Principles of domestic government discussed—How to rule a
husband—Elizabeth Fitzgerald, of Moret Castle—Brings her son to
see his father hanged by the Cahills—Enjoins him to revenge the
outrage—Peculiar methods of impressing the injunction on the
boy’s memory—He grows to manhood—Mysterious disappearance of four
of the Cahills—Mr. Jemmy Corcoran—Way of identifying a
skeleton—Father Doran, and his _spiritual_ theory—Squire Stephen
Fitzgerald the son, and Squire Stephen Fitzgerald the grandson,
of Elizabeth—Education, marriage, and personal description of the
latter—The several members of his family described—Tom, the
heir-apparent—A short life and a merry one—Jack, his
successor—Moret Castle in its modern state—Miss Dolly Fitzgerald,
and her sister Fanny—their respective merits—Matrimonial
speculations—Curious family discussion as to the attractions of
_hung_ meat, &c. 366