He asked his carman whether there were many Fenians about.
'A terrible lot, your honour,' replied the fellow.
'I suppose a thousand?' the tourist suggested, somewhat apprehensively.
'That is so, and twenty thousand more,' answered the carman without hesitation.
'Are they armed?' was the next question.
'They are that, and finely into the bargain.'
'And are they prepared to come out?' the tourist being much perturbed, and thinking it would be his duty to write to the Times.
'Prepared to come out in the morning, your honour.'
'And why don't they do so?' with English common sense.
'Begorra, because maybe if they did, the constabulary would put them in jail.'