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William Carleton. Willy Reilly
Willy Reilly
Table of Contents
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
CHAPTER I.—An Adventure and an Escape
CHAPTER II. The Cooleen Baum
CHAPTER III.—Daring Attempt of the Red Rapparee
—Mysterious Disappearance of His Gang—The Avowal
CHAPTER IV.—His Rival makes his Appearance, and its Consequences
—A Sapient Project for our Hero's Conversion
CHAPTER V.—The Plot and the Victims
CHAPTER VI.—The Warning—an Escape
CHAPTER VII.—An Accidental Incident favorable to Reilly
—And a Curious Conversation
CHAPTER VIII.—A Conflagration—An Escape—And an Adventure
CHAPTER IX.—A Prospect of Bygone Times
CHAPTER X.—Scenes that took place in the Mountain Cave
CHAPTEE XI.—The Squire's Dinner and his Guests
CHAPTEE XII.—Sir Robert Meets a Brother Sportsman
—Draws his Nets, but Catches Nothing
CHAPTER XIII.—Reilly is Taken, but Connived at by the Sheriff
—The Mountain Mass
CHAPTER XIV.—Reilly takes Service with Squire Folliard
CHAPTER XV.—More of Whitecraft's Plots and Pranks
CHAPTER XVI.—Sir Robert ingeniously extricates Himself out of a great Difficulty
CHAPTER XVII.—Awful Conduct of Squire Folliard
—Fergus Reilly begins to Contravene the Red Rapparee
CHAPTEE XVIII.—Something not very Pleasant for all Parties
CHAPTER XIX.—Reilly's Disguise Penetrated
CHAPTER XX.—The Rapparee Secured
—Reilly and the Cooleen Bawn Escape, and are Captured
CHAPTER XXI.—Sir Robert Accepts of an Invitation
CHAPTER XXII.—The Squire Comforts Whitecraft in his Affliction
CHAPTER XXIII.—The Squire becomes Theological and a Proselytizer, but signally fails
CHAPTER XXIV.—Jury of the Olden Time
—Preparations—The Scales of Justice
CHAPTER XXV.—Reilly stands his Trial
Rumor of Cooleen Bawn's Treachery—How it appears—Conclusion
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William Carleton
The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
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“Look at that noble young man,” he exclaimed, directing her attention to Reilly, who was still standing. “Look at him, my life, and observe him well; there he stands who has this night saved your loving father from the deadly aim of an assassin—from being murdered by O'Donnel, the Red Rapparee, in the lonely moors.”
Reilly, from the moment the far-famed Cooleen Dawn entered the room, heard not a syllable the old man had said. He was absorbed, entranced, struck with a sensation of wonder, surprise, agitation, joy, and confusion, all nearly at the same moment. Such a blaze of beauty, such elegance of person, such tenderness and feeling as chastened the radiance of her countenance into something that might be termed absolutely divine; such symmetry of form; such harmony of motion; such a seraphic being in the shape of woman, he had, in fact, never seen or dreamt of. She seemed as if surrounded by an atmosphere of light, of dignity, of goodness, of grace; but that which, above all, smote him, heart on, the moment was the spirit of tenderness and profound sensibility which seemed to predominate in her whole being. Why did his manly and intrepid heart palpitate? Why did such a strange confusion seize upon him? Why did the few words which she uttered in her father's arms fill his ears with a melody that charmed him out of his strength? Alas! is it necessary to ask? To those who do not understand this mystery, no explanation could be of any avail; and to those who do, none is necessary.
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