'You may wait long before you get to the speech of the great man,' said another, who was working his way through numbers.

They continued pushing forward, till they came within sight of Mr.Nicholas Garraghty, seated in state; and a worse countenance, or a more perfect picture of an insolent, petty tyrant in office, Lord Colambre had never beheld.
We forbear all further detail of this levee.

'It's all the same!' as Lord Colambre repeated to himself, on every fresh instance of roguery or oppression to which he was witness; and, having completely made up his mind on the subject, he sat down quietly in the background, waiting till it should come to the widow's turn to be dealt with, for he was now interested only to see how she would be treated.

The room gradually thinned; Mr.Dennis Garraghty came in, and sat down at the table, to help his brother to count the heaps of gold.
'Oh, Mr.Dennis, I'm glad to see you as kind as your promise, meeting me here,' said the widow O'Neill, walking up to him; 'I'm sure you'll speak a good word for me; here's the LASES--who will I offer this to ?' said she, holding the GLOVE-MONEY and SEALING-MONEY,--'for I'm strange and ashamed.' 'Oh, don't be ashamed--there's no strangeness in bringing money or taking it,' said Mr.Nicholas Garraghty, holding out his hand.

'Is this the proper compliment ?' 'I hope so, sir; your honour knows best.' 'Very well,' slipping it into his private purse.