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in attendance to say ' We have seen you safe home/ 

 They were invited to accept of refreshment, and had 

 again the honour of taking a tumbler of the native in 

 company with the Sovereign ; after which they returned 

 home, ordered their horses to be well taken care of, 

 and, after a hasty dinner, dressed and proceeded to 

 the theatre, where the King had arrived before them. 



The play was little noticed ; the King was the 

 object, and even old Daly declared he never heard 

 such applause in all his born days. Lord Castlereagh 

 got hugely cheered through mistake, and looked very 

 green baggish upon the occasion. Sir Shawn, always 

 upon the alert, got before O'Connell, and assisted 

 His Majesty to his carriage; His Majesty expressed 

 himself highly gratified with the entertainments of the 

 evening, and immediately said, 'Pray, what play was 

 performed?' '■Love a?id Loyalty T replied the Baronet, 

 as he bowed and took his leave. 



' I can't, for the love of my soul ! ' muttered Brian, 

 ' see why people can't be decently loyal as well as 

 indecent ; sure there was no occasion for such a hub- 

 baboo, that one couldn't hear a word said but what was 

 spoken by performers not upon the stage. Methinks 

 the women were before the men in vociferation, and by 

 way of shewing their love for the King, bawling him 

 deaf, and themselves dumb with hoarseness.' 



Poor Grammachree, who had lately made more free 

 with stalrinky than he was wont to do, very mal 

 apropos took very ill ; his appetite entirely failed him ; 

 except a roast potatoe and a drop of weak punch, he 

 could keep nothing on his stomach, not even doctor's 

 stuff; in truth he was laid up at Moran's, and Doctor 



