“Mr. Ford’s a public nuisance,” said Dr. O’Grady; “but I think we’ll be able to get rid of him.”
“It would be no great harm if he was dead,” said Moriarty.
“The Lord-Lieutenant,” said Dr. O’Grady, “is almost sure to promote him. That kind of man who never can let other people’s business alone, is just suited to Dublin Castle.”
Moriarty got as far as the door of the room and then stopped.
“Will it be all right,” he said, “about Mary Ellen? You’ll remember, doctor, that I was speaking to you about her, the way she’d be given the chance of speaking to the Lord-Lieutenant.”
“I’ll settle about her at once,” said Dr. O’Grady. “Did you say you were going straight back to the barrack?”
“I am,” said Moriarty. “It’ll be better for me if I do on account of the way Mr. Ford does be talking to——”
“Are you going so straight that you won’t see Mary Ellen on the way?”
“It could be,” said Moriarty, “that I might see her.”
“Very well, then, do. And tell her to meet me at Mrs. Gregg’s house at——” He glanced at his watch.