I hope you won't forget yourself, and cry 'Faug a Ballagh,' when
one of the bishops rises to speak. And whatever you do, don't sing
'Gama crem'ah cruiskeen' in the lobby."
"My dear fellow," said he, "I am not in the House of Lords at all. Only
an Irish peer. I intend to get into the Commons though, and produce a
sensation by introducing the Australian 'Co'ee' into the seat of
British legislature."
How long these four would have gone on talking unutterable nonsense, no
man can say. But Frank Maberly coming in, greeted them courteously, and
changed the conversation.
Poor Frank! Hard and incessant work was beginning to tell on that
noble frame, and the hard marked features were getting more hard and
marked year by year. Yet, in spite of the deep lines that now furrowed
that kindly face, those who knew it best, said that it grew more
beautiful than it had ever been before. As that magnificent PHYSIQUE
began to fail, the noble soul within began to show clearer through its
earthly tenement. That noble soul, which was getting purified and ready
for what happened but a few years after this in Patagonia.
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