LIFE IN IRELAND 239 



countryman of his, and they were quite happy, so 

 much so that they were 



' Glad to meet, and loath to part.' 



The manager requested that the party would wait till 

 the curtain fell, and meet the whole Company ; and 

 the high road was soon opened to the Gree?i Room, 

 and poured in all the heroes and heroines of the Sock 

 and Buski?i. A table was spread, with every refresh- 

 ment that bread, cheese, whiskey, and punch afforded. 

 — Much merriment went round, and the Manager's 

 health was drunk by those who wished him in the last 

 stage of a consumption, or at ' the Devil to pay ' in the 

 lower regions. Nell pledged Sir Shawn O'Dogherty 

 in a bumper of Madeira; and Jobson pledged Brian 

 in a bumper of real raspberry whiskey, which he said 

 always comforted the cockles of his heart after a 

 quarrel with his rib. The party bade adieu to the 

 Green Room, Sir Shawn ca.rrying with him a batch 

 of box tickets for benefits, in exchange for a ten 

 pound note. 



Lady Demiquaver was set down at her house^ and 

 promised to be a constant visitor of Brian Boru, and 

 determined he should not be the victim of ennui. 



Brian was landed at his lodgings, where Patrick 

 Mooney welcomed him with tears of joy and satis- 

 faction, for Patrick really loved his master. 



Sir Shawn set out for Merrion Square, whispering 

 to Brian — ' If you move a peg before I see you in the 

 morning, you shall be no7i est invertis before night; 

 for by my honour I '11 blow your brains out' 



Brian went to rest in his old room, and Mooney 

 swore that he never was so happy since the hour before 



