But on the Monday a heavy snowstorm fell; Redmond, shut up in his hills at Aughavanagh, could not reach Dublin.

The roads were not open till the Thursday, and then he thought it too late to come.

He was in truth already too ill to face any unusual exertion.
The Convention had been summoned, not to receive a final report from the Grand Committee, but to face a new situation.

An offer had been put forward by one group which altered the whole complexion of the controversy.

Grand Committee had abstained from deciding whether to counsel acceptance or rejection.