Captain O'Hara therefore was desired to come and fetch his child,--and he did so, with many protestations of virtue for the future.

If actual pecuniary comfort can conduce to virtue in such a man, a chance was given him.

The Earl of Scroope was only too liberal in the settlement he made.

But the settlement was on the daughter and not on the father; and it is possible therefore that some gentle restraint may have served to keep him out of the deep abysses of wickedness.
The effects of the tragedy on the coast of Clare spread beyond Ireland, and drove another woman to the verge of insanity.

When the Countess of Scroope heard the story, she shut herself up at Scroope and would see no one but her own servants.