She answered breathlessly that "the procession, ma'am, {76} have got Miss Anna Parnell in a effigy 'longside of the Pope, and was waiting outside for us to see before they burnt 'em in the village." This electrifying intelligence was received with grave indifference by Mr. Parnell till the disappointed maid left the room; then with a sudden bubble of laughter--"Poor Anna! Her pride in being burnt, as a menace to England, would be so drowned in horror at her company that it would put the fire out!" The cheering and hooting went on for some time outside the house, but, finding we were not to be drawn, the crowd at last escorted the effigies down to the village and burnt them, though with less amusement than they had anticipated. DUBLIN,[2] _November_ 6, 1880. MY DEAR MRS. O'SHEA,--You can have very little idea how dreadfully disappointed I felt on arriving here this evening not to find a letter from either you or Captain O'Shea. I send this in hope that it may induce you to write in reply to my last letter and telegram, which would appear not to have reached you.--Yours very sincerely, CHAS. S. PARNELL. AVONDALE, _Monday._ MY DEAR MRS. O'SHEA,--I enclose keys, which I took away by mistake. Will you kindly hand enclosed letter to the proper person[3] and oblige,--Yours very truly, CHAS. S. PARNELL. DUBLIN, _Wednesday night, November_ 11, 1880. MY DEAREST LOVE,--I have made all arrangements to be in London on Saturday morning, and shall call at Keppel Street for a letter from you. It is quite impossible for me to {77} tell you just how very much you have changed my life, what a small interest I take in what is going on about me, and how I detest everything which has happened during the last few days to keep me away from you--I think of you always, and you must never believe there is to be any "fading." By the way, you must not send me any more artificial letters. I want as much of your own self as you can transfer into written words, or else none at all.--Your always, C. S. P. A telegram goes to you, and one to W.,[4] to-morrow, which are by no means strictly accurate. DUBLIN, _December_ 2, 1880. MY DEAR MRS. O'SHEA,--I succeeded in getting the train at Euston with just ten minutes to spare, and, arriving here this morning, found that my presence to-day was indispensable. I need not tell you how much I regretted leaving Eltham so suddenly; but we cannot always do as we wish in this world. My stay with you has been so pleasant and charming that I was almost beginning to forget my other duties; but Ireland seems to have gotten on very well without me in the interval. Trusting to see you again next week on my way to Paris.--Yours very sincerely, CHAS. S. PARNELL.