You'll clear me of that, anyway."
Then there was some general talk about our travels, about affairs on the
island (Mr. Curphy saying, with a laugh and a glance in my direction,
that things were going so well with my father that if all his schemes
matured he would have no need to wait for a descendant to become the
"uncrowned King of Ellan"), and finally about Martin Conrad, whose great
exploits had become known even in his native country.
"Extraordinary! Extraordinary!" said my father. "I wouldn't have
believed it of him. I wouldn't really. Just a neighbour lad without a
penny at him. And now the world's trusting him with fifty thousand
pounds, they're telling me!"
"Well, many are called but few are chosen," said Mr. Curphy with another
laugh.
After that, and some broken conversation, Aunt Bridget expressed a
desire to see the house, as the evening was closing in and they must
soon be going back.
Lady Margaret thereupon took her, followed by the rest of us, over the
principal rooms of the Castle; and it was interesting to see the awe
with which she looked upon everything--her voice dropping to a whisper
in the dining-room.
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