 3 

faw the hand-writing of Tyrone : every 
objeA then fwam before her eyes j fink- 
ing into a fear, (he raited the paper 
again, with a beating heart, and read as 
follows: — 

ct If the happy Mr. Barry have not 
entirely effaced even the memory of our 
attachment, I conjure you Rofe, to fee 
me but for a moment. 

•• Tyrone." 

Rofe read thefe lines over and over 
again — (he could not perfuade herfelf, 
but that (he dreamt, and hardly knew by 
what name, to call the myftcrtous emo- 
tion which feemed now to palfy all her 
powers. The returning ftcp of Aleck 
recalled her fcattercd fenfesj (he met 
him at the door : underftanding that the 
bearer of the letter was urgent for an 
anfwer, (he told Aleck, almoft incoher- 
ently, that (he would fee the perfon by 

whom 



[ i8 5 -] 

♦ 

whom it was written : haftily traverfing 
the apartment, ftie began to conje&ure 
what Tyrone could propofe to himfelf 
by this meeting and to repeht of having 
given him perrniffion to enter Caftle- 
Connel. But her repentance came too 
late ; for the door was haftily opened by 
Tyrone, pale, trembling and deluged 
with rain j unmindful of his fituation, 
he rufhed forward, and throwing himfelf 
at her feet, would have feized her hand ; 
but Rofc forcibly recollecfcing herfelf, 
tried to pufh him away. Tyrone burft 
into an agony of grief, iC It is too late ! 
it is too late — I have indeed then, loft 
you for ever ! O Rofe, do we meet now 
to part again ?" 

Rofe could fcarcely fpeak: his alter- 
ed looks, his wild eyes, his burfting 
tears, feemed to pierce her heart ; (he 
turned mournfully away, and covering 
her face, faid in a low, broken voice, 

" Go I 



[i.86 ] 

" Go I go.l you agitate— you affitft 
me, I ,^d^9ped that ^t.Jh^uld never 
have met 3gain. Qpod h$avep!<>jrchy 
do you (till cp ? nji/iue to perfecure the 
creature, , you (iayc ftlr^ady ,roede £o 
wretched ?" 

."Rpfe!" cried Tyrone, Tjfcpg fu4* 
denly from the ^ground, aqd .altewwtety 
.preffing his .hafld ,to tys .temples* and .tp 
Jus frearr, " I pm fcarpely in my fe^f^ 
yet I think J re?d in your compofed 
ipapner, r a fettkd .indifference to all that 
concerns mc. I wpuld not perfecute 
you— no— ^no— if your heart is quite 
loft, if it is indeed tranfef red to another, 
I will not perfecute you i I fee* th^t I 
have too late, learned the fatal caufc of 
all my fprrows. O ! y^hAt ftv^s it ntw 9 
that I have been calumniate^, betrayed 
injured! that you"— JtoJjfe caught his 
arm—" Calumniated ! Felix, fwepr that 
1 have been deceived— -that you have 

been 



_-J 



been traduced — that the child, the avo- 
man M — her quivering lips and exhaufted 
heart, could add no more; the eyes of 
Tyrone turning rapidly upon her, were 
full of cohViffion s fhe ftretcheci 01 1 her 
arms towards him, and fell with a deep 
figh into his. ~ 

When Rofe recovered her fenfes. flie 
found herfelf fiipported ou the bofom of 
Tyrone; whoft •countenance (hining in 
all the brightnefs of cloud lefs virtue, was 
"yet fliaded by apprehenfion. 
• « Tell me, ' Rofe !" he cried—" tell 
me that your heart, though cold to me, 
has never been animated by another? 
Ah ! fhould I prove to you, that I am 
guiltleft of the horrid infamy imputed 
to my chara&er, tell me* can you love 
me again V 

Rofe burft into tears. — <c I cannot de- 
ceive you, Tyrone;' I cannot hide from 



you, nor frofti myfelf, the ftate of my 

unhappy 



/ 



[ 188 ] 

unhappy heart— I have long re-loved 
you, in fpice of reafon. 

<c O ! if you can indeed allure me 

that you are ftill worthy of this affedtioo, 

what happinefs, will it not give me ?— 

Speak— fpeak, terminate thefe dreadfpl 

^conflids," 

Raifing his eyes folemnly to heaven, 
Tyrone protefted his innocence ia re- 
gard to Louifa s then rapidly touching 
upon the leading parts of the (lory 
which was to prove his truth, foon dif~ 
perfed the few remaining doubts of his 
beloved Rofe. Before he could con- 
clude, (he fell on her knees to entreat his 
pardon ; and alternately mingling tears, 
embraces, interceffions, and vows of eter- 
nal conftancy together, they forgot the 
lapfe of time, till the hall-clock, linking 
one, roufed them to recolledion. 

Neither Rofe nor Tyrone were To 
unmindful of Mr. ONcil, as to forget 

his 



[i8 9 J 

his mifery, in their own. happinefsj/ they 
haftened to the room in which he. flept, 
and foon awoke that excellent man, to 
unexpected felicity. When the firft 
burft of joy Was paSed, (during which, 
Mrs. Hefter joined them,) Tyrone fated 
himfcif by the' bed-fide of Mr. O Neil, 
and began a more diftinft narrative of 
that treachery, which had alienated from 
him, fo many affectionate hearts. <f Af- 
ter the death of my brother," faid he, 
" a box fuppofed to contain fome unim* 
portant papers, and which had been over* 
looked in the confufion of the dreadful 
accident* was fent to me from Bleffing- 
ton to Tyrone Cattle. I was gone from 
thence; Brady forwarded this box to 
me at Dublin, though I did not open it, 
till long after I was fettled at, Tarbert: 
for indeed the h\£ry of electioneering 
drove the circuqiftance from my memo- 



0*9*1 

ry/ : Ahl R6fe could"! haVe divined 
ofttfHit importance it was \" 

Tyrone pa u fed add preft the hand of 
Rbfe; already acquainted with the va- 
lue' of this box, (he looked expreflively 
at him. Mr. ONeil befeechecf - his 
young friend to proceed.— 

<c 1 had been fpen ding a day at' the 
Duke of Connaoght's, (for fonie parti- 
cular reafons made me excufe myfdf 
from (laying wholly at the Cattle) when 
I found, on my return home a letter ly- 
ing upon my table : it was from 9 cler- 
gyman with whom I had placed Felix. 
This circumftance, by a .very natural af- 
fectation, recalled the idea' of the negleft- 
ed box; I aflced for, and opened it* A 
parcel of letters were all. the contents; 
the firft two or three of them, I ran over, 
without intereft j they were from com- 
mon correspondents: the next I took 

into 
*t 



[ i9i ] 

into my handy was written in ehara&etV 
wrth which I was but too well acquainted:' 
O, rriy dear friends ! imagine wK ; at muft : 
have been my horror, to find that I had j 
been made the viftim of my brother's 
paffionsy andthe dupe of a woman, by : 
whofe impofture I had forfeited all that 
was precious to ; me i** 

An exclamation of furprizc efcaped * 
Mrs, He'fter ; Tyrone gave a fmaU pa- 
qoct to Mr. ONeil. « Tterty my dear ' 
Sir, is the 'fetir correfpbridefice, : there 1 
you will find that dreadful confederacy ' 
developed,' which robbed me of your ' 
efteenv and of Rofc's love." 

Mh ONeil put afcie the Tetters; fay- l 
ing,"I will perufe them' in r a calmer^ 
mofnertt i'tell me what rhey contain." ' 

•* They contain Sir, this ftory. — Du- 
ring* triy brother's vifit in Scotland, he : 
was prevailed upon to join J a party of : 
y<5\ihg metf/ then- abdut^o ; Mkd' the' 1 

1 tour 



[ 19* ] 

tour of Ireland: they dropped their 
titles on embarking for this country, 
and whether for frolic, or the defire of 
travelling with lefs form, appeared at Kil- 
larney, only as private gentlemen. My 
brother aflumed the name of Walpole." 
f< I fee it all !" exclaimed Mrs Hcfter, 
lifting up her hands and eyes, " but go 
on, my dear boy." 

" His perfecution of Rofe you are 
not ignorant of. Though he quitted Kil- 
larney foon after my arrival at Caftle- 
Connel, he had not relinquilhed his 
hope of obtaining her : in one of the let- 
ters contained in this pacquet, I find 
fome remarks on the failure of a plan to 
carry off my beloved Rofe, and mult 
have been that adventure from which 
ftie, was refcued by Fitzpatriclc. On 
learning that I was to be the happy, ha? 
py hufhand of thi* precious creature, . 
Randal conceived and executed the hor- . 

rid 



C 193 ] 

fcheme which has coft mc fo much 
agony j which has, I fear, bl'ghted for a 
time, the health of all that are dear to 



me. 



>* 



Mr. ONeil wrung his hand in filence; 
tears of joy and bitterncfs dropt faft 
from his eyes, Tyrone proceeded. 

<s A woman whom my brother had 
kept, and from whofe letters I gathered 
all this information, was employed to take 
a lodging near Caftle-Connel, and to 
praftice on my credulous nature, by the 
femblance of penitence, and the arts of 
diflTimulation. The firft I heard of her, 
was by an epiftlc which I received one 
day when Rofe and I were fitting together: 
it was full of pathetic appeals to my 
companion, repentant a durances, anql 
entreaties that I would grant that fup- 
port co herfclf.and.child^ which its inhu- 
man father, my brother, ^had for fome 
months withdrawn. As this artful wretch 
vol. in. k befeeched 



1 «94 ] 

hefeeched me not to expofe her fallen 
virtue, to the angel— fuch were her 
words-— with whom I was going tot be. 
united, i concealed without fcruple the 
whole affair from Rofc. But my fre- 
quent vifus to Louifa in confequence of 
my correipondence with Randal about 
her ; and a letter which this abandoned 
woman wrote, accufing me of being her 
ieducer, and which (he bribed ibme one 
to place in the way o f m" 

*• O fay no more ! fay no more, my 
dear Felix !" cried Mifs de Blaquicre in 
an agony of flume, *! dearly "have I paid 
'for ijuc-i a di (honour able ad ion. I read 
it, you know my uncle, and juftly have 
theie druggies between love and reafon 
pun i (bed me for the deed/ 1 

•• G >od heaven 1" exclaimed Tyrdne, 
tenderly folding her in his arms ; " is it 
poffible that my beloved Rofe could be* 
lieve me guilty i and bekving me fo, 

could 



[ »95 3 

xoul J (he ever feel one foft emotion to* 
wards m* ?" <c O ! yes 5 many, many," 
returned Rufe; aftej'the fir.ft burft of my 
indignation arid your deparcure to Scot- 
land, memory brought me continual re* 
cords of your virtues, .with only this on? 
aftion to ftain them : I became unfetled, 
bewildered ; your pretence in Dublin 
Agitated me dill further & J ftw you yet 
more amiable in appearance than ever : 
I could not help perceiving that either 
fuffering or rtftedion had foftened and 
fabdued the top-vivid parts of your cha*- 
raderi tfut yc*ur cpadyft was exemplei- 
ry 5 that your manner was 99 ingenuous 
as formerly. O Tyrone*, tfaer.e ir m ir~ 
refift^bl^qharro, '\n virtue! in fpic^of all 
the cjouds whlqli, yjcc gnd^ circum- 
ftancc tbrpQ.fltpuQft ^er, ,<be will ,(bipc, 

* a how- 



[ *9* 3 

however, to fay that he had a^ualty 
taken the little Felix from the hypocritical 
Louifa, had placed him in the family of 
a Clergyman near Dublin, arid had fun- 
nifhed the woman with the means of re- 
turning to an aunt in England, whom 
{he defcribed as (till willing to receive 
her. 

" But after Randal had effected his 
purpofe," added Tyrone, <c after he 
had torn me from my friends and -my 
counrry ; and forced ~ my deareft "Role 
to fcek fhelter in a diftanr place ; after 
he had fpread rnifery through that houfe 
which was once th'e feat of joy, he found 
a new otje&of purfuit j'and a beautiful 
girl in the town of BI^Tfington/'v/ould 
perhaps have fallen a 1 Vidlim to his al- 
lurements, butthat theimmediatehand of 
thcAlmightyjawfullyftopp'tdhisprogreft. 
From thefe letters which chance threw 
into my ttayy I have difcbve?cd that Fe- 

* * lix 



C *97 1 

lix owes his exigence to an unfortunate 
French woman, whom my brother fe- 
ciuced, and who died in giving the poor 
child birth : Louifa, to whom it was af- 
terwards confignedi paffed for its mo- 
ther •, of her not being really fo, furely 
no other proof is wanting than her now 
living in the Madeira's with an opulent 
trader, unmindful of that boy to whom 
fee once profeft hcrfclf the parent ?" 

The night was ,half confumed in this 
interfiling converfation ; and willingly 
would Tyrone have relinquilhed all rcit, 
to look (till upon his recovered treaiui e, 
whofe hand he held fondly clafped with- 
in his own. Mr. ONeil's fpirtts were 
cxhaufted, he defired to be left alone, 
and the joyful party feparating, retired to 
their chambers not to deep, but to pour 
out their grateful fouls in thankf^iving 
to the giver of all good. 

*3 With 



I '93] 

With what rapture did Rofe enter the 
bfeakfaft-room the Unfiling day V Ty-» 
#one was already eherc ; pale as he had 
become, yet his countenance was efful- 
gent with happtnefs. Celeftial illufrii- 
fiation ! when thou' brightened thtffaee 
We love, how beautiful art thdu ! 

Rofe felt herfelf gently preflcd Within . 
his arms, arid heard the fond whifpers 
of that thrilling voice, which had fo late- 
ly awakened no other, emotion than that 
Gf arigui(h, her. faded cheeks glowed 
again, under the influence of his ardent 
eye; and tears, mixed with fighs and 
fmiles, were alone capable of anfwering 
to his tehdernefs. The waters and 
fleeps, feen from ihe % window, and the 
high green terrace, on one iide of the 
houfe, under whole trees Rofe and Ty- 
fone had fo often walked, called forth a 
thoufand affe&ing relations of their mu- 
tual fuHeringr Minutcly-affedlionate ex- 

plana- 



I *99 I 

pfanations followed ; and each discover* 
ed in the other, a fympathy fo enw 
dearing, a delicacy fo touching, that. 

they ftiently acknowledged grief had* 
drawn them ftttl clofer together* 

In the midft of thefe exquifite enjoy- 
ments, Mr. ONeil and his fifter entered, 
the former bad not Sept daring the 
fright, bur bis reftefiions bad been de- 
lightful, and his animated countenance 
gave teftrmony to their cordial power. 
Again the fweetiy-chearful voice of'Ty- 
rone founded in the oak-parlour, Mrs* 
Heftcr became louder than ordinary ? 
Rofe poured the cream into the fugar- 
bafon ; and Aleck dropt a plate of oat- 
en-bread from his trembling hand, as he 
held it to Lord Tyrone. Thefe little 
inftances of rapturous confufion only 1 
gave birth to frefh gaiety <: the meal tar* 
fitly concluded, and che remainder of 
the day was fpent in that delicious idkw 

k 4 nefs* 



[ aoo ] 

nefs, which always follows the tumult of 
une*pedied happinefs. A week brought 
back the fplendid vermillion to the 
cheek of Tyrone, and the fofcer carna- 
tion to that of Rofe : health and felH*ijj? 
Uvifhed all their riches on them. . !>$\c 
wood- walks through which they faun ter- 
ed together, the little leaf- ft re wn dells 
smongft which they retted, were wit- 
,neffe$ of their pure affe&ion. Rofe 
fcarcely trufted her fenfes, while .(he 
liftcned halfJbreathlefs to the tendcrncfs 
of her lover j and he,w,hile fixing his 
fwi mnning eyes upon her form of ethd- 
rial Jightnefs, aim oft dreaded fhe would 
diffolve again from his ga^e. 

The day was fixed for their marriage; 
arrangements .were made for their depar- 
ture dire<5Hy* after the ceremony, to vifit 
Lord .Glenroy in Scotland; «and the 
warmed letters . of congratulation MA 
been received from the Fitzpatricks and 

Colville 



[ aoi ] 

Colville Barry : delightful autumnal 
thcr, fucceeded to rain and ftorms -, Mr, 
O Neil's nervous complaints all vanished, 
and the neighbouring families with 
whom Tyrone had been intimate* truly 
parcook in the joy of his return* 

Rofc was reading early one morning 
under the (hade of. a large larch-trce, 
which fpread its boughs acrofs the en* 
trance of a hermitage in the gardens, when 
the approach of Tyrone made her cldfc 
her book. " What have you got there, 
my dear girl ?" faid he, gently cafting 
his arm round her waift, and throwing 
himfelf be fide her. 

" Barry's poems, which came from 
Dublin this morning— I could not rc«* 
ftrain my impatience to fee them, Co 
opened the parcel without waiting for 
you. Did you ever fee any of thefe pie- 
ces in mabufcript ?" " Several !,bu£ 
could not prevail on the (illy fellow, to 

k 5 believe 



[404} 

fcfteV* tfatt he is one of the feft poet* 
elf his trnae. Whit glofi6us genius, ami 
*hat andffe&ed morfeftyl" added he* 
fcoidirtg the v lorne thoughtfully in his 
b^nd, then failing. " Is their no love* 
fonnct here, addreffed to you .?" Cf I 
hdpe not," replied Rofe, with fweet 
totchriih) " becaufe then I (hould perhaps 
repent my engagements with a certain 
poetical pretender, that I dare not 



name/ 9 



" Pretender ! Rofe j fo I find I (hall 
never convince you of my claim 
to divind honours, Until I print 
and get heartily abufed by the reviewers* 
But come : I have fomething more fori- * 
ous to fay to you; and if you can relin- 
quifli the fublime mufe of Barry, wilt 
lead you into this hermitage* where* fecurc 
from interruption* I may ( a tale un- 
fold.' 

Rofe 



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Rok obeyed the impurfe of his hand* 
afld looking up to his face, was amazed 
to perceive a troubled ex predion dark- 
ening its enchantment : they entered the 
cave together, and fitting down upon a 
rode feat of tree-roots, Tyrone became 
uncommenly agitated. " Don't alarm 
me with all this folemnicy," faid Rofe, 
" fpeak, dear Felix ! what have you to 
rell me ?" 

" Nothing that need alarih you^ my 

beloved 1 it d<>es indeed Concern you* 

bat that fo remotely, that I ihotrtd oe* 

ver have entered upon the fubjesft, but 

from a convi&ion that I fliould oqc be 

quite happy, even as your hufband, hadrl 

any concealments : alas ! we have already 

paid too dearly the forfeit of .our former 

relerve! I have betin louig ^erfep 

cuted and annoyed by receiving Utters 

from a woman, that is the dilgrace .of 

her fe& ; I think I ought not to let jpu 

k 6 remain 



[ *H 3 

remain ignorant of this, left at a future 
period, any of her abfurd notes ftiould 
fall into* your hands. I have a very 
violent repugnance to thfc expofure of 
any woman; but what can I do, my 
dear Rofer your peace, and my own 
ingenuoufnefs are tnexpreffibly dear to 
me ; for this reafbn, therefore, before 
we become more clofcly united than 
our principles and feelings have already 
made us^ I could not juftify myfclf in 
concealing from you, that I am the ob- 
ject of a hateful paflion in Lady Rofcom* 
mon„; Read this fpecimenof her letters, 
•whkto I received at Tarbert," added 
Jiej hfs complexion varying with every 
word* €€ and remember while you do fo, 
that Ihave ever prefer ved to Jier an in» 
. flexible fiience-" 
; He hurried away as he fpoke, leaving 
Rofe pale and petrified : (hocked at th{ 
mftnftrous depravity of Lady Rofcom- 

mon. 



[ *°5 ] 

mon, whofe myfterious conduit at the 
mafquerade again preft upon her recoi- 
led ion, charmed with the delicacy 
which had occafioned Tyrone's emotion, 
ftie openedche billet, and read as follows : 

<To Lord Tyrone. 

" Still filent, ever filent ! O Tyrone, 
are you then quite indifferent to the 
paflion which confumes me ; are the let- 
ters which I deluge with my tears,' 
which contain the paffion of my heart, 
which defcribe the fever of my brain, 
are they read without emotion ? Yes ; 
you have no pity to beftow v.pon a 
wretch, who afks for nothing but your 
pity. Tyrone, till I faw you, never 
did I know what it was to love ; but you 
fled from me $ you left me to drag on a 
loath fo me life in the chains of a defpifed 
hufband : you made me defperate. Had 

I been 



1 «tf ] 

! been your wife, what virtue would 
have been too high for me to attain ? 
what duty too difficult for me to prae- 
tife ? that is paft : I now care not what 
becomes of my reputation, or my 
flighted perfon -, for without you, the 
whole world is a blank. 

" In Dublin, I faw the happy creature, 

that was once.to have called you hers : 

tbe fight of her overcame me : I thought 

.of you, and could have annihilated her; 

but then— 

" Wretched girl, (he afked me for her 
mother * I perhaps could have pointed 
out that mother (and once her tears 
bad nearly wrung the fecret from me) 
,but fhe hcrfelf broke from me, and i 
hurried from her witcheries. 

<c We have fcarcely reached as far as 
Germany, and yet I am anxious to quit 
it i in a few weeks perhaps, I (hall re* 
turn to Ireland, will you then confent 

to 



"N 



[ 207 ] . 

to fee me ? will you content to recon- 
cile yourfetf to your father, if 1 (ho old 
move him to defire it ? Anfwer me, Ty- 
rone i do not madden that fpirit which 
is now almoft diftra&ed." 

This extravagant letter, dated Vienna) 
was without a fignature * the hand-writ- 
ing was, however, well known to Rofir, 
as (he had often feen the fuperfcriptions 
of thofe addrefied to Lady Dunallan. 

The firft pang which (he had expe- 
rienced fince the arrival of Tyrone, now 
pained her heart ; (he had already fuf- 
fered too much from the fury of felfifh 
paffion, not to tremble at the criminal 
madneis of Lady Rofcdmmon : (he 
turned lick at the anticipation of fome 
unknown evil, and fhrunk from that 
horrid confirmation of her birth, which 
the unprincipled Countcfs feemed dif- 
tindly though unwittingly to infinuate. 
For fome time a crowd of ^determinate 

fcirs 



[ 208 1 

fears ban i(hed all Mifs dc Rlaquiere's 
happinefs; but rcfle&ion checked this 
weaknefs; (he forcibly averted her <jycs 
from the fhapes of vifionary forrow, and 
fixed them upon the fubftantial forms 
of love, confidence, and peace. 

Wiping away the tears which mois- 
tened her cheeks, (he folded up the 
letter, and proceeded along the terrace to 
join Tyrone. A confufion of trunks 
and imperials in the hall made her 
heart flutter ; (be faw two of Fitzpa- 
♦ trick's fervants, and v flying pad them, 
was the next inftant in the arms of her 
dear floraj 

<c There 1 you fee what you have 
done," cried the gay, yet weeping Mrs. 
Fitzpatrick ; " you have drawn me back 
to Killarney > in fprte of my father's 
threats, my hulbantTs entreaties, and 
my own indolence* What do 1 deferve 

for being fo good ?" . (( A thoufand, 

r and 



,* 



» 



[ 209 ] 

and. a thoufand thanks/ 9 exclaimed 

» 

Rofe, killing her friend's dewy cheek, 
between every wordl Cf There, there ; 
that will do, Rofe," crkd the laughing 
Flora, " you will kifs away all my 
charms, my bloom is rather more de- 
licate than yours, you know ; wind and 
rain, fighs and tears* cry Prefto ! and 
it is gone — come 1 don't you fee Henry 
Sanding like the fox watch ing the crow ? 
there, fox ! take the toafted cheefe, I 
drop it I" .faying fo, Mrs. Fitzpatrick 
releafed Rofe from her arms, and giv- 
ing her hand to Mr, ONeil, haftened 
to pay her compliments to Mrs* 

Hefter. 

» 

With what fincere pleafure did Mifc 
Blaquiere receive the affc&ionate em- 
brace of Fitzpatrick ! wiih what gratis 
tude did (he regard the animated friend- 
fhip of the bewitching Flora, which 
could bring her in defiance of her now 

anxious 



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anxious (kuation, fo foon again to Krt- 
larney. Fitapatrick's eyes fmilcd 
through moifture: **on my foul, Ty« 
r one/' faid he, prefllng his band united 
with that of Rofe> M this is one of the 
happieft days of my life, to fee you thus 
reftored to< each other gives me more 
joy than my poor mclocjuent toagu* 
can exprefs. God blefi youf may 
you be as happy, and as beloved, as 1 
am/* his eyes gu&ed at this* and 
difengaging himfelf from the grafp of 
Tyrone, the tender-hearted Fitzpatrick 
hurried out to recover hirafclf in the airv 
u Joy makes wonderful alterations V- 
cried * Flora, as Mifs de Blaquiere en- 
tered the room (he was then feared in — 
€< I declare Mr. ONeil has found, the 
elixir of eternal youth, and Mrs Heftef 
has been fipping it too : nay the very 
fervauts, houfe dog, chairs and tables 
are all grown younger and handfomer. 

Whilft 






Whilff I ! Hcigho ! never marry, 
JRofe !*' A fmile was the only anfwer to 
this fally : Mrs. Fifzpatrick continued. 
c< O ! here comes my objed — poor 
foul t you have unmanned him, as the 
faying is : truly fince he became my 
fcfc and indivifible property, be has 

dome 6n in thte fenciment^ls aioft 
aftontfhingly. But k>! you don** lay any 
thing aboot his looks, now I fancied, 
that he was looking prodigious hand- 
fottoev and might give me a chance of 
being envied/ 9 

Fitzpatrfck was indeed in full health ; 
*n& no one, now gaferog upon his kind- 
ling complexion, and luxuriantly youth- 
ful figure, could have recognized the in- 
terefting fpeftrc,- that buc a few weeks 
before, had been fupported on the arm 
of his wife. He laughed at her whimft- 
cat compliment : " you muft give us 
beds, Mr. ONeil," faid he, « for my 

felf- 



[ an ] 

felf-willed Flora poficiveljr declares, that 
fhe will not quit Caftle T Connel tfll flic 
has feen her friends united, beyond the 
poffibility of reparation." 

" *ris very true," faid fhe; " after 
they are married, they may quarrel and 
part, a^foon as etiquette requires, at pre- 
fens,' good folks, I muft get you both off 
my hands, for as long as ever you re* 
main (ingle, I fee L fhall have but forry 
companions in you > come, Mr. ONeil, 
can you accommodate Harry and his 
fuite ? O ! if you had but feen the mob of 
ragamuffins that turned out to meet us, 
on our approach to Killarney I I believe 
the creature makes acquaintance with 
all the rogues and idiots in the country, 
for never fure did cabins empty them- 
felves of fuch horribles ; there was* 
* heavens blefs your honour !' from one 
— .« och ! and may your lordihip live for 
ever 1* from a fecond, c and there fa: he 

ia 



[ 2»3 3 

in one corner of the carriage, twinkling 
his eyes, and promifing." 

" Do flop her, Mrs. Hefter !" in- 
terrupted Ficzpatri;k, " (he has no 
mercy upon rny regard for the poor de- 
vils, amongft whom I have lived for 
thefe two and-twenty years. I believe 
(he is a (hrew in her heart, and now hat 
a few circumftances puts me in her 
power, will rule over me with a rod of 
iroh." Ms. Fitzpatrick's bright eyes, 
full of their former fweet fire, relied for 
a moment upon her hufband's face; 
then turning them on Role, (he afkecj 
after their mutual friend, ,Mifs Prady 
OBrit*n. The entrance of refrdhmqnts 
interfupted Mrs. Fitzpatrick's remarks 
upon that young Lady ; (he declared 
herfelf monftrous hungry, and imme- , 
diately repaired to the Sandwich table. 

Happinefs fparklcd in every face of 
this little family : fo loving, fo beloved, 

a fo 



[ *H ] 

fo worthy to be loved, could they fail 
of enjoying the moft delicious pleafure, 
while they miniftered to each other, and 
added the kind offices of & facial meal, 
to the "mexpreffible blifs of the heart ? 
To ferve them than are dear to us, is 
always defjred by affc&ion : even the 
banding a cup of tea, the gathering a 
few Sowers, becomes tender and impor- 
tant, and the fmile which rewards •us 
for the attention, is the moft precious 
recompence a friend can beftow. 

The Fitzpatricks now took up their 
abode at Caftle-Connel •, Flora bad de- 
clared (he would not quit it til) Rofe was 
married, and true to this determination, 
refufed every invitation of her mother- 
in-law ; time ieemed to fly, fct thU p#* 
riod ; all were well, all .were happy; 
the mornings pad, in reading, ,wru.ing, 
or walking.; tfje eveuingjs were, given to 
the benevolent endeavour of difpenfing 

pleafure 



^ 



C'«?5 3 

pleafure amongft their kind neighbours. 
Sue Mrs. Fkzpatrick was impatient to 
return Co Lifburne Hall, as her delicate 
health made her fccretly wifti to be 
near her mother ; and Mrs. Bellingham 
was her fclf perpetually writing upon the 
fu?bje6L Tyrone therefore entreated, 
and Flora fcolded, and Rofe without 
much reluctance confented to change the 
day appointed former marriage, to one 
rather earlier. 

The eftates which Tyrone held in 
right of his mother, were fituated in 
Hampftiire ; and if he pwpofed rt Tid- 
ing amongft his tenantry, it was necef- 
fary for him to feparate from his friends 
at Caftle-Connel : he had as yet only 
flightly mentioned this fubjed to any 
one fave Rofe $ but on the evening pre- 
ceding the day which was to unite him 
for evjer to her, he entered more fully 
into an explanation of his views. 

" And 



■[ai6] 

€C And fo, you will not live in Ire- 
land ?" laid Mr. ONeiU <c I can nor, 
my dear fir! I am no longer a poor, 
unimportant fellow, free to wander 
where I might like ; but a powerful 
land holder, refponfible for the comfort 
of a numerous tenantry : do you think I 
would be doing my duty, were I to re- 
ceive my rents from England, and 
fpend them in Ireland ; were 1 to leave 
my farmers and my labourers to the ex- 
a&ions and mifreprefentation of an ill- 
judging fteward i" 

*' No, I don't know that you would," 
replied Mr. ONeil hefifaring \ ""but" 
and there he pa u led. 

" But what? my dear fir — furely you 
do not fuppofe that my inclinations are 
the movers of this refolution ? O no ; 
* could I gratify the wifhes of a heart 
gratefully filled with a recollettinn of all 
that I owe you, I ihould devote my 

life 



t *»7 3 . 

life to Cattle- Connel. Within its re- 
fpedted walls, I have fpenc the happieft 
days of chat life j from it, I (hall receive 
my beloved Rofe; can any place then, 
have fuch claims upon my affc&ion ?" 

c< None $ therefore you cannot ftill 
perfift V 9 Mr. ONiel ftopped again. " I 
muft perfift in facrificing my wifhes to 
my duty j" replied Tyrone affe&ionateljr 
ftretching out his hand to his friend $ I 
muft relide upon my own eftate one half 
of the year at lead; the other half (hall 
be divided between Caftle-Connel, and 
my parliamentary duties in Ireland." 

" What do you fay, Rofe V and Mr* 
ONiel, as he fpoke, turned with a difla- 
tisfied air, towards her. 

cc That I cannot help acknowledging 
the juftice of Felix's determination ; my 
heart, like his, will languifh for Kil-, 
larney ; but certainly the demefnes of 
his maternal anceftors demand fome fa. * 

vol, in. l crifices. 



t*IS] 

crifices* However we need riot look 
fo fad upon it, my dear uncle ! a narrow 
fea will divide us, you, my aunt, our 
beloved Mr. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick, can 
crofe it as well as we." 
- u O mercy !" exclaimed Flora ; cc our 
beloved Mr. Fitzpatrick ! is the girl 
mad, to take fuch liberties with my 
hufband ? Well -, as he ftoutly threatens 
a vifit to Hampfhire when you are let- 
tied there, I'm afraid I muft go too, to 
Took after him." 

1 c< You will be richly repaid for your 
trouble " faid Tyrone $ cc I can aflurc 
you of a cordial welcome, in an old 
hoofe large enough to contain all the 
tribes oflfraeh and a nrtoltitude of de- 
lightful rides arid walks, through the mod 
beautiful fcenery you ever beheld ; the 
neighbourhood of theNewForeft* Some- 
times, I truft we (ball draw together 
a little band of rare fpirits, whofe hearts 

i f and 



•ad minds will mingle under the 
(hade of our trees, or round our focial 
fire, Happy moment! will you ever 
wive a wKen f fharing with this dear 
creature (looking tenderly ?t Rofe) the 
delicious cares of home, I may fit 
amid ft a groupe of friends, compofed 
of all here, Glenroy, his wife, ^nd the 
admirable Colville Barry 1" Tyrone's 
fine countenance, bright with the en* 
thufiafm of anticipation, feemed to faf- 
cinate the eyes of his admiring Rofe; flic 
involuntarily caught his hand, and as 
(be lifted it to her lips, tears of pleafure 
dropt upon it : a vivid blu(h inftantly 
followed the adion. 

" Come ! come !" cried Mrs. Fitzpa- 
trick, gaily ftarting from her chair, u you 
Ihan't monopolize all the affedkion and 
felicity that is to be found in this 
work* ; 1*11 convince you in five mi- 
nutes, that Harry Fitzpatrick is a very 

l 2 tender, 



tender, brilliant fpirit too ; and that he 
has got a ttiottftrous clever wife.* ? 
Thus fpeaking, (he glided fmilingly td 
the piano-forte, and accompanying her 
voice with the inftrumerir, fung the fol- 
lowing fong. 

I leave thee, love ! but O, in vain* 
Proud glory's banner floats on high : 
No empty fame, can quench, that pain 
Which fpeaks in every burfting figh. 

Duty commands, and I obey ; 
(Tho* other duties ftruggle here) 
I dread the battle's doubtful day, 
Becaufe my life to thee is dear. 

Ah ! in the darkling tent, at night, 
My lonely thoughts will* fly to thee ; 
Again thy dear eye's dewy light, 
Bent o'er my made I'll feem to fee, > 

And when the fearfukcom bat's given. 
Should fate arreft thy foldier'a breath; 
The thought of meeting thee, in heaven, 
Will calm the agonies of death." 

Mrs. 



£ sat J 

Mrs. Titzpatrick had frequently fung 
much better than (be did now: but 

the feelings of her auditors were in uni-* 
ion with her trembling voice, and no 
one fpoke when (he concluded.. " Well 
good folks," cried (he, attempting her 
ufual vivacity, " what fay you to the 

verfes ? they are the production of that 
colouring gentleman yonder j, don't look 
fo like a fool, good man ! and he wrote 
them one evening, after having given 
Rofe and me a couple of necklaces, 
(which event took place fome four months 
ago) -, I never faw them, till three weeks 
fince : I pounced down upon them, as 
you may fuppofe, like a harpy 5 ham- 
mered out a melody, as you have heard ; 
and now prefent myfelf with a proper 
diploma for entering my Lord Tyrone's 
band of choice fpirits." A critique of 
the fong followed this : Fitzpatrtck was 
accufcd of obfcurity in the third line of 

13 the 



I; *« 1 

the third ftanza $ Mr. ONiel declaring 
that he thought k contained a famous 
bull, being alka-fivc to a man's ghoft, 
at the very time when he was afrte and 
hearty. The author defended fhi* poe- 
tical appellation of his pifture, with 
very author-like pertinacity, and the 
debate ended, by their voting him nem. 
con. a very fublime, becaufe a very ob- 

» 

fcure poet 




CHAP- 



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CHAPTER XVIII. 

The feventh of November brought 
with it a clear aotumftal fun, a delicious 
calmnefs of the air, which feemed 
faintly to defcribe the tranquil and un- 
clouded happinefs that futurity pro* 
mifed to Tyrone and Rofe : they were 
married by a brother of Sir Ken elm 
OBrien's, in the chapel belonging to 
Caftle-Connel ; and after devoting one 
day to Mr. ON id, they parted from the 
amiable Fitzpatricks, and fet out on 
their way to Argytefhlre. 

After palling through great part of 
the romantic fcenery of Scotland Lord 
and Lady Tyrone, *ith a fuice more 
fuitable to their unoftentatious minds, 
than to their rank, arrived lit Cowrie, 

l 4 their 



[ 424 ] 

their friend's houfe. The reception they 
met with, as well as the joy they dif- 
fufed, will be beft underftood, by the 
firft letter, which Rofe addreffed to 
Mrs. Fitzpatrick. 

LETTER. 

<f It is now above a fortnight fince 
we were fettled at Gowrie ; and in all 
that time, I have not devoted a (ingle 
moment to my Flora I Had you, ever 
lived amongft Scotch people, in their 
own country, you would immediately 
abfolve me of negled, for they are per- 
petually furrounding ftrangers with 

fuch entrenchments of kindnefs, hofpi- 
tality, and amufement, that I defy the 
fevereft felf-denier, to get beyond 
them. • • 

u Ever fince my arrival here, I have 
been carried about from houfe to houfe, 
where family after family, have endea- 
voured 



[ ta 7 ] 

fragrant heath* Gabrielle is become 4 
perfed Caledonian ; and Lord Glenroy, 
wh > wiflies to introduce the ancient 
fafhion of his country, never looked Co 
well as he does now, in his tartan plaid 
and plumy bonnet. Their houfe is de- 
lightfully fituated on the fhore of a beau- 
tiful lake called Loch awe, and Ga- 
brielle by entering with facility into all 
the highland cuftoms, has endeared her- 
felf not only to the lairds, but the pea- 
fants on its borders \ fhe is in full health 
and beauty ; the dutchefs too looks 
*ell, and fee ms perfe&ly happy. 

" 1 think I need not tell you, that my 
dear Tyrone adopts the manners of the 
people I have been defcribing. Once, in 
compliment to his friend, he wore the 
national drefs. I fcarce dare repeat, what 
I thought of him, upon this cccafion \ 
a large party who were to dine at Gpw- 
rie were afferabled in one of the rooms, 

• s 

l 6 when 



•*»<*•:• 



s 



E "« 1 

when he entered with Lord Glenroy : 
fo fublime, yet fo beautiful I fo grace- 
fully attired ! fo luxuriant in youth and 
expreffion i I thought I faw before me, 
the Genius of Scotland. Foolifii vain 
creature! how thy heart throbbed, 
when thine ear caught the whifper of 
cc that is Lord Tyrone." Do not laugh 
at me, Flora ! To deprecate your fcorn, 
I will copy out for you the only verfes 
my mufe has produced fincc we have 
been in this land of poetry ; in fadt (he 
has not courage to invade with her tune- 
lefs voice, the echoes of thefe magnifi- 
cent folitudes, which ought to be facred 
to that of infpiration alone. But I made 
you a promife to tranfmit every thing I 
might write ; and as the following im- 
promptu is about your favorite order 
of men, I think I may hazard it. 

The ftanzas were fuggefted to my 
heart (I will not fay my fancy) by fee- 
ing 



[ "5 ] 

vourcd to excel eacli other, in warm* 
but not officious attentions. The plen- 
tiful breakfaft, the morning drive, the 
focial dinner, the merry reel, all have 
fucceeded one another with a rapidity 
and an hilarity, which I never faw 
equalled even in my own lively country. 
The Scotch lairds are polifhed, intelli- 
gent men, paflfionately attached to their 
lakes, and their mountains ; and the wo- 
men, blooming like Hebes, animate 
the charming landscapes, by their gaiety 
and good humour. i 

cc At a houfe,* twelve miles off( where 
we fpent three days, and from whence 
we are but juft returned) I have left one 
of the mod agreeable mobs, I ever faw 
aflembled : half a dozen fportive highland 
girls, twice that number of young fingle 
lairds, with a fcore of married folks, 
(amongft which the Gowrie party muft 
be reckoned,) ufed to gather every 

1-5 morning, 



[ 426 ] 

morning, round a large table, in a vaft 
hair, where bLzing fires, and a break- 
fad of tea, cream, cakes, facet-meats, 
eggs, and cold birds, always heightened 
our fplrits, and fecmed to excite our ap- 
petites. After this meal was over, we 
divided into (hooting, failing, walking, 
or driving parties. I generally rambled 
with the Glenroys and my Tyrone, 
amongft the blooming heather of the 
purple hills, or was rowed by him in 
a little boat, through the flowery birks, 
growing on both fides of the Loch-awe 
water. At dinner, our company gene- 
rally received augmentation, by ftray 
hunters, or (hooters ; and our evenings 
were paffed in. dancing, finging, or 
liflening to recitations of Scotch poetry. 
Half of the men had beds, and half not: 
fome flept on fophas, and fome rowed 
up in their plaids* prefled delicious 
couches, compofed in the great hall, of 

fragrant 



t «3« ] 

Ming over the Scottifh hills. There, in 
the month of April your promife (hall 
be claimed, and the little band of choice 
fpirits (for the Glenroys and Colville 
Barry have promifed to meet you) will 
in reality taftc that refined happinefs, 
which my Tyrone anticipates, 

* 4 Remember, both of us, in the moft 
affectionate manner to our beloved Mr« 
Fitzpatrick ! I will call him fo, if I like 
it, and to your ineftimablc mother: 
mother ! oh Flora ! that affefling word 
is the only one that can fadden my too 
happy heart. 

" Write to me long and largely; and 
think of me ever, as your unalterable 

« Rofe Tyrone." 

The next letter addreikd to Mrs, 
Fitfcpatrick was from England* 

LET- 



f aj* 3 

LETTER II. 

Ajhleigb* 'December i$tbi 
u I am well convinced that on the 
ftate of our minds entirely depends the 
beauty of external objects j for as I tra- 
verfed the country lying < between Gow- 
ric and this place, I thought every vil- 
lage and every dale, and every water, 
charmingly attradive. "I-fhould like 
to live here, and to live there, and 
there ;'* in Ihort Tyrone at laft told 
me, he believed I (hould like to live 
every where; but the fecret of this charm 
lay in himfelf: with him what retire- 
ment would not be paradife ! 

<c It was late in the evening of the fifth 
day of our departure from Edinburgh, 
when we reached Afhleigh : there was 
juft light enough for me to perceive, as 
we entered the great gates, at the end 
of a fine avenue of old afti-trees, thar 

the 



[ «9 3 
irig a very fine regiment pafs through 
a town, in which Tyrone and I ftopt, 
in our way to Gowrie. 

" March on, in all your proud attire, 
Ye blooming band, with foals of fire! . 
Ye, that to glory's wreath afpire, 
. On danger's height, hang dreadfully ! 

" March on ! march on, in long array ; 
With glittering arms, and banners gay, 
With plumes that on the breezes play, 
And mufic clafhing martially ! 

" Strange joyance through the gaz'ng throng, 
Ye fcatter, as ye pafs along ; 

They hear in your loud cymbal's fong, 
The glorious found of viclory. 

* c They fee in all this gorgeous light 
Of fteel, and gold, and trappings bright, 
Your glad return from conqo'ring fight, 
And hail itsprofpelt, joyfully. 

" Alas ! through almoft blinding tears, 
I fee ye, on your dreadful biers ; 
That mufic to my JhudcTring ears 
Plays but your dirges, difmally. 

••To 



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« To me, like viaims drefs'd, ye g»* 
For though in youthful ftrengtb ye glow. 
Yet ah ! behind the pageant (how, 
Death follows, pale and filently. 

*' Some, (hall the yellow plague d*ftroy : 
Some, 'neath the ftormy ocean lie ! 
And fame on«di (Ian t field* (hall die. 
Or pine ia hopelefs flavery. 

" Ah, blooming band ; like rofes fair ! 
Why mud To foon infuriate air 
Your fummer leaves, and bloflbms tear. 
And lay ye low eternally I 

€t Such were the refle&ions excited by a 
body of thofe men, about whom, my 
principles and my prejudices keep up a 
perpetual war thjc latter being for, and 
the former againfi them. 

" We leave Argylefhirenext Thurfday, 
and expeft to reach Hamplhire by a 
week at fur theft. There, 1 hope to fee 
my Felix realize all thofe benevolent and 
excellent plans, with which he and I 
have delighted ourfelves, whilft ram- 

' Wing 



C n$ 1 . 

the houfc was indeed as vaft as Tyrone 
had defcribed it, and built of grey 
ftone, in the ancient ftyle. 

c< A blading fire, in one of the drawing 
rooms, caft a chearful light over the 
pi&ured walls, and carved frames of the 

painted windows. I rejoiced to fee that 
the wainfcot was of dark, wrought oak, 
as ic will often tranfport me to the par- 
lour in Caftle- Connel : indeed every 
thing by which I am furrounded, re* 
minds me of that beloved habitation. The 
gardens though upon a much more mag- 
nificent fcale, are laid out in the fame 
ftyle { high green terraces, walks of (lately 
trees, fountains and noble lawns $ in 
fummer, I have no doubt of their 
being equal to any in this country ; but 
now, the paths are fo choaked with 
damp leaves, that I have fome difficulty 
in puftung my way amongft them. 



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Ac 



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1 

u At prcfent, I am writing in a little 
Gothic ftudy, the folitary window of 
which is covered with ivy $ a grove of 
line a(h trees ftahds juft beneath it* 
The day is unufually temperate; and 
the birds are now finging in the.leaflefs 
trees of the grove* Tyrone is gone to 
return he Vifn of Colonel Ormomd, 
whofe regiment is atLymington, (a beau* 
tiful town near Alhleigh) and who cal- 
led upon us yefterday ; I was grieved to 
fee him fo altered: unfortunately I re- 
marked this alteration with an expreffion 
of concern, to which he gave no an- 
fwer, but by a look. O ! fo expreflive * 
it pierced my heart. I could not mif* 
underftand him, and the inftantaheoufe 
tears which ftarted mtb my eyes, fell 
upon my cheeks. His manner to Ty- 
rone, was friendly, and admiring j to 
me, refpeflful, diftant, yet friendly t(>o : 
J could have enjoyed the day which he 

fpent 



C *3S 3 

fjptnt with u&, had it not been for that 
deep tinge of fadnefs, which now and 
then came ovtir his features : and thofe 
heavy fighs which, often in the midft of 
a lively difcdurfe, burft from him, un- 
heard I am fure, by himfelf. 
"* c There is a calm dignity in Qrmonrd's 
character, which I always refpe&ed j 
and fo gifted as he is, by accomplifh- 
xnents and acquirements of a very fupe* 
rior kind, I fliould lament, were all thefe 
capabilities of happinefs to be wafted 
in a vain regret of an unattainable ob- 
je& 9 Do not accufe me of vanity, my 
deareft Flora, in attributing a great 
portion of Colonel Ormond's dejection 
to the influence which I unfortunately 
acquired over him : the tears I am now 
{bedding over the certainty of this fatal 
efieft (of which his looks and manner 
too plainly told me) never came from 
the heart of vanity, I grieve for this 

intereft- 



mterefttng man,- from the bottom of 
my foul : and Tyrone, having obferved 
his melancholy, (bares in my difquiet. 

" Ic was late at night, when the Colo- 
nel quitted us $ he ' could not be . pre- 
vailed upon to take a bed at Afhleigh, 

but rode home, attended only by a 
fcrvant, through a heavy fall of rain. 
As he parted from us in the hall, where 
we had followed him with our entrea- 
ties that he would day, he haftily (hook 
hands with us both, and preffing my 
hand violently in his, faid " farewell 1 
perhaps I lhall not fee you again before 
we fail for Gibraltar j if I do not, be 
allured my heart will be in A(hleigh ; 
goodnight; may your reft be fweet ; 
I (hall have none," The laft words 
were ftifled in fighs ; he raifed my hand 
to his lips, held it there for an inftant, 
whilft I felt his tears dropping faft upon 



[ *37 1 

It, then haftily relinquifliing it, rufhed 
Out of the door. 

u You cannot concei/e how much this 
incident has aflftikd me; but I hope a 
great deal from Ormond's departure for 
Gibraltar, where I truft active duty, 
and gay fociety, will wa(h away all 
trace of his di&ppointment, 

w Tyrone's voice founds on the terrace 
I have met his dear eyes, and I mud fly 
down ftairs, to welcome home, my 
friend, my hufband! adieu I remem- 
ber me cordially to yours; need I 
lay* how much I am my Flora's 

" Molt attached, 

M Rose Tyrone." 

4 

The embarkation of the troops def- 
tiaed for Gibraltar reftored Lady Ty- 
rone to her former tranquillity; and 
her mind then oa upied itfelf with the 
arrangement of her houfehokJ, and the 
execution of thofe plans which (he had 

formerly 



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formcfly fuggefted to her hufband, for 
ameliorating the ftate of their poor 
tenantry. 

Soon round Albleigb,, pothing was to 
fc^feen but cleaalinefs and comfort j the 
cottager?,. Supplied with the means of 
honcft labour, beegme emulous of excel- 
ling each other ia fobriety and ip* 
duftpy j their children pieced in a fehool 
which Tyrone founded, feemed to pro* 

mtfe a race of virtuous and well edu- 
cated pcafants. 

His own regular attendance at the 
houfe of God recalled fuch of his te- 
nants as bad formerly negle&ed their 
public duty; and though the blefled 
founds of chearfulnefs refounded through 
his woods and his fields, the diffbnant 
roar of licentious revelry never ven- 
tured to invade them. 

In elegant and literary retirement, 
Rofe and Tyrone pad the winter; books, 

exercife, 



t *39l 

exercife, mufic, and converfatioit, 
feemed co leave them no time for com* 
pany ; but they now and then tore 
themfclves from the abibrbing charms 
of each others fociety, and returned the 
attentions of their admiring neighbours, 
with all the graces of hofpitality. But 
the profound calm of this feclufion was 
broken by the appearance of Cqlville 
Barry, and a letter from Fitzpatrick, 
which came on the fame day by the 
poft; 

* Fthruary iotb M Lifiurne Hall. 

u My dear friends, 

" I can juft fnatch time to tell 
you, that my deareft Flora is fafe, and 

well ; and that I am the father of a lit- 
tle gipl, who is the prettied creature you 
ever law; that pleafe God, we (hall all 
be with you, in May j and that you 
mud promife to kits my little Rofe, a 

thoufand 



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thoufand times, when I prefent her to 
you at Alhleigh. Indeed fhe is the 
fweetcft darling you can imagine : * I 
have her in my arms every inftant 5 and 
pofitively declare that no one can be 
completely happy, till they have juft 
fuch a little angel to call their own. 

" Flora fends you a million of loves 
and thanks, for all your kind letters. 
She was in danger, and I was like a 
madman ; but now ! my dear friends, 
I have not been in my fenfes for theft 
eight and forty hours. 

ct Adieu ! heavens blefs you both, 
you know too well, for me to repeat, 
how much I am, 

"Your grateful and faithful, 

" Henry Fitzpatrick." 

9 

The joy which this letter excited in 
Aftileigh, united to the unexpc&ed vi- 
fit of Mr, Barry, gave an unufual flow 

to 



[ Mi 1 

to the fpirits of Tyrone ; defcribing the 
beauties of the lfle of Wight, Role fug* 
gefted the plan of taking their friend to 
fee it; and Barry caught at the propo* 
fal, as the weather promifed to be fa* 
vourablej for it was now the firft week 
in April. 

A frefh breeze, and fine morning 
wafted them acroft the channel* from 
Lymington, to the little town of 
Yarmouth ; from whence they com* 
menced their tour through " this green' 
Eden af the deep !" 

At firft; their way lay through mea- 
dows and bowery lanes, the trees of 
which, in early leaf, flaftied and dark- 
ened with the fdn-fits : the brightnefs of 
the iky, the perfume of the fpring flow- 
ers, the verdure of the hedges, and the 
almoft arcadian air of the cottages, 
wholly tranfported Rofe; ihe had- no. 

vol. ni, . m thing 



v [ Ht 3 

th*rog ( <to wifr for > but folitude with her 
Tyroqe. 

As the barpuchc roJUed flowly along 
the beautiful roads, (haded by call tree$ 
elothed ia the firft green foliage of the 
feafon ; as her eye wandered over the 
calm and lovely downs, jighs .of plea- 
sure efcaped her, and her cheeks> wet 
with tears, told Tyrone, that (he was 
thinking of happinefs and him. > 
. With the enthufiafm of a poet, Barry 
(Seconded all the raptures of Lord Ty- 
rone : an interefting young clergyman, 
and his two female coufins, that made 
up the whole of the party, contributed 
by their evident pleafure to the high 
gratification of Rofe; In a narrow, path 
which winds amongft the bewitching 
foenery of Steep hills, (he found herfeif 
leaning on the arm of Barry, and at 
feme diftance, from the reft of their 

company. 



£ H3 1 

company. Seizing the opportunity, 
flie enquired if be- had lately received- any 
intelligence of his friend Ormond. 

" I had a letter from him three days 
ago — he is well." 

?• Have you not two* fitters in Gib* 
raltar ?" faid Rofe, putting any ques- 
tion to him, as his fcanty reply had 
lomewhat cmbarraflcd her. 

Barry ftarted j cc why do you afk i" 
u Why do I afk ?" repeated Rofe, ftill 
more confufed— cf I am fure L don't 

know— I— " 

cc You are not fincere, Lady ~ Ty- 

rone,** faid Barry rather fevercly, u yon 
have heard of my poor Alicia's unfortu- 
nate date, and hope perhaps that now 
Colonel Ormond — •" 

« Hold !— hold, Mr. Barry— I feek 
not to intrude into your confidence, X 
proteft to you, that I never heard of 
your fitter, but from yourfelf in Kil T 

m 2 kniey,. 



[ *♦» ] 

tiling jo w(£b for,, but folitude with her. 
Tyrone. 

As the barouche rolled Qowly along 
the beautiful roads, (haded by tall trees 
clothed ia the firft green foliage of the 
feafon ; as her eye wandered over the 
calm and lovely downs, Jighs .of pica- 
fure efcaped her, and her cheeks, wet 
with tears, told Tyrone, that (he was 
thinking of happinefe and him. > 

With the enthufiafm of a poet, Barry 
feconded all the raptures of Lord Ty- 
rone : an interefting young clergyman, 
and his two female couGns, that made 
up. the. whole of the party, contributed 
by thetr evident pleafure to the high 
gratification of Rofe; In a narrow, path 
winch winds amongft the bewitching 
fcencfy -of Steep hills, Jbe found herfelf 
leaning on the arm of Barry, and at 
feme dlftance, from the reft of their 
company. 



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quartered with his regiment in Lime- 
rick: he and I renewed our college ac- 
quaintance, and for three months were 
never feparated for a day, Ormond's 
talents enlivened our retired way of life ; 
and his manners, always winning, buc 
then peculiarly gay, made, as we after- 
wards found, too deep an impreffion 
upon the heart of Alicia. By nature 
timid and penfive, (he abfented herfelf 
almoft unobferved from our livelier par- 
ties i though we fo me times rallied her, 
upon her devotion to folitude, and Or- 
mond frequently accufed her, of fighing 
for fome youth as romantic as her- 
felf. 

" I was called to Dublin j Ormond's 
regiment was foon ordered to new quar- 
ters, and though he and I corre- 
sponded, we did not meet again,* till 
half a year before I had the happinefs 
of becoming acquainted with you. You 

m 3 know 



[ 2 4 6 ] 

know what followed our introdu&ion at 
Marrion Square. Ormond went to 
bury his difappointment in the feclufion 
of my father's houfe. His profound 
melancholy prevented him frdm obferv- 
ing in my lifter (what now we were all 
but too well acquainted with) her hope* 
Jefs attachmentiohim; but he was not 
infenfible to her filent attentions, and his 
affefting gratitude fatally adminiftered 
to the flame which confumed her. Ac- 
cident only threw an unerring light 
upon the (late of her heart. 

" One evening when riding along the 
banks of the Shannon, Qrmopd's horfe 
took fright, and, rufliing into the water, 
threw its rider off. Alicia, wj)o was 
walking near the fpot with . the reft of 
my filters, uttered a loud (hriek, and 
flying tO'th^ river, plunged in aftei*him$ 
p fcene of dreadful alarm followed : I 
Jwped into a boat, and putting off 

from 



C a+7 1 

from Ihore, by the help of a fifhfcrman, 
drew my fitter out of the ftream ; Or* 
mond, unconfeious of the circumftance, 
had already fwum to land : but alas ! 
<re I reached it, an officious by-dander 
had informed him of the whole tranfao 
tion. As he was then eagerly approach- 
ing, I made a fjgft for him not tor ad- 
dtfefV ray lifter* who was laying in my 
arms 'half dead wkh fear and fhamej ht 
obeyed. 

«« The following morning, without ex* 
planation, I propofed letting off for 
Dublin ; he underlbood me but too well, 
and honourably fi lent upon this; tefti* 
mony of an attachment which he could 
not return, parted from .me in a week 
after, to join his regiment in England. 

«« My eldeft lifter's .marriage with Ma- 
jor Boyle at this period, happily afforded 
•my dear Alicia the means of flyingfrotn 
the fcrutiny and pity of an . impertinent 

m 4 neigh* 



[ s 4 8 ] 

neighbourhood : her letters from Gib- 
raltar were ac firft chearful ; but fee thd 
laft I received." 

Lady Tyrone took the paper which 
Barry with a trembling hand held out 
to her; (he read thefe lines : 

To C. Barry Efq. 

f f I cannot ftay any longer in Gib- 
raltar* I dare not meet Colonel Or* 
mond: for heaven's fake, my dear 
Colville, . obtain for me my father's 
leave to return : yet, he is fo ftern ! 

Cf O ! if you could read my diftraded 
heart ! it is not love $ indeed, indeed 
it is not — but lhame, the bittereft 
lhame. * I have iiot time to fay more, 
the difpatcHes are juft going. 

Adieu, 

Your ever grateful 
Alicia." 

"And 



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cc And will fhe return ?" afked Rofc, 
with a look of tender compaffion. " I 
have written to tell her, that (he may," 
replied Barry, " and indeed, until I fee 
her entirely removed from Ormond I 
fhall not be happy, or even tranquil. 
We are poor — Ormond is rich— we 
have no rank— he is heir to a title— and 
to be for a moment fufpe&ed of— " 

Lord Tyrone's voice interrupted 
Barry, and haftening forwards, the lat- 
ter ceafed to fpeak. 

Rofe rejoined her huiband; but 
though (he affented to his remarks^pon 
the never to be forgotten paradife by 
which they were furrounded, her 
thoughts became greatly occupied by 
Alicia Barry, whofe fituation recalled 
forcibly her own attachment to Ty- 
rone. 

The tour over Wight was completed ia 
eight days * the friendly party returning 

mj , on 



on Che morning of the ninth, by South- 
ampton, to Afnleigh. Barry remained 
a week longer in England, and then 
fet off for Ireland, promifing to ret i fie 
Hampfhirc before the Fitzpatricks 
ihould hare terminated /their purpofed 
, vifit. After Barry's departure, Tyrone 
exerted himfetf to obtain an elegant acid 
lucrative employment wider the Irift* 
chancellor, with which he meant to 
preient his friend, and Rofe occupied in 
preparations for the reception of Lord 
and Lady Glenroy, faw the fpring tin- 
folding the beauties of her gardens and 
groves,, as if to contribute, to their plea- 
fare. 

The trees were yet fcaaiily do&ed, 
but their roots were ftrewed with, violets 
and primrofes ; and the birds fang fweet- 
ly among the almond's and apple's Wot 
foms : the weather being unufbally fine, 
Rofe trufted her green -haute plants to 

the 



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ttic opeh air, and dtfVeftd thi Tittttty 
Jawns, with gerahiurm, fttigliioriette, 
atod early rofes. 

From the old-ft(hioiiefr-gtafs dbofs 
of a room which opened apon the grShd 
terrace, the lawn, ahd riVfcr *rafhihg the 
wobdieft part df flic pzjtk, tfcre dif- 
tin&ty feen : Lady Tyrone propdfcd 
rtmovifcg into this roorti, one evenirig 
, afecf ten, to enjdy the adidbui thartn 
of a firk5 ftiooftlight : Tyfohe defeated 
to the change. 

The dark trees ^vhich ftood to groupw 
4ttfoAg the glades, werejufttippfcd with 
light j the water gleamed at intervals 
through their openings, and the grey 
fpires of a gothic maufoleum dedicated 
to Tyrone's mothef, were brightly vifi. 
blc. A folitary nightingale was tinging 
in the branches of a fyfcamorc: Rofe. 
forgot her work j , Tyrone let t&e book 
he held fall from his hand, whftft ten- 

m 6 derly 



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derly encircling the waift of his wife 
with his arms, he repeated in a low bro- 
ken voice ; thefe few words from Baron 
Halier. " Ah ! if I Ihould ever lofe 

thee !" 

At chat inftant, a fervant entered with 
a letter from Lady Glenroy. Rofe 
eagerly opened it, and found that her 
friends were already in London from 
whence they were to depart for Afli- 
leigh, on the following morning. All 
was now buftle and lively joy : Rofe 
hurried to give dire&ions to her houfe- 
keepcr, and Tyrone iffued orders for 
horfes the next day, intending to give 
his friends the meeting at Farnham. 

At feven o'clock, he began his little 
journey, attended by a fingje groom. 
Rofe looked at him from her dreffing 
room window, till the wooded declivi- 
ties concealed him from her fight : 
waiting (ill even the found of his 

horfca 



C ^53 1 

borfcs feet could no longer be beard, 
lhe turned from the Ipoc, fecretly ad- 
dreffing the Deity, in a thankfgiving for 
her prefent happtoefst 



CHAP- 



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CHAPTER XIX. 

IN confluence of the dill -delicate ftate 
of the dutchefs de Rouflillon's health, 
which obliged her fon and daughter to 
deep at Winchcfter, it was twelve 
o'clock the next day when the chearful 
party cams in fight of Afhleigh. 

As they drove up the avenue, Tyrone 
having. taken a feat in Lord Glenroy's 
travelling coach, defcribed the little ar- 
rangements which his Rofe had been 
making for their reception. The emi- 
gration of her plants to the lawn ; 6f 
her books and mufic to the fummer- 
houfe, were all related : he defcribed the 
fimple cap and white gown, in which he 
was fure (he would prefent herfelf, and 

was gaily betting with Lord Glenroy> 

that 



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that (he would firft run into the arms of 
her hufband, when the gates unfolded, 
and the carriage (lopped at the door of 
the grand hall. 

As Lord Tyrone was hurrying Lady 
Glenroy towards the furnmer parlour, 
he aflced the fervant, where his lady was, 
the man did not anfwer : Tyrone 
fcarcety noticing this, opened the door 
of the room, and carelcfely enquired, 
if any one had called. 

" Colonel Orroond did yefterday, 
my hard." M But where is Lady Ty- 
. rone V 9 cried his lordfhip with morti- 
fied impatience— <k>es (he not know of 
otrr arrival ?" The fenrant ftammered 
out a few incoherent words : Tyrone 
ftarti-ng from his feat, looked at the 
man ; he faw him pale and agitated— 
" Good heaven*" he exclaimed, ftriking 
h& hands together in fudden agony — 

" tell 



C »5«-3 

" tell me the meaniog of this ! where is 
my wife ? is (he ill ? is (he dead ?" 

'f he fervant alarmed at fuch violence, 
imprudently faultercd out ; cc we don't 
know, my lord !" Tyrone heard no 
more, he fell fenfelcfs on the ground. 

It was many minutes ere he recovered, 
and when hecjid fo % it was with a groan 
that Teemed to convulfe his whole frame. 
Opening his eyes, he fixed them upon 
Lord Glcnroy, who alone remained in 
the room, his friend interpreted but 
too well the meaning of thofe expref- 
five eyes. 

" You have alarmed yourfelf, per- 
haps unreafonably," my dear fellow, 
laid be, railing him from the floor— 
u Lady Tyrone may have fpent the 
night at fome friend's houfe." 

" Spent the night !" repeated Tyrone, 
darting from him, and (landing aghaft 

ere 



[ *57 ] 

ere he fpoke again, " is (he well then ? 
and is (he abfent?" 

Glenroy proceeded to inform him, 
rhac {he quitted Afhleigh the day be- 
fore, and had not fince returned. 

"Where did (he go tor"cried herhuf- 
band,relap(ing into agonized impetuofity, 
a Who was with her ? have they foughc 
for her everywhere ? ' v 

" Be compofed, I fc>efeech you/' re- 
turned his friend, oppofing him, as he 
was walking with frantic hafte into the 
hall i Tyrone flew back, and ringing 
the bell violently brought a crowd of 
fervants into the room. Their matter 
was idolatroufly dear to thefe worthy 
dependents : they now fhrunk with forrow 
from his wild queftions, his loud and 
fudden burfts of grief as he traverfed the 
apartment, alternately fmiting his bread: 
and forehead. A fhort time difcovered 
to him the extent of his misfortune : he 
learned that Rofe had left Afhleigh, the 

day 



[ *58 J 

day before, at two o'clock in the fore- 
noon, without faying whither fhe was 
going, and attended only by, a ftrange 
fcrvant, out of livery, who delivered a 
letter to her, a few minutes previous to 
her departure^. None of the fcrvartts 
could fornifh information requifite to 
lead their unhappy matter to any difco** 
very : he queftioned and re-qoeftioned, 
till the affair became ftiil more involved 
in doubt. At length darting from them 
all, in a paroxyfm little fliort of madnefs, 
he threw bimfelf upon his horfe, and 
rode oif, unconfeious where, in fearch 
of his wife. 

Lord Glenroy, more colle&ed but -not 
left afflided than Gabrielle, now exerted 
bimfelf* with tht rood animated perfeve- 
ranee, to find out fome ciue to this 
myftery. He perfonally examined 
the houfes of the neighbouring gentry, 
and made enquiries amongft all the infe* 
rior people, refpedling that map whom 

the 



[ *59 J 

the domtftics at Afhleigh now began 
to fufpeft as the murderer of their 
adored lady. Glenroy turned from this 
horrid fuggeftton, with theacuteft pain; 
cautioning them never to breathe fuch a 
thought in the hearing of their lord. 

A week pafffd \ nothing tranfpired of 
Rofe ; and Tyrone's a b fence began to 
cncreafe the anxieties of Glenroy and 
Gabrtelle !— At laft he returned, but fo 
changed, fo.pale, fo haggard, that his 
friends began to fear for his intelle&s. 
He. entered 1 the parlour where he had 
jpent the laft evening with Rofe, and 
throwing himfelf into a chair, fat for 
fome minutes gazing diftraftedly round, 
unable to fpeak-the wildnefs of his looks 
was all gone— but a deep dejeftion, ari- 
fing/rom a fpirit wholly fubdued, had 
taken its place. His eyes, heavy and 
fwollen, were foon caft upon the ground; 
his hands ckfped hopelefly together 
f^emed to have loft the ienle of touch, 

for 



[ a5o ] 

for Lady Glcnroy tried in vain to roufe* 
him by prcfling them gently within her's: 
a mournful filence prevailed. At lengh 
Lord Glenroy ventured to pronounce 
his friend's name. Tyrone ftarted ae 
the found; and fuddenly burfting into a 
terrifying paffion of tears, (a weaknefc 
very unufual with him,) rulhed out 
of the room. 

When the forrowful party met at 
breakfaft the next morning, it was eafy 
to perceive that none of them had fl^pt. 
Tyrone fwallowed his tea with feveiifh 
avidity, although his lhaking hand, 
could fcarcely carry it to his lips: no one 
fpoke of Rofe, as her wretched hufband, 
(confeious of his inability to bear the 
fubjeft,) by avoiding it himfelf, con* 
drained others to do the fame. 

The entrance of Dermot, who came 
abruptly into the room, lighted up for a 
moment the gloomy eyts of his mafter: 
but the illumination was tranfient* it 

( vani. 



( »6i J 

^an'Hied the inftant Permoc requeued 
to know if his Lx>rd(hip meant to ride 
that morning. Glenroy thought he favv 
fomething particular in xhe manner of 
the honcft Irilhman, and following him 
out, learnt that he had juft been conver- 
fing with a groorrv who remembered 
feeing fuch a man as Dcrmot defcribed 
the ft range iervanr to be, going into a 
houfe a couple of miles to the left of the 
town of Lymington. 

Glenroy returned with this intelli- 
gence to Tyrone : an extravagantjoy im* 
mediately flafhed from the countenance 
of the latter ; he called to his friend to 
follow, and fcizing one of the fervant's 
horfes, which flood ready fad died, gal- 
loped off towards Lymington. 

By the directions which Lord Glen- 
r&y received from Dermot's infor- 
mant they foon found the houfe 
they were in queft of; it was a retired 
cottage, near the water, buried amongft 

pbfeure 



[ 2§2 ] 

obfcure copfes, and inhabited only by 
an old man and vtoman. Tyrone trem* 
bled fo violently when he entered this 
place, that Glenroy was obliged to fup- 
port him with his arm ; a few moments 
terminated all fufpence: on defcribing 
the perfori and drefs of Lady Tyrone, 
the, old couple declared their belief, that 
ic could: be no other, M than the young 
cretur, as came to vifit their lodger."— 
cf And who was this lodger ?" €t A fin- 
gle gencleman, as (laid five days at our 
cottage, with nobody but his fervant." 
Cf ,A fingle gentleman !" repeated Tyrone, 
daggering towards a feat, " what was 
he like?"' 

" Why ! a good fort of a man enough" 
the old cottager replied— IC but truly he 
did net much mind of being feen, for he 
ufed to muffle himfelf up in an odd fa- 
(hion, and feldom went t>u(. - We never 
feed any body come after him, but that 

fame 



I [ 263] 

• 

fame Lady ; and when (he'et been (hut 
up with him an hour or two, they went 
down pur bit of a garden then, to the 
fea, and I feed them all fail away in a 
boars but I never thought of axing 
where's they were going. Mathew, the 
fervant, had paid me haodfomely for 
their lodge, long afore, fo . you know 
I had <no reafon for to go to hinder 
them." 

" What was the name of this gentle- 
man/ 9 faid Glenroy, perceiving that 
Lord Tyrone's emotion would not let 
htm fpeak. 

".Why, \ did hear it two or thres 
times ;" anfwercd the cottager, taking 
off his hat, and rubhing his head * " but 
I've a plaguy pate of my own, for re- 
memi>ring. Norman, or Orwin, I 
thinks it w,as — what fays you dame ?" 
The woman's reply, confirmed the fup-> 

« 

pofitiqa of her hu/band. A dreadful 

fufpU 



s 



1 264 ] 

Tiifpicion lightened through the brain of 
Tyrone — Ormond had called at his 
houfe the day on which Rofe difap- 
peared, Ormond, whom he believed to 
be then in Gibraltar— his name too, was 
fo like that which the cottagers had gi- 
ven to their lodger j— and his pafiion, as 
unconquerable as tender, had certainly 
coil Rofe many hours of fadnefs 1 did 
not all thefe circumftances make up a 
vaft fum of evidence? not daring to 
truft himfelf with this monftrous con- 
ceit, he eagerly queftioncd the people, 
if the lady had gone willingly into the 
boat, and whether any part of her con* 
verfation came to their ears i The 
fight of his purfe thrown haftily upon 
the table, roufed the old woman ; taking 
it greedily into her hand, (he faid— 

" Why, you're Honor mun think as a 
body was a little curous or fo ; and juft 
afore the Lady and gentleman went in- 
to 



t *5 5 1 

to fee* garden, I did Jay my car to the 
key 'hole." " Yes, yes, you're plaguy 
euro*?, that's for larrin, fpoufe V obser- 
ved hir hufband, ■« but I fay -dame! 
wastft you ' afefred ; of *he fervarit's 
catching you. 1 * "•' J 

"Bids you! noi' He wii* gone to 
fee after the* bdat, S6 then, genrfetften> 
1 heard our lodger &p-^« And can yo* 
after -this go backed him? would yo* 
inre in guilt?"— Or forfte fiich fine dread- 
ful words: and then' the young taftnhtn 
cried a bit, and mide for anfwer*— u Noi 
no, I can never bear to fee him rintort.* 
And fo With that, 1 heard them moire, 
-and then I hobbled away." 

Tyrone and Olenroy looked -upon 
one another for fome minutes in trdbbJcd 
fitence; *t length the former exclaimed, 
*Was>it of m/frefpoke? wa* it bet 
tonjd^her diftra&edly fond hufband^hat 
vol. iu. n (he 



flic could *e*er <be*r U> fee ?~*~0£lea~ 

. The<fa*iguc and, ffpot of flecp? whiek 
Tyrope fuf&rcd during his ,frUitle(s 
fearcji fpr^ofc, rendcr<fi him ill able t» 
fupport this additional Ihpck^he was 
ftiz^d with a fie of coovul 6v$ trerttbHng, 
after which be was^onveyed-.hofne, and 
carried to his chaspber, from whence he 
did not move for nearly three weeks. 

The firft davw of reafon fucceedbig 
to a delirious fever, convinced Tyrone 
th,at he. had y$ttn*ny bkflings>»fcc which 
40 be. grateful— kind and • unwearied 
lriends.fr— Barry^ quitting his profef- 
fional engagements, Fitzpatriqjc his wife 
und child, and %r»:QNeii every thing 
tohfch long * habk had endeared, were 
come to (hare ip the fgddtrttca Qf tord 
#lei*roy> Butrthpir fyptipadiyi their at- 
«t*io&s w#$ no longer faurceflofieajoyp 

.J«eM 



• 1^7 1 

jncnt to Tyrone* he had loft her .jvho 
alone , co^ftituted his world; and, the 
fight of faces (he had loved r the found of 
yokes to tyhichxftjeJiad liftcned, pierced 
kirn to the : vicry } fopK 

When he fi* ft became fenfih]* ?q PW- 
jmr^rd o^efts/JFiwspiitrick and Bjrrf 
were fi$<ig, ^j, bis bed-.fidc,, ; At the 
jtpnes of his vo'kCj and the toucfy of his 
fafidt the . *ffe$ipnate. . F.itflpatri^k's 
J^t^w^owfcdi dmoa cho^l^ljvwth a 
fwell of mingled .grfcf ; andj<$ >( he pp$ 
his, friendV feyei;$j fipgersj io .• h,i$ ^p$, 

?°d .Wf 0»Bred pyer tijflp. *, fflf.Jn**!- 
fulatc.aordf^J^cl^g^^d hflpc* Qf 

aU his male connections, Fjj^pacrick 

foam ^ jftsHs^/ffimlW.^sW: 
j^Ma^*, c8pfercd u K> j; ^^c :«#3 

■ . • , -N a. greater 



1 268 ] 

greater warmth cowards Fitzpatrick, m 
the bofom of Tyrone, than that which 
he jhad cheriflxed fo much longer for 
Lord Glenroy : -but the light of Colvftle 
Barry, inftantaneoufly conjured up the 
idea of Ormond. Eagei)y befeeching 
Fitzpatriclt to leave them, he proceeded 
to queftion Barry about the Colonel. 
4 "1 have a letter from him at this-ia- 
ftant in my pocket/' returned Barry, "and 
whit Y have to tell you will, I truft, era- 
dicate every fufpicion .of his connec- 
tion with this di Tad rot) s affair.** Ty- 
rone turned pale, at an allufion to his 
misfortune, fout did iiot ipeak*— Barry 
continued.*— 

•« You lcn<*w the circumftances tinder 
which Olivia left Ireland, therefore can- 
not be forprijted to hear that Ormond's 
arrival at Gibraltar made her dcfirous 
of returning, 5 Ere (he deceived my fa- 

Cher's permiffioa to do fo, Ormond met 

her 



t 2*9 J 

Kcr accidentally in a walk: the agitation 1 
excited by his inftant fa!utation> the con-* 
fufion in which (he tried to hurry awAy> 
left him no room to doubt the reafon of 
that alteration which' a few months had 
made in her per fon. He was penetra- 
ted to the heart,, he has fince told me, by 
this proof of undeviating, attachment, 
and a tenderer fentiment than he had 
ever experienced fpr her then fprung up 
in his breaft: ffie could find nopjqa foe 
refuting his v'rfus, (for he was .ftill tnf 
friend,) and though (he fyrove to avojd 
his fociety he foon faw enough of her to 
become convinced, that from her hand 
alone could he exped a cure for thofe 
wounds infli&ed by another/ 9 

<c O ! be lefs particular, my dear Bar* 
tf? exclaimed Tyrone— 4< tell me chat 
Ormond knows nothing of my wife/ 9 
Barry haftily replied— *' He doea 



J*0t." 



* 3 Tyrone 



and (he has firifely concluded his right iir 
her, to be fupcrior ta yours. 5 * 
. <* Ofalftly f falfely !"repeatcd Tyrone* 
** yctj how can I believe, that ftich a 
mind as that of my dear wife's. To clear, 
fo juff, fo firm, could have been tfcus itn- 
poled on ? How can I imagine chef bend* 
ing beneath a tyrannical affumptiort of hP 
therto unclaimed authority ?'No, no, Bar* 
ry ; even if it be with her father that (he 
as gone, force alone J^eeps her from mc 
Oblifsful,Oconfolingconvidion \" head-* 
tied, melting into tears," if our hearts are 
(till united* (hall I dare to complain at> 
the deprivation of her prefenee £ No h 
deareft object oCall my thoughts, all my 
wilhes," he continued", prefling Jier mi na- 
ture to his lips, "though I muft no lon- 
ger hang with doting fondnefs on all 
this beauty, all this- grace ! though the 
found of thy well-known voice muft 
never again tremble through, my hearty 

yet 



C 373 3 

yet to know that thy love is ftill mine* 
will afluage every future pang." 

This foothing idea, proo\i(ing the 

only, alleviation to the forrows of the un- 
happy Tyrone, was embraced by all his 
friends. Mr. ONeil and Fitzpatrick 
were perpetually dwelling upon its and 
fondly fancying that Rofe was forcibly 
detained by unnatural parents /from her 
dearer connections, were continually 
fbggefting and executing plans for her 
difcovery. 

Advertifements, rewards, and all the 
ufual methods, were rcforted to ; but 
in vain. The country became filled 
with regret, and wonder, and inquiry ; 
but ftill nothing was traced of the dear 
wanderer* Tyrone daily gathered 
ftrengrh ; he depended much on a tour 
through Ireland, as in the country where 
probably (he had been born he built a 
reafonable hope, of difcovering her re- 



»S 



treat. 



I'm- 1 

<reat. He therefore battened his remo- 
valfrom his chamber > and foon after, bid- 
ding adieu to Lord and Lady Glenroy* 
(who returned home,) fet off for Ireland, 
accompanied by Mr. ONeil and Fka- 

# ♦ 

patrick. 



CHAPi 



[*75l 



N CHAPTER XX. 

Tyrone fancied himfelf not only full 
of hope, but full of fortitude, when the 
figbt of Caftk-Connel, difperfed the iU 
lufiaa. On meeting Mrs. Htfter, nay 
even the fervants, his grief burft out 
afreflh, and he delivered himfelf up to 
paftionate complaints and wild expref- 
fions of defpair. Unable to meet Mrs. 
Henry Fit?patrick, he ihut himfelf up 
for (he firft day, in his own foom. 

In confequence of the efforts he made 
during a fleeplefs night to acquire re fig* 
nation, he came the following morning 
into the oak-parlour with a compoftd 
countenance : but unfortunately Mrs* 
Fitzpatrick, with her child flyeping oq 

N 6 her 



C *7« ) 

her knee, was alone there* An excla- 
mation of grief, efcaped her, while Ty- 
rone haftily advancing wrapt his arms 
round her and her child,, in Glent agony ; 
there is fomethihg ftrongly endearing in 
grief, fltangely familiar ! Mrs. Fitzpa- 
trick did not break from the arms of 
Lord Tyrone, but wept there for. fome 
time, without fpeakkig. At length Ty- 
rone cafting his eyes upon the pretty 
babe, and inftanriy withdrawing them, 
faultered out — <c That child, Mrs. Fitr- 
patrick— O; that child P~ 

The look and voice accompanying 
this, too well explained his thoughts ~ 
he perhaps would foon become a father, 
but a father 1 without a child I that dear 
addition to wedded happinefs, towards 
which, he-* had fo lately looked with 
almoftrpanjs of joy, was now only the 
fource of miferyl he might have ex- 
claimed n the emphatic language of 

Shake* 



C *77 I 

.SBakefpear,, •* We, ignorant of oui* 
Jelvcs, beg often eur* own harms V but 
haftily fnatehing the little Rofe from 
the knee of its aftonifhed mother, he 
killed it feveral times with wild avidity, 
and then thrufting it into her arms* hur- 
ried out of the room*. 

From that moment Mrs. Fitzpatrick 
kept her darling infant from the fight of 
Lord Tyrone ; but fhe herfelf coqftantly 
fat or walked with him,, lharing with 
her hufband in the talk of routing his 
now fainting and fluctuating. hopes. 

When the fatigues of their voyage 
and' journey were fomewhat recovered, 
Tyrone and Fitzpatrick commenced 
(heir tour over Ireland •* intending to 
flop at every town, village,, or folitary 
cabia they might encounter in their 
route. Flora, with eyes ftiU fmiling, 
though tearful,, invoked a bleffing on 
them, when they got into the curricle ia 

which 



j 



f*78j 

which they meant to travel; while Mi** 
Hefter rn her clofct, and Mr. ONeil at 
his ftudy-window, were as devoutly pe^ 
titioning the God of pity to ctiredt the 
travellers* fteps. 

The curricle pafled Fort Kerry : Mift 
Prudy OBrien, returning from a walk, 
was croffing a narrow lane, through 
which it drove j — Tyrone (topped t& 
addrefs her, and her crimfon cheeks be- 
came inftantly covered with tears. Fitz* 
patrick, feeing the effedt this fenfibility 
produced upon his friend, could well havd 
fpared fuch a tribute; but it foothed, 
even while it affli&ed Tyrone; who fat 
gratefully gazing upon the thick-heaving 
neck and fwclling eyes of the affec- 
tionate Mifs Prudy, With more pleafure, 
than he would have done on all the 
beauties of Greece* 

Roufed by the voice of his friend, he 
took a friendly leave of the honeft- 

heartcd 



t *?9 1 

hearted "girl, and touching Ws horiesy 
proceeded flowly towards a village. 

It would be ufelcfs to follow thefe 
melancholy tourifts through all their 
fatigues, hopes, fears, and difappoint- 
ments ; fuffice it to fay, that after In un- 
fuccefsful fearcb of three months, they 
returned to Caftle-Connel on the thir- 
tieth of Auguft, convinced that Rofc 
was no where to be found in Ireland. 
One only good had been obtained by 
this unavailing journey : the fweet con* 
fcioufnefs both in Tyrone's and Fitzpa- 
trick's bofom, of having fpread comfoft, 
and relief, through the miferable cabins 
they had vifited. 

Lord Glenroy's fearch in England, 
though indeed of a lefs extenfive nature, 
had proved equally unsatisfactory : but 
over England Tyrone relblvcd to go. 
Allowing himfetf but a week to recruit his 
ftrength, he had written to Colvillc Bar- 



; (who was to bo his companion in 
this fecond journey,), and had fixed, the 
day of their departure, when the intelli- 
gence of his* father's arrival in> Ireland 
put a fudden flop to thefe proceedings. 

Rumour faid— and for once rumour 
fjpokc truth, that Lord Rofcommon was 
recalled from Constantinople; that Lady 
Rofcommon had become attached to a 
foreign Prince with whom (he had elo- 
ped j and that her dderted lord, over- 
whelmed with difgrace and grief, was 
gone to bury his fhamc among the foli- 
tydes of Tyrone Caftle. 

What intelligence for a fon who once 
fondly loved the father, that was now (b 
wretched !— a fon, who was himfelflan- 
guiftiipg under the lofs, if not the aban- 
donment, of a woman moft juftly dear 
to him 1 Forgetting every thing but 
Lord Rofcommon's age and farrows, 
Tyrone gave up for a while, his voyage 

CO 



[ 2«I ] 

to England.— He bade adieu to hi* 
fiends in Killarney,* and believing that 
be was. about to do chat, which his mo- 
ther, if con fcious>, would approve, hurried 1 ' 
without forking' per miffioa into the re«* 
lir^men t of his father. 

On reaching the Cattle* and learning 

that the Earl was then at fupper in the 
library, he fcrawled ahafty note, andde* 
fired it might be given to him dire&ly— 
{he letter ran thus :~— ' 

* 

" Suffer me to fee you, my dear fa- 
ther r — I have travelled to Tyrone fole*: 
ly in. the hope of being permitted to* 
throw myfclf at your feet, and to receive 
and give there-, a kind oblivion for all 
the paft. The bar which once divided 
us is now broken* we are again pa- 
tent and child; Thofe endearing names 
and duties are reftored to us* con- 
firm then to* acknowledge their facred* 

nefst 



nefs !' : cdnfcnt to accept from me, thofe 
attentions, and that filial' affe&ion whktt 
may perhaps confele ' you under this fc-» 
vcre trial. 

" I awart your lofdftiip's anfwer wMi 
anxiety. I (hall only add, that if I an* 
permitted to embrace my < father* I (Hall 
expeft to find in hfo b*eaff> only > fiiefc 
indignant forrow, as a man of ho^ 
ifour ought to feel, not fuch weak fcegret 

4 

as would difgrace hiriK Anfwer* nt<v 
my dear lord, immediately : upon 
jjiefe terms we may now meet again in 
li>ve and confidence. * 

"Tyrone.'' 

After pa fling an hour in much anx- 
iety, a meffage was brought by. a fcr- 
vant to Lord .Tyrone, merely intimating, 
that his lord would be glad to fee hinv 
in the ftudy. . Somewhat chilled bjf -to 
verbal anfwer* Tyrone went to th&ftudy* 

As 



t * 8 3 1 

As he laid his hand upon the door, he 
liftencd for a moment to his father's 
hafty, irregular fteps,. up artd down the 
room; the next inftant he heard him 
fob ; relapfing into all his natural ten* 
dernefs, he precipitately entered, and be* 
held his father (landing oppofite to the 
pifture of his firft' wife—but his face wa» 
hid by his handkerchief: when- he re- 
maved the handkerchief, Tyrone faw 
that he was in tears. 

Forgetting every former outrage, 
Tyrone fell at the feet of the Earl, Lord 
Rofcpmmon hung over him for fome 
time unable to fpeak y at length in a. 
broken voice, \t faintly articulaced, i€ 
my fon ! my fon 1 my dear Ton ! it is I, 
that fhould afk forgivenefs/* Another 
paufe enfued, interrupted only by the 
embraces of penitence and' pardon, the 
mingled fighs of grief and joy. 

Lord 



/ 

t 



Lord Rofcommon*appeared penetrated* 
with the injuftice he had formerly done 
His fon^ and' perpetually, invoking: die 
fhade of hi* departed wife, to bear wit* 
nefs to the fincerity of his- repentance* 
allured Tyrone, that His grcateft regret 
was in confequencc of tHe diigrace. he 
had brought upon him. 

THe fad alteration in tHe perfon of 
Lord Tyrone, could not efcapc the ob- 
fervation of his father $, who had imper- 
fectly heard an - account of Hady Ty- 
rone's ftrange difappearance,. and"- now 
ventured to avow the interest he 
took in her fate. Mutual confidence 
followed : Tyrone fati$ Bed all hia father's 
inquiries, and learned' in return, that 
about the time in which Rofe was taken* 
from Lymmington, Lady Rofcommon 
was paying a. vifit to lady Du nail an ar 
Naples. Tyrone hadYrequemly enter- 
tained a fufpicion refpe&ing Lady Rof- 

common*. 



(Common, but the certainty of her being 
then in Conftantinople conftantly {tided 
it : now, however, he hung upon the 
thought; and eagerly queftioning the 
Earl, found that her Lady (hip had fud- 
derily4uggeftfed and executed the plan tif 
vifiting Lady Dunallan, from whom fee 
had ;but jifft returned, and her lord 
recalled home, when fee fled with the 
Prince de C-— — + 

Filled with the wild idea, that this de* 
Tperatc woman had revenged herfeff 
upon Rofe for his flights ; and fuppo- 
Ting that (he had employed fome inftru* 
ment of her vices, in the perpetration of 

the fcheme, he determined to And out 
her re fide nee in Germany, and to force 
her into a confeffion of his wife's prr- 
foil. That (he did cxift in fome dungeon 
•or fomfc convent he ifirmly' believed; 
for wicked as Lady Rofcomriion was, 
lie could not imagine her capable of 

mur- 



X 

» 



* 

njurder. Animated with new hope, he 
imparted tbefc conje&ures to the Earl, 
who could, not deny to them fpme ap- 
pearance of probability: but he remon- 
. itratcd againft his fon's going abroad in 
Jiis prefent invalid date, pleading with 
the eloquence of grateful tenderness for 
fome attention to his healthy . 

5 C How ihall I be able to gart ^ith you 
lb foon i" cried he j cc how relinquifh the 
only true happinefs, I have taued fince 
the lofs of your mother ? Alas ! fhame, 
remorfe* gricfc will too foon take me from 
you—- fpare then (o the remnant of my 
life that comfort which, you alone can 
*dminifter ?' u O x Sir/' exclaimed Ty- 
rone, putting his hand to his quivering 
lip— u How atp I to r^linqi^ifli the 
fearch after tnyj^ife, and pq-fjaps my 
' child ! how am I to adminifter comfort, 
wbilft jof>y qwb tjofom will be filled with 

pangs. of imjwieflce «»<J ^Qgui^^jAhj 

a ,give 



I **7 ] 
give me ycUir pcrmiflioi} to depart in, a 
<week; and be . affured that my fearcli 
wUl be animated* not merely . I?y the 
tblefied hope, of finding her I feck, bqt 
fey <tbe ardent^w^of returning foon t? 

you." , : > • 

. X^d Rofcomnfton ftifling a figh, faid, 

f f Get then, I<?^no|;bUnac you* go, you 
ia v^ my canfenti wiy Providence. guard 
aad reward yavA" He embraced his fog 
haftily, as he ,pron*unc$d tfhefe words, 
and then .bidding Him .adieu for , (he 
flight: retired to review with agogics of 
fConopumftioiv his own . culpable <:oa* 
d«*& ,\. 

. The • vi»ek :fplkwu*g this, evening 
was wholly devoted by Tyrone to hi* 
fcther* ,. Attention. *ad thi* beloved fo* 
tWety*i fcdurtted by degrees the.poigpaney 
.qf the Earl's fdgttft* ; aqd he row nc^y 
4<&kqdi forward, to the fyture, indulging 

<fcc4flfC;of fceing;thi6ivirwou5 fon *e r 
4i»w -com- 



[ «88 ] 

compenced for all his piety. At the 
appointed rime, 'Tyrone took a tender 
leave of the Cattle's forrowkig inhabit* 
ant, proceeding immediately to Killar- 
ney, from whence he meant to depart 
for Germany in a couple of days. " ♦ J 

Mrs. Heller and~Mr. ONeil, receiv- 
ed him with demonft rations of pleafure* 
they were as fanguine as himfdf in the 
expeftation of fticcefe from his intended 
journey, and rather accelerated than 
fought to delay his departure. ) 
, An hour before the period fixed for 
Ms travelling carriage to be -ready, a 
courier, on a horfe covered with foam 
an cl duft, appeared at the gates of 
Caftle-ConneJ : it was an out-rider of 
Lord Rofcommon's, Alarmed -for his 
fathers health 9 Tyrone ftarted up on 
feeing this perfon pafs die wind**, and 
Slurrying into the hall, enquired after 
the Earl ; the fenrant replied thk he 



/ 



was well, but bad difpatched him with & 
paquet of papers, which were of the ut* 
mod cankquence. An univerfal tre- 
mor feized the nerves of Tyrone : he 
received the paquet, and daggering into 
the parlour, unfealetf and opened ir. The 
firft paper he took up, was this not? 
from his father : 

\ To Lord Tyronr* 

<c Thefe important papers were pu£ 
into my hands by a foreign gentleman, 
two hours, agoi after reading them; I 
doubted whether I fhould fend them to 
you | but the certainty that the perufal 
of their contents will terminate your 
idea of going abroad, decides . me to 
forward them by Williams. He has 
my orders to follow you, (hould you b$ 
gone before he reaches Killarney. 

vol. in. o €i Farewell 



[ 290 3 

cc Farewel, my dear Son ! I pray earn- 
eftly to heaven, to give you comfort. 
" Your affe&ionate father, 

c< Roscommon/* 

The billet fell from the hand of Ty- 
rone at this alarming conclufisn: over- 
come by the dread of fome unknown 
evil, he funk back on his chair. A little 
water, timely adminifteredby Mr/Hefter, 
called the faint blood into his lips ; but 
dill he fpoke not. Though moving his 
bead in token of recovery, he took up a 
letter directed to Lord Rofcommon, and 
rad thefe words : 

Convent of St. Jo/epb, Alpnacb. 

« My Lord ! 

cc A pried of the holy church of Rome 

has the honour of addreffing your Lord* 

(hip ; being called to the bed of a dying 

pcrlon, he there received lb important 

a con- 



C *9 l ] 

a con fe (lion, that he fcizes the prefenc 
opportunity of fafely tranfmicting td 
your hands the papers which contain it. 
This confefiion was made irt the con- 
vent of St* Jofeph, by a lady that called 
herfelf your Lordfliip's wife ; and as (he 
earneftly conjured her confeflbr to give 
your Lordlhip in writing the fubftance 
of what (he difclofed, he has now, he 
hopes, faithfully fulfilled that truft. 

* c With fuch fentiments of regard and 
fympathy, as one chriftian of every feft f 
muft always experience towards each 
member of another, 
" I remain, my Lord, 

" Your Lordfhip's devoted fervant, 

" LOUIS DE ZuLYSTEEN." 

Mr. ONiel and his fitter having now 
read Lord Rofcommon's note, did not 
venture to fpeak, when Tyrone haftily 

o 2 threw 



,[ ?9» ] 

threw dowh this letter, and procetctedto 
examine the ccnfeifioB* 

« The fobffanceof a confeffion, made 
by a:perfon, calling herfelf the Coten- 
tefs of Rofcommoo, and rcgiftcred at 
• her define. 

w In the year 17734 Lady Emily Ver- 
non, daughter to the Earl of Ballyflftre, 
vifited at the houfe of Mr. OConaor 
near the cown of Kiilarney, in Ireland. 
Mr. OConnor^ only daughter was ac 
that time privately married to Mr. Bar- 
ry, the fon of a baronet of that name, re- 
ading in the neighbourhood. This 
marriage was concealed from €be Lady's 
father, bedaufe he was of the Catholic 
religion, an4 Mr, Barry of the protef- 
tant j and it had been as carefully fecret- 
cd from the Baronet, as he had higher 
views for his fon. 



u 



At 



I m3 

" At the period firft referred ita, Mi6 
O Con nor was very .near becoming a 
mother, and was forced therefore to re T 
pofe confidence in her vifitor. Soon 
*ft$r fhe had done fa, Mr., Rarry was 
unfortunately drowned in a water- party ; 
and Mifs OCaanor being releafcd from 
*n engagement of which -fee had lately 
become t|r*d* . immediately eaqoqrs^ged 
${w? addreffes of the Earl Dgtnaljan, ft 
Scotch nobleman, drew e^r<me[y eo^r 
plowed of her* A/s my Lord Ponallan 
was a man of very nice feelingSj and d&y 
licate honour, and the young lady was 
ambitious of becoming £ ouncefs, (h$ 
found it became ftiil tporp . necefifary 
to conceal her ftolen . marriage and her 
pregnancy. ...» 

M In C9nfequtmce>of this, as the time 
drew, near, Lady Emily Vernon feigned 
illnefs, and rerppying to a diftaqt part pf 
the houfe qnder the cscufe of being un- 
able to bear the noife of the family, was 

o 3 appa- 



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apparently attended upon by her friend 
Mifs OConnof : but on the night of the 
fifteenth of July, in the fame year, the 
latter lady was delivered of a female 
child, by a woman that had formerly 
lived as her nurfc $ the child was con- 
veyed by this woman, to another who 
had once been waiting-maid to Lady 
Emily Vernon, and was given into her 
hands by the midwife, withafealed note 
containing thefe words : 

<c You have fworn to keep the fecret : 
do fo, and you fhall be (till further re- 
warded. Carry the child to a diftance, 
and leave it at the door of fome refpedt- 
able pcrfon ; I can think of no other 
way of difpofing of it. u 

« Yours, 

"Emijly Vernon.'* 

"The woman to whom this was addref- 
fed, obeyed the injunftions of her em- 
ployer i 



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ployer 5 and taking the infant by a circu- 
itous route round the neighbourhood, 
at length depoficed it fifteen miles off, 
at the door of Mr. ONicl a benevolent 
bachelor of confiderable fortune. Allur- 
ed of its being taken in and 
cherifhed, the woman returned to 
Lady Emily, and received from her 
a handfome fum of money. Sooa 
afterwards, Mifs OConnor became 
the wife of Lord Dunallan, and Lady 
Emily married a Scotch Gentleman, of 
the name of M c Donald. 

,c The writer of this memoir willingly 
conceals the many unhappy deviations 
from virtue, of which the poor penitent 
here acknowledged herfelf to be guilty s 
he proceeds, therefore, to the confeffion 
which immediately concerns Lord Rof. 
common and his family. 

04 Be- 



lz 9 6] 

" Becoming enamoured of Mr, CfeaN* 
lemont, a fonof my Lord Rofcommoh's* 
Lady Epnily ufed every meaas to excke 
a paffion in his bread) but receiving fe» 
veral mortifying rtpulfes, fhe ckiermm* 
led to revenge herfelf, by driving hina 
from his father's houfe. Succeeding 4a 
}ier attempt to gam the aSe&iorts <rf 
Lord Ro&ommon* (for (he was now « 
widow,) fheabufed him, with dfalfetak 
pf his fon's criminal attachmeiat for her* 
felf^andfoon afterwards married his Lord- 
Ihip. Time diflipated this Lady's re* 
fentmeat againft Mr. ChaHemont, but 
.added fuel to her love ; and when Are 
fQund that he was going to be married 
to the very foundlings ^bm twenty 
years before, (be had committed to the 
charity of (hangers, her paffion knew no 
bounds, She was revolving feveral 
fchemes to feparate this innocent pair, 
when accident effected it) and (he learnt 

that 



that Mr; Charfenront was gone ^abrtaft 
unmarried. . 

cc At a mafquerade in "BuWify fhi-s^n^ 
4^p/i*ot™a 'encountered : Mifs de Bla- 
quiere (the young perfontb whom : Mr. 
Charlemoat was attached), 'endeavouring 
towideh «he Reparation 'between them, "by 
cruel artifice, fhe reminded ^the young 
fedy of her parents; a^d 'finding that 
her words CFeaiied the fufpicion eF her* 
felf being one of thenvfhe wtf fully fuf- 
fered it to remain. 

*' -In the tdurfe of time/Mr. Chafle- 
mont and Mife de Blaquiere tore 
taarried : inform atioijcff this eventdid not 
Teach Lady Rofcommon' ,: at Conftami- 
tiople till four months after it had taken 
place. Worked up 'into -phrenzy by 
<rire accounts (he received of their hap- 
pinefs> fiie quieted her hufband under 
pretence of vifiting Lady Dunallan at 
Naples, and merely writing to her, that 

0-5 ibe 



1 *9» 3 " 

(he was to be fuppofed a refident in her 
houfe, haftencd to England Under the 
difguife of; a man. 
u Arriving at Lymtngton, a town fitua- 
ted near the abode of Mr, Charlemonr, 
then Lord Tyrone, (he fecreted herfelf 
for a few days, till an opportunity offe- 
red for cffe&ing her purpofe. Lord 
Tyrone went a journey, leaving his wife 
behind, to whom Lady Rofcommon,. in 
a diiguifed hand, lent the following bil- 
let : 

li It is your mother, my deareft Rofe^ 
that now add re fie s you! for heaven's 
fake, come to me inftantly : I have 
foraething to communicate of the. 
higheft importance, and (hall know no 
peace till I have repofed it in your 
bread. Accompany the bearer of this, 
he is faithful and difcreet; refufe not to 
accompany him; for though circum- 
ftaoces ft ill prevent roe from acknow- 

5, Edging 



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* 

ledgiag you publicly, yet you art dear 
ta my wretched heart. O ! do not deny 
your parent, the fad luxury of weeping 
in the arms of her child, of liftening td 
that voice which has been fo long ad- 
drefied to ftrangers. Come to me, my 
deareft daughter! and prepare to pity 
and pardon 

, <c Your unhappy mother." 

f c Of courfe fuch a letter brought the 
deluded young creature to her fuppofed 
mother. She expreffed much furprife at 
finding her in male attire, but infinitely 
more horror at difcovering her to be 
Lady Rofcommon. Her ladylhip ak 
fe&ed much love and grief: (he fuc<jeeded 
in exciting force pitying emotions ia. the 
bofom of the lady, and at length confix 
ded to her the fabricated fecret, This 
amounted to a declaration, that Lord 
and Lady Tyrone were in reality brother 

o 6 and 



t 306 3 

Mdfiftar; t/he latter having bdth the 
fruit of an illicit connexion, formed 
between Lord Rofcornmon and Lady 
Emily, during 'the life of my liord's firft 
Wife, To prove this her ladyftiip 
prfcdueed fome letters from 'the nurfe, 
(nowtkad)rdate4fcircumftances which it 
feemed as if none but the mother could 
know, fech as a curious mark like a 
bunch of violets on the left fide of 
the child i a handkerchief marked 
•with the initials *>f her name (which 
had been Wrapped inftead of ftays, round 
its little body), and the prfccife day and 
hour, in which the babe had beet* 
dropped. ' ' '' % 

(t Thefe circumftances ^o-ciperating 
*mh fome fefpicions whteh Lady Ty* 
rone remembered to have heard, appear- 
ed to convince her of the ftory's ftuth. 
But the talked wildly, and on* Lady Rof- 
^ommor/js artfully offering tb*conrey her 

to 



t6 her friends in Ireland, flie fuffered 
herfelfto be put into a boat, and carried 
to a fhip bound for Leghorn, Soon 
afterwards, fhe was feized with a phren- 
fcy, which terminated in confirmed in- 

fanitv. 

« 

* cf Stormy ^weather obliged' the veffel to 
Wfce (belter in an obfcure port, halfway 
on its voyage ; and the paflengers then 
flept on Ihore. One morhing when 
Lady Rofcommon rofc, (he found that 
the poor maniac had eluded the vigi- 
lance of her attendant : fearch was made 
for her invain-j at laft her ha* and 
fliawl were wafhed in by the tide, and 
too truly afcertained her unhappy fate/* 
« She is dead ! (he is dead !" ex- 
claimed Tyrone at this paflfage : darting 
from his feat, he fell upon his knees, 
wringing his hands wildly, and calling 
down involuntary curfes on the memo- 
ry of her murderer. Qroans, or rather 

cries 



[ 3<>2 ] 

cries of the moft frightful defpair* un- 
ceafingly followed thefe horrid impre- 
cations i he feemed on the verge of mad- 
nefs, and nothing but the name of Rofe, 
loudly and vehemently repeated, iffued 
from his lips. 

. Mr. ONiel, and. Mrs, Hefter, were 
little (hort of infanicy themfelves } but 
they exerted their fpirits to fave him 
from abfolute delirium, conjuring him 
by every tender claim, to reprefs fuch 
emotions. They talked to the winds $ 
Tyrone heard them not, faw them not ; 
Rofe plunging into the ftormy fea, de- 
ftroying, in the abfence of reafon, herftlf 
and her unborn child, haunted his fight. 
Alternately he cad "himfelf on the 
ground in tremenduous filence, then rif- 
ing, with fearful cries, dafhed his head 

againft the wall. 

" She is loft ! (he is loft !" he ex- 
claimed* wildly paufing between every 

expref- 



C 303 3 

cxprefiion, cl (he is gone for ever. My 

wife, my child ! my happinefs ! all, all, 

gone ! Why have I been told this ?," he 

added with fudden ferocity — cc Why was 

I not ft ill permitted to be ignorant and 

to be bleffed ?" Tears rained from his 

eyes, at the laft words ; he covered them 

with his hands, and indulging this foft- 

nefs, for fome time" ; at length faid in a 

lefs agitated voice, " Pardon me, dear 

friends, for this violence ; bqt fuch a 

creature \ and fo loft: 1 heaven and earth, 

what have I to do in the world ?" His 

eyes again flafhed defperate fire, and re- 

lapfing into more alarming pbrenzy, he 

precipitately left the room. 

Mr. ONeil terrified at his abrupt de- 
parture, hurried out after him j while 
Mrs. Hefter, fcarcely able to guide . her 
pen, fcrawled a few lines to Fitzpatrick* 
entreating him by all the regard he bore 
towards his vuihappy friend* to haftcn 

.now 



[ 3°* J 

ftow to his relief. Thettafeffi&n whicf> 
Mrs* If efrer began to read, contained lit- 
tle more then what Tyrone had feeiu 
It was as follows : 

" >As Lady Rofcomroon was con* 
vinced elf the death of her poor captive, 
Ihe proceeded du e&Jy to Naples, where 
fee (laid a few days, without letting lady 
Dunallan into her confidence, and re- 
joined her Lord at the Tur&ilh Court." . 
Tortured with the idea of Lady Ty* 
rone's death, and not able ito endure the 
fight of any one, that could bring 
that lady's despairing hufband to tier re- 
colle&ion* lhe liftened to the propofeli 
of a German prince, then vtfiting Con* 
ftantinople, and doped with him to 
Switzerland. In journeying over feme 
of the moft dangerous heights of the 
mountainous country which furrounds 
the lake of Alpnach, the horfes of aft 
open chaife in which (be era veiled, took 
i ■' fright. 



[ 3«S 3 

-fright, and plunging down a precipice, 
threw her out of the carriage. The 
prince was killed on the fpQt ; but Lady 
Rofcommon, by catching at branches of 
trees j was faved from jroftatit death. 
When her attendants topk tar up> they 
found her terribly. cut and "bruited* and 
iTearly lifclefs : ibe was brought to the 
convent of which the writer of this me- 
moir is fuperior, and after languishing 
for near three weeks, in exqutfite agonies 
both of body and mind, ; expired in the 
middle of the night of the aid of Au- 
gutt. 

* c Three hours before the miserable pc- 
jiitent breathed her laft, Father Louis 
was called to administer the holy facra- 
ment, and to receive the above eotofef- 
iion. To the faithfulnefs of which, as 
far as he had concern, he humbly > calls 
heaven to whnefs. 



C( 



Peace 



[ 3°6 ] 

"Peace be unto the foul of this un- 
happy (inner, and co that of the innocent 
lady whom Ihe deftroyed I" 

Theinftant Fitzpatrick received Mrs, 
Better's letter, he left Lifburne-hall, 
tod haftened with his wife and child to 
their mother's houfe in Killarney. He 
was welcomed by the inhabitants of 
Caftle-Connel, with forrowing joy ; he 
was their lad hope j for Lord Rofcom- 
rinon's prefence feemed of no avail. Ty- 
rone was fallen into a deep melancholy $ 
and thofe friends that once gazed with 
dazzled but delighted eyes, upon the 
brightnefs of his effulgent mind, now bew 
held it extinguifhed— blotted out — al~ 
moft annihilated ; fometimes he fat whole 
•days without fpcakingor raifing his eyes; 
fometimes he hurried from place to 
place, muttering to , himfelf, and repulf- 



[ 3°7 3 
ing, almoft with favage anger, the per- 
fevering kindnefs of Fitzpatrick. Yet 
Dill Fitzpatrick watched him, and with a 
breaking heart, followed his way ward fteps. 
Change of fcene offered fomethingi 
and Colville Barry, who was coming 
from Dublin to vifit his filter, (now Mrs, 
Ormond,) had entreated Mr. ONiel to 
remove Tyrone to Ormond's houfe. 
This experiment was determined to be 
tried ; and while Lord Rofcommon fent 
to give orders about the carriage, Fitz- 
patrick went up to his friend's room, to 
perfuade him to take the journey. 

Tyrone's deep and frequent fighs, 
reached the ear of Fitzpatrick, long be- 
fore he approached his chamber ; and 
when he entered it, he found him fitting 
with Baron Haller's "Elegy on the death 
of his wife," open befdre him : clofing 
the book, with great precipitation* and 

fome 



J 



feme toger, Tyrone hafftfly afked what 
he wanted ? » ' # 

<f To know if you will oblige me with 
your company in a little drive j *' replied 
FitKpatrick, checking the grief this rei 
fception gave him. ** Barry is now at his 
fitter's, which you know is but thirty 
writes off, and I am very defirous to fee 
hitn ; will yon, for the fake of your 
faithful Fitzpatriek, and Ws long friend- 
Ihip, put a little force upon inclination, 
'atod go with me to .Sandy-Mount.*' 

Tyrone fhook his head ; Fitzpatrick 
urged <his requefti Tyrone* pefufed^ 
fitzpatriek again pleaded* and Tyrone 
paffionately exclaimed 1 "Why am I 
pferfecoted thus ! wfiy haunted i am 1 
uorfufficiently wretched? leave me ; I 
teve no friendlhip^ nowi M Pierced ta 
jtjhe foul, and unable to command hrs 
grief, Fitzpatrick was about to obey, 
whes the fight of a piftol laying on a 

table 



[3*9 1 

table btbifld the chair, from which 
Tyrone wildly darted, arretted his fteps, 
Tyrone w\th inftantaneous quicknefs, 
perceived the direction of Fitzpatrick's 
eye; enraged ac being thus watched, 
he fiercely exclaimed cc leave me;" 
Fitzpatrick, pale with horror, hurried 
towards him, throwing himfelf at his 
feet, he cried out in a broken voice, 
tf I will — I will— dear Tyrone ! but that 
piftol! do not diftraft me, I befeech you, 
remember how much of my earthly 
happinefs is in your keeping : your 
eternal mifery hereafter — give me that 
piftol, and 1 will bear even your un- 
kindnefs." 

Brought to himfelf by this excefs of 
tend'ernefs, Tyrone threw the piftol 
from him, and falling on his friend's 
neck, melted into tears. This incident 
produced the defired effeft; Tyrone 
confentcd to try change of fcene, and 

taking 



t 

taking leave of his father and friends 
at Caftlt-Connel, was conveyed with 
Fitzpatrick to the houfe of Colonel 
Ormond, 



[3«3 



CHAPTER XXI. 

Sandy- Mount was an elegant modern 
building, furrounded by fine grounds, 
from the higheft parts of which, the ob- 
ferver commanded profpefts of the fea. 
The houfe was at this time crowded with 
company, in which Fitzpatrick became 
forcibly entangled ; but Tyrone burft- 
ing through every reftraint, never 
mixed in their evening parties, dealing 
out to the fea- fide, by which he would 

walk, for hours together. Often as he 
traverfed the fands at night, lifteniftg to 
the regular roaring of the tide, and 
gazing on the fweliing heap of its wa. 
ters, Rofc, pale, cold and inanimate, 
lying unconfcious beneath, feemed pre- 
fented to his eyes. He was frequently 
joined in theft melancholy rambles, by 

the 



the contemplative Barry $ whofe footh* 
ing, yet inveftigating converfation* 
fomctimes beguiled him from his for- 
rows : but more frequently* he refufed 
even his fociety, chufing rather to in- 
dulge in folitude, the lamentations of 
his "widowed heart* 

Barry did not oppofe this $ he per- 
ceived that Tyrone's own hand was 
now becoming their fureft coadjutor : 
it was indeed j hourly difplaying to him> 
m the felfiftmefs of that grief in which he 
indulged, and for the gratification of 
which, he was criminally neglecting 
both his public and private duties* As a 
friend, as a (on, as a landlord, as a fe- 
nator, he was called upon for exertion j 
thefe were facred calls $ and in combat- 
ing his own wifhes, for the fake of 
obeying them, he frequently fpent 
much of that time, .which Fitzpatriek 
feared was devoted to regret. Barry 
predicted other wife, and his pr editions 

\ were 




.» 



[ 3^3 3 

were countenanced by the efforts which 
Tyrone fhortly began to make j for he 
no longer fac at dinner in gloomy fi- 
lence or ftupid inattention, but ftrove 
to converfe andtoliften. 

A certain tendernefs of s manner, 
which peculiarly diftinguifhed Barry's 
fitter, made her company ipexpreflibly 
confoling to Tyrone ; but though he 
often looked upon her dewy blue eyes, 
(which indeed rendered her a lovely 
perfonification of pity,) with an admiring 
gratitude, he wondered fo fee her huf- 
band fo happy, when the woman he for- 
merly adored was no longer in the 
world. Ormond, however, was not 
happy : for though he affeSionatcly 
loved Alicia, it was rather a grateful 
than an involuntary fentiment, and the 
death of Rofe, without having re- 
wakened his paffion, had roufed all his 
fenfibility. To difguife thisunblame- 

vol. iu. p able 



fe 



/ 
I 



[314] 

4ble.diftrefs* from his delicately appre- 
hend vc wife, he ufed every ho n eft arti- 
fice, and affefted a gaiety, that was 
very foreign to his heart. 

As the air or fociety at . Sandy- 
Mount, had evidently produced a fa- 
vourable change in Lord Tyrone, it 
was agreed by his father and Mr. 
ON id, that his ftayjj fhould be pro- 
longed as much as he wiflied* and that 
after he quitted it, the. little Felix (fo 
Fitzpatrick advifed) fhould be brought 
into the fame houfe with him, in order 
to furnifh an interefting .motive for 
future exertion. 

Fitzpatrick's heroic friend (hip was 
the theme of every tongue, and his wife 
remaining ftill at Killarney, found fuch 
praifes her only confolation for the tem- 
porary deprivation of her hufband, and 
the eternal lofs of Rofe. 

It 



t 3*S 1 

It was now the latter cod of O&oBer,' 
and Tyrone's mind began again to 
cloud over with melancholy recollec- 
tions : he could not baniih from his 
heart the memory of the laft O&obcr* 
which had feen him the bappieft of the 
happy, anticipating with tmfore feeing 

m 

eagernefs the. day on which he was to be 
united to Rofe. Weighed down by 
thefe focrowful remembrances, which 
every objedfc feer»ed confplring to renew 
(for fuch then, was the weather, fueh 
the woods, fuch tie winds), he abruptly 
left die company after, a late dinner, and 
turned his fteps towards the fands : The 
evening was far advanced ; the iky wq& 
dark and tempeftuous, and the mipgled 
roaring of the trees and the fea, pealed 41 
along the air j he took his way under 
a line of high cliffs. 

Occupied by recapitulating in mourn- 
ful reverie, all the joys and forrows that 

p 2 he 



[ J'6 ] 

he had known, he forgot both the time 
and the weather, be walked uncon- 
fcioufly for many miles, until the glim- 
mering lights from a little cabin among 
fome rocks, ftartlcd and roufed him :'hc 
then difcovered that he was completely 
wet with the fpray of the fea,. and al« 
mod benumbed with cold. Climbing 
upon the rocks, he knocked at the door 
of the hut, and was let in by a decent 
old woman, who ex pre fled furprize at 
feeing him, but offered him a glafs of 
whifkey, and. a wooden chair near the 
fire, Tyrone accepted both thefe offers, 
and queftioning the good woman with 
benevolent curiofity as to her fituation, 
learnt that (he was a widow, uhofe only 
Ton had died about two months back, 
and that his place was now filled up to 
her, by a brother from Scotland, who 
had come to fupport her by his dex- 
terity in fUhing. 

"I hope 



[ 3*7 5 , 

" I hope Ke is not filhing now ;" faid 
Tyrone, as the wind howled frightfully 
over the low roof of the habitation. 

"Och 1 and fare, but he is !" an- 
fwered his hoftefs, u but we truft in the 
blcfled Jafus, and he never deferts us?" 
while (he fpoke, fteps and voices were 
heard among the cliffs. " Sure, and 
they're fate/* added (kit, joyfully hob- 
bling towards the door $ (he opened it, 
but the perfons were not yet at the top 
of the rock : atod Tyrone in the mingled 
murmur of voices and the wind, diftinft- 
ly difcriminared low complaining tones, 
mixed with heavy (ighs. 

"Who is with him 1" faid he, half 
ftarting from his feat, with a wild Jdok, 
" nobody, but our dare child," anfwer^d 
the good woman, cc lure your honour 
won't be frightened at her, poor crater, 
but flie's not in her right mind.** Ty- 
rone had no time to reply, for a comely 

p 3 honeft- 



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honeft.looking fiiherman entered as 
fhc finifhed the.feBjtence, and the poor 
mad girl immediately followed » a few 
miferable and faded garments covered 
her wafted figure ; .but her bead, about 
♦ which her long hair was h^lf fwifted, 
half felling, was deftitute of ajiy cover- 
ing : Another figji, and a few incohe- 
rent words, fised the wandering fcnfes 
q( Tyrone Rofe , ajivc, but worfe 
thap dead, .was now looking uq<;qu- ' 
Jfcioirily, upop him; fpringiqg towards 
her in all ^e agony of 99nxidipn r he 
fell upon the. grpund,. and wrapping his 
arms around her fe#, repeated,, in a fuf- 
focated but paflionare voipe* *< Rpfe t 
Rofe ! my wife ! my wife P* . , 

JFor fomc fltiputes, be became infenfi- 
ble to every thing ground hirpf bu$ on 
recovering, and meeting ag?io the 
vacani eyes of his once animated Rofc> 
. lie burft out into fuch touching lamenta- 
tions 



[ 3*9 J 

irons of love and defpair, that even the 
fi (her man wept. 

Yes ! it was Rofe ; but where were 
alt thofe wild and brilliant graces* which 
formerly lightened from her whole fi- 
gure? where that vivid luftre which 
blazed in her eyes I that expreffive co- 
louring, which ufed alternately to flafti 
*r>d fade acrofe her cheek j alas ! (he 
feemed now but the fad ghoft of her- 
fclf. 

1 It was evident from the wandering 
look, and wild dcje&ion of this poor 
Irian iac, that her fenfes were irrecover- 
ably gone , buc ft ill (be was reftored , to 
her hulband, (he was given to his fighs 
and tears ; and to fpend the remaining 
years of life in watching and ioorhing her, 
appeared to his diftra&ed heart, a ftate 
of comparative felicity. Although no 
fign of remembering him, appeared ia 
her fometimes dull, and, fometimes in* 

p 4 quifitive 



«• - *'. 



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quifitive gaze, yet he tried to touch the 
chord of memory, by repeating thofe 
tender names to which it had fo often 
vibrated \ but all was vain ; even the 
names of Mr, ONiel and her beloved 
Flora, were repeated without tffcGt : 
fhe fat mournfully by the fire, wringing 
the wet from her ft ill fine hair, and 
muttering a few indiftinft founds 
toherfelf: Tyrone 1 alternately clafped 
her in his arms, or fell at her feet, in 
mad entreaties that fhe would fpeak to 
him; but his fond accents were no lon- 
ger any thing to her, who had once 
hung enraptured on their found. By 
turns Jhe fmiled wildly at his agonies, 
or fhrunk alarmed from his erhbraces ; 
at length perfuaded by the old woman, 
he confented to remove to another part 
of the room, where he might look at 
her without being perceived. 

While 



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While he fat there, gazing in tender 
diftra&ion on the ruins of all that he 
loved, the fifherman proceeded to an- 
fwer his firft inquiries, of where he had 
met her ; the fubftance of his recital 
was briefly this. 

Being a failor in a trading vefiel, 
which put in for frefh provifion at an 
obfeure port, he was walking the deck 
at night, juft after they had weighed 
anchor, when, by the light of the 
moon, he faw a woman Aruggling in 
the water ; with the afiiftance of another 
failor, he got her into the (hip, .and 
putting her upon his own hammock, 
poured fome fpirits down her throat. 

c< Sure when the poor cratur came 
to herfelf/' faid he } " I found toe 
was not in her right mind, and fo I 
watched her for fear (he fhould do a 
mtichief to herfelf* and by talking ra~ 
Jonably to her, quite gained her good* 

p 5 will. 



\ 



[ 3» 2 ] 

willy far fhc grew as quiet as a lamb, 
an<i took to nobody hefides. Your ho- 
nour may fancy I could'nt lave her to 
ihift for herfelf, .when we got to Scot- 
land, feeing flie was downright crazy y 
(o I put her under the care of a nace of 
mine, that is married to a Scotchman* 
and having faved a little money, I feu 
me up in the fiftiing line ; the blcfling 
cf heaven went with me, I may fay, for 
foon afterwards poor Dennis died, and 
my fitter here, fent for me to live in this 
nate little cabin, where I fhould be a* 
happy as a cricket, if it wasn't for that 
poor cratm there." ' 

The worthy filherman wiped his eyes 

« 

with the end of an old filk handkerchief, 
which hung round his neck ; and Ty- 
rone putting his purfe into his hand* * 
and then preffing it between both his, 
exclaimed with gufhing eyes—" Hea- 
ven has bleft youj it will bkfs you 

ftill 



t3*Sl 

t 

ftiH more. Anxious to inform his 
friends at Sandy-Mount, of this difco- 
very, he afked the fi(herman for pen 
and ink; but this the nate cabin could 
not furnifh ; and a few lines fcrawled 
with a pencil on the blank leaves of a* 
book which he had been reading, Was 
therefore difpatchcd with Murtoch to* 
Mr. Fitzpatrick. 

As Murtoch fliut the door, Tyrone* 
advancing towards Rofe* took her life- 
Icfs hand, and preflSng it to his lips, mur- 
mured over it a few words, in which 
the name- of Lady Rofcommon wa* 
alone diftind ;. at that name, a fud* 
den ffafh of light gleamed for a mo- 
ment in the eyes of Rofe : fhe ftarted 
wildly, and uttering a feeble cry, 
pufhed Tyrone from her, with great 
violence* immediately afterwards, flic 
put her hand to her head, and ftriking 
it mournfully, repeated fevcrai times 

p6 in* 



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in a flow deje&ed voice— " O, 00 ! no ! 
no!" 

Even this dawn of recolle&ion though 
but fo faint, fo imperfttt, fo tranfitory i 
fecmed a promifc to Tyrohe of future 
Day : he renewed his efforts, at awaken- 
ing a remembrance of himfelf, but (he 
was funk again into ftupefa&ion, and 
all his tendernefs failed of rekindling 
her unfeeing eyes. 

The old woman told h'ui that (he 
was perfedtly harmlefs ; that ihe walked 
about by herfelf for hours at a time, 
and never fpoke, except in the low mut- 
tering way, he had juft heard* "Some* 
times (he picks up bits of chalk/' faid 
the Old woman, and then ihe fcrawls all 
over the wainfeoat of that roonft, where 
Ihe fleeps 5 but (he never complains if 
we take it from her, and (he never cries. 
Yes— yes, I forget myfelf; furethe dare 
cratwr ,cried one day \ Murtoch got a 

bundle 



[ 3*5 3 

bundle of flowers given him at the town, 
and he thought they'd pleafe her, and lb 
he brought them, but fure the minute 
flie got a hold on them, (he cried our, 
and held them fo hard : her eyes drop- 
ping tears as faft as rain ; fweet Savor, 
faid I, but (he's pad all hope now ! and 
fure enough, (he has never fpoke twenty 
words fince, but mopes about, and can't 
abide the fight of a flower." 

Tyrone ;aft a glance of anguifli upon 
the alter'fl pcrfon of Role; a figh, 
fraught with a thoufand pangs, burft 
from his oppreffed heart : how well did 
he remember her paffionate love of 
flowers, and the daily banquet, with 
which he ufed at Afhieigh, to earn a 
fmile and a kifs ! but that was gone ; 
and though he (hould again fee that 
fmile, and touch thofe lips, they would 
nevermore be animated with fondnefe for 
him. 

The 



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The arrival of Fitzpacrick, with Mur- 
toch and a phyfician, gave a temporary* 
fufpenfron to this anguifli : Fitzpatrick,, 
on feeing Rofe, vainly cried to hide his 
grief under ^he veil of fangume hope * 
he accofted Tyrone in the vpice of joy- 
ful congratulation, but foon found the 
words faulter upon his tongue, as he 
traced with faddened eyes the fettled 
infanity of her they betfeved dead- 
The phyfician, whofe humanity and (kill 
were equally eminent,, approached the 
poor uoconfeious maniac, and taking 
advantage of the information refpe&ingv 
her, which Fitzpatrick had communi- 
cated, drove to aroufe her attention* 
and iatereft her mind. A total incapa- 
city to comprehend the meaning of any 
thing he faid, appeared in her manner y 
though fometimes by putting her hand 
wildly oh her forehead, and looking 
ftrangcly up and down, (he feemed ta 

give 



[ 5*7 1 

give them feme hope* that (he had at 
fuch moments a wilh to underftand 
him. 

At length wearied with the latenefs 
of the hour, fhe ftarted from her fear, 
and opened a little door, leading into 
the room allotted to her and Judith : 
Tyrone followed her -, (he took no no- 
tice of his prefence, but advancing to 
the fcrawled walls, looked for a while 
attentively upon them : then burtting 
into tears, and beating her almoft naked 
boforn, feveral times, (be exclaimed-— 
« She killed him, then ! She killed 
him!'* with a breaking heart, Tyrone 
beheld her fink upon her knees, and 
even in madnefs, pray earneftiy to the 
Divine Being. 

Before fhe threw herfelf half-undref- 
fed upon the narrow bed, fhe took her 
hufband by the arm, and leading him 
towards a heap of {hells and flints, in a 

corner 



[3*8 ] > 
corner of the room, drew fpm amongft 
them a bunch of withered flowers rfmllcs 
of delight and fwettnefs for an inftanx 
brought back all its enchantment of in- 
telligence to her yet Jovely face j Ty- 
rone, in a paroxyfm of mingled tranf. 
port and agony, clafped her in his arms 
,c don't break them— don't — don't" 
(he cried eagerly— ." he gave them me. 
ah ! you don't know how I love him/* 
Tyrone's fcalding tears now dropt over 
her ftruggling figure : (he gently difen- 
gaged herfelf from him, and touching 
his wet cheek with her hand, uttered a 
few incoherent words of pity and wonder. 
The • refcued flowers were carefully 
placed under her pillow ; and when 
Tyrone faw her eyes clofe, he went inta 
the other apartment. The phyflciaa 
and Fitzpatrick were alone there, fitting 
by the turf fire (for Judith was gone 
to Murtoch's bed, and Murtoch flept 

1 oa 



13-9 1 

on a bundle of ftraw by her fide). Ty- 
rone enquired Dr. Kearney's opinion ; 
the latter candidly anfwered, thai Lady 
Tyrone's mind appeared to have im- 
bibed fo deep a (lain of infanity (from 
its long duration), that he could enter- 
tain no hope, but what the near profpeft 
of her becoming a mother, providen- 
tially afforded j if that anxious moment 
fhould grant her one interval of reafon, 
he thought that an afiurance of Lady 
Rofcommon's falfehood, ftedfaftly, but 
carefully given, might be likely then 
to produce the moft happy effeft. Ty* 
rone' uttered a pious ejaculation at this 
confoiing opinion, and the fympathiz- 
ing Fitzpatrick earneftly united in the 
prayer* 

The bed method of contributing to 
the comfort, and guarding the life of 
Rofe, was next confidered : Tyrone 
would have had her removed to Sandy* 

Mount 



[ 33° 1 

Mount or Cattle- Connel, but to thi* 
the phyficran oppofed the prefent fitua- 
tion of her mind and body, fuggefting 
the propriety of her being attended by 
fome female friend, if any could be 
found willing to (bbmit to the inconve* 
silences of fo rniferable an abode : with 
a glow of virtuous pride* Fitzpatrick 
mentioned his wife t Tyrone accepted 
the offer, and it w*s agreed that fome 
neighbouring cabin fhould be found for 
the accommodation of fervants and 
the good old people, while the prefent 
one fhould be occupied by Tyrone and 
Rofe, with the Fitzpatricks. Secrecy 
was to be enjoined at Sandy-Mount, 
Fitzpatrick confiderately propofing to 
keep the whole tranfa&ion from the 
knowledge of the ONiels, till that event 
was over which muft either confirm 
or for ever' deftroy their hopes. This 
advice was too rational and too benevo- 
lent 



C 33* 1 

knt not to be followed; the -fucceediog 
morning, Fitzpatrick was to fend for 
his wife under fome plaufiblc excufe* 
and ro procure fuch accommodations 
from Sandy-Motmt, as wolild render the 
cabin a fcfe ickfcme reftdence. When 
thefe arrangements were concluded, the 
do&of and Fitzpatrick rolled them- 
fclves up in their great coats, and laid 
down upon a litter of ftraw a and Tyrone* 
lighted Oiily by the filent moon, (hut 
himfeif into the room that contained 
Rofe*. and paft the night in fitting neaf 
her bed, and watching; her broken 
(lumbers. , 

By the clear but foft light* which 
ftreamed in at the foiitary pane of glafs 
that formed a 1 window, he read feveral 
\vild, but to him pathetic fentences* 
Written in chalk upon the walls $ fome 
of thefe were in rhyme,, fbmein profe* 
of the former clafs were thofe that had 
* \* roufed 



/ 



[ 33* 3 

roufed the poor writer into tears* and 
which Tyrone with a breaking heart, 
now mournfully perufed. 

Fragment firfi* 

Why roan the wind ! why falls the rain I 

Did I not bid them both be dill ? 
Ceafe Demon, ceafe ; that (hrieking drain 

Will wake him, with its accent (brill : 
If thouPt be calm, I'll to his bed, 

And heap freih vi'lets round his head ; 
And kifs his mouth, his cheek, his eyes— 

Hufh I fee* ft thou not, that here he lies I 
No, no, not dead ; for look you now, 

Smiles on his lips ambrofial, glow; 
Ah ! in thofe lovely f miles 1 fee 

That while he deeps, he dreams of me. 

Fragment fecond* 

I have no tears to (bed, they're gone— they're 
gone; 

My eyes burn drangely, yet my heart is cold a 
O thou ! whom dill thefe tearlefs eyes behold, 

Why hid thou left me, thus alone i alone I 

* a • 



i 



i 



[ 333 ] 

In the dark ground ? (lay angel I fpeak again, 
And tell me, where (he laid him — no ! no ! no ! 

I could not bear to f<*e this difmal rain 
Splafh o'er his grave ; or hear the grafs that 

grows 
Dm on itsbreaft, ruHe amid the wind; 

Then ft retch thy wings in iilence— 

Such were the wanderings of that 
once fine mind, w'uch had formerly 
promifed every perfection of ripenefs, 
but which now, 

" Asa green plumb, that hangs upon the tree, 
" Falls with the wind, ere yet the fall fhould 
be," 

was fuddenly, in the very growth of 
its powers, become di ft rafted and loft ! 
Such was the fnuation of a creature who, 
lately furrounded with the means of 
mod extenfive ufcfulnefs, had alfo the 
wi(h to diffufe happinefs and improve- 
ment; foloft, fo dead to all the world, 

was 



t 334 I 

was the that had pro mi fed to make one 
of its fhining lights !' 

" Myfterious* but ever good Provi- 
dence!" exclaimed Tyrone,as he mourn- 
fully pondered upon thefe thiogs ; cc O ! 
may I never lofe fight of thee, in far- 
row for this beloved creature ? O ! may 
I humbly fubmit, whilft I deeply de- 
plore 1" in fuch devout refignatiqn, he 
paffed the night. After having feen Rofe 
the next day* Fitzpatrick and Dr. 
Kearney fet off for Sandy- Mount, the 
former promifing to return with his 
wife, the inftant (he arrived, and the. 
other affuring Tyrone, that every mo- 
ment he could fpare from other patients, 
fliould be devoted to this moil intereft- 

ing one. 

In confequence of the phyfician's 
orders, no conftraint was put upon the 
inclinations of Rofe : (he was fuffered 
to ramble among the rocks, and to 

amufc 



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aoaufe iwrfelf, by picking up the weeds 
and fhells which were ftrewed along the 
beach i but Tyrone followed her ac a 
diftance, and fometimes he caught the 
half-forgotten founds of fangs, which 
forne local afiociation brought back to 
her rcvivii^g memory. 

A few hours after the departure of 
Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Ormond and her 
brother (for her hufband feared to truft 
himfelf with the fight of Rofe) arrived 
at the cabin. This proof of tender be- 
nevolence in the gentle Alicia, won the 
heart of Tyrone ; he led her into the 
inner apartment, and found with pangs 
of painful pleafure, that her manner 
feemed immediately to delight and af- 
furehis wife. The little delicacies 
which {he brought and perfuaded Rofe 
to partake of, were additional proofs of 
a humanely conftderate mind : Tyrone 
bleffed her a thoufaqd times. After firft 

entering 



1 33* ] 

entering the cabin, and haftening out 
again, Barry was not able to rejoin his 
lifter for fome time : the fight of that 
woman, whofe intellect and heart and 
perfon, he had ever confidered as fupe- 
rior to all others, now fo entirely 
changed, totally fubdued him j he could 
not bear to contemplate the wreck of 
fuch an intelleft, the obliteration of fo 
much beauty, and though he walked 
for an hour on the fands, he came back 
pale and abll rafted. 

In- the morning of the fecond day, 
Mrs. Fitzpatrick reached Sandy- 
Mount, and was there informed of the 
fad, yet fortunate difcovery. She re- 
ceived this information with joy : warm- 
ly attached to Rofe, and fanguinely 
alive to hope, (he beheld in idea a long 
ftretch of future happinefs for her friends, 
over which the prefent forrow feemed 
but a momentary cloud. She would 

tcarcely 



[ 337 ] 

fcarcely tfay to tafte any refrefhment, 
impatiently hurrying on to Murtoch's 
cabin. Mrs. Ormond and her brother, 
were with difficulty perfuaded to return 
to Sandy- Mquik : but as Fitzpatrick 
and his wife declared their refolution of 
inhabiting the cabin, and as it was inca- 
pable of holding them all, Alicia and 
Barry were obliged to take leave. 

Tyrone was following Rofe, in one 
of her excurfive rambles, at this >pe- 
nod, and his kind friends were driving 
to conquer their impatience at his ab- 
fence, when he appeared leading his 
melancholy charge up the deep afcent. 
Flora had imagined herfelf prepared for 
every change in the appearance of 
RoTe ; but (he was miftaken ; that opce 
beautiful, and elegantly attired figure, 
was now flowly advancing, negligently 
wrapped in a coarfe, torn garment $ 
her complexion was colouiiefs and dark- 

vol, in. . z%. ened $ 



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cncd ; and all, the graces of youth, 
health, and animation, feemed fled from 
it for ever. 

Burfting into a fudden pafiion of 
tears, Mrs. Fitzpatrick ran, and flung 
her arms about her neck ; for fome time 
(he was unable to fpeak, or to fee that 
fuch violent agitation, greatly alarmed 
its unconfcious caufe j but recovering 
at the diftraded found of Lord Ty- 
rone's voice, (he haftily got up, and 
covering her eyes with her hands, faid t 
" take her from me ! take her from 
me, Harry ! I cannot bear it now/' 

Tyrone led the terrified Rofe into the 
hut ; and Fitzpatrick feating his wife, 
on a Ihelf of the rock, tenderly endea- 
voured to confole her: Mrs. Fitzpa- 
trick was incapable of confolation j fhe 
had never before feen any perfon in a 
deranged ftate, and confequently had 
Dcvcr entertained any juft notion of their 

fituation : 



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fituation : now, madnefs, in its moft 
affli&ing fhape, fettled deje6Uon, was 
prcfented before her. Terribly con* 
vioced that hope was extravagant, (he 
haftily difmiffcd it, and wept with all 
the impetuofity of unexpected defpair; 
Dr. Kearney, arriving ibon after, contri- 
buted to overthrow the expectations for- 
merly railed : he now apprehended, that 
Lady Tyrone's wafted ftrength would 
not enable her to furvive the birth of 
her child, even though heaven fhould 
be gracious enough to difpenfe one 
gleam of reafon. Almoft afllired of this, 
from the languid ft ate, in which he now 
jound her, he compaffionately commu- 
.nicated his fears to her hufband : Ty- 
rone liftened to him in filence, and put- 
ting his hand on his heart, when he 
concluded, raiftd bis pale countenance 
to heaven, with a look of piercing 
grief; he had tailed the bicternefs of 

%2 many 






[ 340 ] 

many forrows, and. he was now affined 
chat ftiil another draught was allotted 
to him. Rofe had thrown herfelf upon 
feme draw on the floor where (he 
lay, fcarcdy refpiring with fatigue. 
Mrs. Fitzpatrlck feated herfelf befide 
her, and ftrove by tender perfuafion to 
induce her to drink a little cordial mix* 
ture. Rofe turned from her with dif- 
guft, frequently dealing a fufpicious 
glance at her, and muttering to herfelf, 
" Where is her dagger ?" Thcfe expref- 
fions made Tyrone imagine that (he 
fomehow aflfociated the idea of Lady 
Rofcommon with Flora, and entertained 
the fufpicion of his having fallen by her 
hands. The phyfician infifted upon 
Mrs. Fitzpatrick's removing from his 
patient, with which command (he com* 
.plied, though aimoft broken-hearted at 
its neceffity. 

A deep 



[ 341 ] 

A deep ftupor now feized upon the 
remaining powers of Role ; fhe was 
lifted into her humble bed, and Dr. 
Kearney feating himfelf near her, ap- 
peared anxioufly to watch every morion 
of her varying face. This era ace, inter- 
rupted by occafionat fits of tears and 
lamentations, tailed for the whole of that 
day and night, and part of the follow- 
ing one : (he was than feized with acute 
pangs, and Tyrone learning that the 
crifis of his fate was approaching, ru(h- 
ed like a diftra&ed man from her pre* 
fence. Another medical man of great 
fltilt was called in to affift Dr. Kearney, 
and as Rofe became too ill, to obferve 
Mrs. Fitzp^trick* ike was permitted to 
(hare with, Judith, in the requifite at- 
tentions. 

At frit, Tyrone ran out among the 
rocks; but the found of his wife's 
mournful voice, recalled him ; and 

0^3 wildly 



[ 34« ] 

wildly burfting into the little chamber* 
which Fitzparrick was traverfing in ex- 
treme agitation, he dropt upon his 
knees. There is- an agony of fofpenfe, 
too vaft for tears ; an anguiih of en* 
treaty, too ftrong for words t thefe pangs 
Tyrone experienced now, as with 
locked hands, and uplifted eyes, his 
heart only, fpoke to the dread Omnipo- 
tent, Fitzpatrick covering his guftijng 
eyes, which flowed for his friend's fitua- 
tion, filently joined the prayer. 

At that inftant the poife and confu- 
fion in Lady Tyrone's chamber ceafed j 
a horrid paufe followed : immediately 
after, low, confufed founds were heard t 
mixed with fobs and fighs : Fitzpatrick 
ftarted up from his knees, and his wife 
rufhing in, with a new-born child in her 
arms, had juft ftrength enough to arti- 
culate " (he lives ! (he knew me I" ere (he 

fell fenfelefs on the ground. 

Tyrone 



[ 343 ] 

Tyrone caught his child, when Flora 
fell j he clafped it with frantic joy to his 
breaft, and forcing paft Fitzpatrick, 
would have rufhed into the room of his 
wife, had not the ibrgeon flopped him. 
" Stay my lord 1" cried that gentleman ; 
4C all is well, Lady Tyrone will live, it 
you do not agitate her; *pray fit down, 
and •rccover^yourfclf." 

Scarcely confeious of what he did* 
Tyrone threw himfelf on a chair ; he 
prefTed the infant alternately to his lips 
and heart > and all the fond father, the' 
adoring hufband, the grateful chriftian, 
guftved from his foftened eyes. Mrs* 
Fitzpatrick roufed from her tranfient 
fwoon, now haftened to take the child 
to its mother $ Tyrone reludtantly 
yielded it. 

In a fliort time, Dr. Kearney ap- 
peared ; he approached the place 
where the cxhaufted Tyrone was fitting 

<^4 with 



\ 



[ 344 ] 

with his head fupported by Fitzpatrick's 
ihoulder : " Heaven is good to us ! 
my dear fir/ 5 faid he, with a benevolent 
fmile, <c your wife is perfe&ly reftored to 
her fenfes, and has recovered from the 
delightful (hock I was obliged to give 
her, refpe&ing her real mother. She 
defireft me to tell you, that though (he 
languifhes to fee her hufcand, (he will 
chearfully fubmit to my orders, and not 
admit him till to-morrow/' 

€€ You cannot be fo barbarous !" ex* 
claimed Tyrone, " what ! nearly a* whole 
night to pafs, and I"— he did not ftay 
to finifh the fentence, but would havd 
ftarted out of the door, had not fitzpa* 
trick forcibly withheld him. Dr. 
Kearney reprefented to him, in more fc- 
rious terms, the danger of this conduit* 
and requefted him, if he valued the life 
of his wife, to be contented with the 
affurance that (he was miraculoufly 

well, 



C 545 ] 

well, and that if (life continued fo, in 
the morning, he (hould be permitted to 
fee her. Tyrone (xto the .propriety of 
this i and becoming wonderfully docile, 
fuffercd hicnfelf to be led to Murtoch's 
ci-devant bed, wbere he and Fitzpa- 
trick threw tbemfelvcs for a couple of 
hours. 

After a found deep, into which he 
fell, juft before morning dawned, he was 
awakened by the glad voice of Mrs. 
Fitzpatrick: her fparkling eyes affured 
him all was well ; he eagerly afked for 
Rofc. 4S Harry has juft feen her," (he 
nepOied, " (he is much more corppofed, 
and longs to fee you ; can you fummoa 
fortitude to meet, without agitating 
her*" 

" Ah Flora !" cried Tyrone, leaping 
with trembling h*fte off the bed j C| no- 
thing is to be appretanded from the agi- 
tationsof joy." The nefctihftant, brought 

CL5 him 



[ 3+6 3 

him into the chamber of his wife. She 
ftarted from her pillow at the found of 
his voice ; and uttering a cry of trans- 
port, almoft fprang into his arms, but 
alas ! this emotion was too much for her : 
fomething feemed burfting in her heart ; 
her head grew light; (he ftruggled 
from his embrace, and gafping as flie 
fpoke, exclaimed wildly, cc I am dying ! 
I am dying !" 

Dr. Kearney having hurried Tyrone 
out of the room, returned to adminifter 
fuch reftoratives, as the dreadful fit into 
which Lady Tyrone fell, urgently re* 
quired ; he fucceeded in bringing her 
back to life, but earneftly befougbt her, 
to abftain from feeing .her hufband, till 
her health was more fettled. Rofe 
fighed confent to this, and Flora, in 
whole bofom (he now pafiionately wept, 
fondly added her entreaties to the doc- 
tor's arguments. 

Another 



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Another day turned the hopes of the 
medical men into perfect certainty. The 
glad news was fpread round the envi- 
rons of Sandy-Mount; and Colville 
Barry having vifited Rofe and her lovely 
boy, haftened to Caftle-Ccnnel, to % 
convey the joyful tidings to its aged in- 
habitants. 

It would be impofiible to defcribe the 
tranfports of Mrs. Hefter and her bro- 
ther : juft releafed from attendance upon 

Lord Rorcommon, in whom anxiety 
had produced a violent fever, they were 
not very well able to fuftain the (hock of 
fo much felicity $ but Providence fup- 
ported them j and Barry returned to 
Sandy- Mount, with good news of their 
health, and an invitation for the whole 
party to accompany Rofe to Kil- 
larney. 
- Lord and Lady Glenroy received in* 
telligence of Tyrone's happinefs a few 

weeks 



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welts after the death of the Dudxefs De 
Roufiillon, and gladly accepting Mr. 
ONiers invitation to Caftle~Connel, ar* 
rived there- a few days before tbe 
Sandy Mount family. 

The company of a beloved hufband, 
the attentions of friends, and the infant 
endearments of her child, reftored to 
Rofe, in thecoorfe of fix weeks, forneof 
her former health, and much of her 
former beauty j the peachy tint, now 
and then, re-appeared upon her cheek, 
and the playful light often illuminated 
her eye; her figure, again fweHing into 
lovely roundnefs, difplayed the foft, 
willowy grace, for which it had once 
been remarkable; and Tyrone's un- 
dated eyes beheld all the charms of 
youth and health, opoe .more kindling 
in the perfon of an idolized wife. Ty- 
rone joyfully afiented to JRofe's propo- 
fal of taking Murtoch and Judith with 

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them to Killarney, and eftablifhing the 
worthy pair near Caftle-Connel. With 
this addition to their (bite, they reached 
home, on a fine ftarlight night in the 
firft week of December* 

Lord and Lady Glenroy, Mr. ONiel 
and Mrs. Hefttr, Lord Rofcommon, 
the Dowager Mrs. Fitzpatrick, and Mifs 
OBiien, were all a (Tern bled round a 
bright bog- wood fire, in the oak par- 
lour, when the party from Sandy* 
Mount entered the houfe. Rofe, ftill 
lighter than a fylph, her countenance 

• 

flafhing with unufual brighmefs, flew 
along the gallery, and fpringing inta 
the room, was alternately clafped in 
the arms of all her affembled friends ; 
tears, embraces, fobs, and kiffes, wel- 
comed her to life and reafon ; (he wept 
and fmiled on all their bofoms; not for- 
getting the honcft Mifs OBrien, who 

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was yet all on fire, with LordTy rone's 
unexpe&ed falute. 

What with blubbering and blufhing, 
poor Mifs Prudy certainly did not look 
in one of her handfomeft moods ; but 
though fhe was as crimfon as beet root, 
and all blouzed with the frofty wind, 
(through which (he had ridden, to be pre - 
fent at this meeting), yet Tyroneprefied 
her in his arms, with almoft a brother's, 
cordiality. Such is the force of fterling 
benevolence 1 fuch its moral beauty ! 

Never had Caftle-Connel contained 
fo many happy and grateful hearts. 
Rofe, held between her hufband and 
Mr.ONtel, her wai ft encircled by their 
arms, fat gazing in fpeechlefs delight, 
on her child, deeping' upon the knee 
of Mrs. Hefter. Mrs. Fitzpatrick al- 
ternately eating her own brat up, and 
uttering whole fentenccs of joyful non- 

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fenfe, fcemed nearly diftra&cd with 
tranfport ; while the reft of the party 
talked, rather with their eyes, than 
their tongue. , 

Having fpent four weeks together, 
weeks of the fweetefl enjoyment ! this 
blefled fociety ft par a ted. Lord and 
Lady Glenroy returned to Scotland, as 
they were now too national to fuffer the 
expefted heir to be born in another coun- 
try : the Ormonde went back to Sandy- 
Mount, Barry to Dublin; and the 
Fitzpatricks alone remained with Mr. 
ONiel's family. 

Rcftored to more than her former, 
charms, and yet further endeared by 
all the fuffer ings (he had caufcd, Rofe 
was beloved, nay worfhipped, by Lord 
Rofcommon : but he was barely permit- 
ted to witnefs her perfefl: recovery ; an 
apopletic ftrokc carrying him to the 
grave. 

This 



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This fad event gave a folernn patffe 
to their tide of happinefs $ but time fof- 
tencd its remembrance ; and devoting 
thcmfelves to their child, to the little 
unfprtunate Felix, and their remaining 
friends, Tyrone and ftis wife found 
almoft perfedt felicity on earth. 

In reply to a feverc letter from Lord 
Glenroy, Lady Dunallan relu&antly 
confeffed her rclationfliip to Rofe * and 
Rofe faW in her cold and felfifti letter, an 
explanation of that conduit (he had for- 
merly fm&rted under at Mount- Randal, 
fearful of being difcovered if Mifs dc 
Blaquiere married' a man of rank, and 
ftill more fo, if a man conne&ed with 
LadyvRofcommon ; Lady Dunallan had 
bafcly tried to keep her daughter out of 
that circle, in which fhe herfclf moved, 
hoping that fome obfcure marriage 
would eventually releafe her from all 
fuch terrors. But this difcovery made, 

Lord 



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Lord Dunallan, outraged in every ho- 
nourable feeling, haftily returned co 
England, leaving his wife and Lady 
Margaret, who being in love with an 
Italian duke, had refufed to quit her 
mother. 
. Tyrone, now Earl of Ro (common, 
reftored the family Cattle to all its an- 
cient magnificence ; he alternately fpent 
bis time between it and Alhleigh. 

The Fitzpatricks were inwoven with 
his exiftence ; future feparations could 
not be endured ; therefore Flora per- 
fuaded her hufband to purchafe a houfe 
in Hampfliire, to which they went every 
year, when Rofe and Rofcommon vi- 
fited theirs. 

Annual meetings alternately in Ire- 
land, Scotland and 'England, were ar- 
ranged, and are ftill kept up : and Mifs 
Frudy OBrien has found in a young 
Scotch laird, a man difcerning enough 

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to difcovcr her excellent qualities, and 
generous enough to overlook, for their 
fake, her love of red ribbands and a 
frizzled head. Colville Barry purfuing 
the bright track of fame and fortune, 
which his own genius, and Lord Rol- 
common's friendlhip have opened before 
him, ftill profeffes himfelf the warmell 
admirer of Rofe; declaring, that as a 
wife and a mother, /he i$ unequalled 
amongft women. 



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