386 THE BREAKING UP OF THE PARTY. 



little they are known or understood ! What 

 have we done for them? A few shillings 

 spent here and there, a few kind words, such 

 as, perhaps, they seldom meet with, and see 

 how they return it. Why, this is real sor- 

 row. Where did you ever see such a scene 

 in England?" 



" Never," said the Parson ; i6 and never 

 will : this is Pat all over. All impulse 

 and feeling, and real downright genuine 

 feeling, too. All heart-felt, every bit of 

 it ; but not one atom of it permanent, 

 not one grain of reason or reflection in 

 the whole of it. There is not a man that 

 w r e have left behind us in the street of 

 Belleek, who would not willingly at this 

 moment lay down his life for any one of us, 

 but for all that we shall be forgotten by to- 

 morrow morning." 



" Well, well," said the Squire, " after all, 

 he is but a caricature of mankind in general. 

 Do not let us quarrel with sincerity ; eva- 

 nescent though it be, it is a rare quality, and 

 should be prized accordingly." 



" At all events," said the Parson, " such 

 love suits well for us birds of passage : aimez 

 moi nite car je pars demain. I would not 



