months, though he had
never before heard it declared by his son's lips. Since the day on
which he had called on Mr. Blake at Carnlough, he had been quite sure
that Edith was right. He was almost sure before. Now the truth was
declared exactly as she had surmised it. And what should he do with
the boy? He could not merely put him forward as a witness in this
case. Some reason must be given, why the truth had not been told
during the last six months. As he thought of this, he felt that the
boy had disgraced himself for ever.

And he thought of the boy's danger. He had rashly promised that the
boy should be sent to England out of harm's way; but he now told
himself that the means of doing so were further from him than ever;
and that he was daily becoming a poorer, if not a ruined man. Of the
rents then due to him, not a penny would, he feared, be paid.

END OF VOL. I.

Charles Dickens And Evans, Crystal Palace Press.

* * * * *

THE LANDLEAGUERS

by

ANTHONY TROLLOPE

In Three Volumes--VOL. II.

London
Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly
1883

Charles Dickens and Evans,
Crystal Palace Press.

CONTENTS

Chapter

XVII. RACHEL IS FREE.
XVIII. FRANK JONES HAS CEASED TO EXIST.
XIX. FIFTH AVENUE AND NEWPORT.
XX. BOYCOTTING.
XXI. LAX, THE MURDERER.
XXII. MORONY CASTLE IS BOYCOTTED.
XXIII. TOM DALY IS BOYCOTTED.
XXIV. "FROM THE FULL HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS."
XXV. THE GALWAY BALL.
XXVI. LORD CASTLEWELL.
XXVII. HOW FUNDS WERE PROVIDED.
XXVIII. WHAT WAS NOT DONE WITH THE FUNDS.
XXIX. WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE FUNDS.
XXX. THE ROAD TO BALLYGLUNIN.
XXXI. THE GALWAY COURT HOUSE.
XXXII. MR. O'MAHONY AS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.

THE LANDLEAGUERS.

CHAPTER XVII.

RACHEL IS FREE.

Rachel O'Mahony found her position to be very embarrassing. She had
thought it out to the best of her ability, and had told herself that
it would be better for her not to acquaint her father with all the
circumstances. Had he been told the nature of the offer made to her
by Madame Socani, he would at once, she thought, have taken her away
from the theatre. She would have to abandon the theatre, at which she
was earning her money. This would have been very bad. There would
have been some lawsuit with Mahomet Moss, as to which she could not
have defended herself by putting Madame Socani into the witness