Dowling Richard. Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 2 of 3)
CHAPTER XVIII. AFTER TEN YEARS
CHAPTER XIX. SEEING NOT BELIEVING
CHAPTER XX. TOLD BY GORMAN
CHAPTER XXI. THE SEA
CHAPTER XXII. THE ROCK
CHAPTER XXIII. THE HOME OF THE MONSTER
CHAPTER XXIV. KILCASH
CHAPTER XXV. THE "BLUE ANCHOR."
CHAPTER XXVI. ON THE CLIFF
CHAPTER XXVII. THE MONSTER LET LOOSE
CHAPTER XXVIII. A NIGHT TRAVELLER
CHAPTER XXIX. DULWICH AGAIN
CHAPTER XXX. ANOTHER VISITOR
CHAPTER XXXI "I HAVE BEEN ALWAYS ALONE."
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For a moment the young man looked at the other in amazement and doubt. But it was impossible to resist for any great length of time the conviction that O'Hanlon had spoken sincerely. O'Hanlon himself looked troubled, scared, affrighted, as though scarcely able, and wholly unwilling, to believe his own words. O'Brien was the first to recover his composure.
"I will not," he said, "question what you say; I will go so far as to assure you I am fully convinced you saw the ghost of that unhappy man. You want me to tell you a story which, as I said, is a long one, and I want you to tell me your story at length. Dine with me at 'The Munster' this evening at seven, and we can chat the matter over."
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"Sir, an attorney of my years does not know the meaning of the word imagination. You may say I am mad if you like, but don't attribute imagination to me, or I shall break down altogether. O'Brien, do you mean to say seriously that you take me for a crazy young poet? Great heavens, sir, it can't have come to that with me in my declining years!"
