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 except a devoted love of Ireland. He was a great reader of books, and, I fear, a great dreamer of dreams.

In London I went on a visit to Lord O'Hagan for a time, but I was unwilling to bring to the house of a judge the miscellaneous political clientèle who sought me from time to time. Two or three scraps from my diary will suffice:—

Before I left London Isaac Butt wrote to me:—

, June 27, 1874. ,—I was greatly disappointed at leaving London without calling on you to welcome you back.

You know, no doubt, the task I have before me on Tuesday. I have