All his Lordship's politeness was too little for the occasion, and Miss O'Dowd's tenantry were lost to the Callonby interest for ever.
CHAPTER IV.
BOTANICAL STUDIES—THE NATURAL SYSTEM PREFERABLE TO THE LINNEAN.
[Nicholas Announcing Miss Betty O'Dowds Carriage]
"The carriage is at the door, my lord," said a servant, entering the luncheon-room where we were all assembled.