The young lady is an heiress, and this Captain Lestrange you spoke of, who saved them out of Paris, is not likely to lose the chance of getting a wife and his family estates back into the bargain.

Don't be a fool, Barry.

You and I are only sailor lads.

It does not become us to be hankering after heiresses.

But the freedom of Ireland we may and must strive for; and, Barry, brother," (and what a whack he caught me on my back), "we'll get it!" I turned in that night with my head in a whirl.