It is a singular thing that while Captain Longmore utterly despaired of forcing his way, Mr.Dillon was fully conscious of his inability to resist him.

The latter assumed a superiority he was unable to sustain, the former abjured a design which it was criminal according to the civil, and cowardly according to the military code, not to attempt the execution of Mr.Dillon, who led his horse, was a proclaimed "traitor." So was Mr.O'Brien, whose presence was avowed; by virtue of his allegiance, and still more, by virtue of his commission he was bound to arrest them.

To neglect it was cowardice, cognisable by a court-martial and punishable by death.

There could be but one justification--utter inability to effect the service.

The evidence, then, that could alone satisfy a court-martial must directly contradict that which Captain Longmore offered at the trial in Clonmel.