XXIX.--Lord Dunroe's Affection for his Father--Glimpse of a new Character --Lord Cullamore's Rebuke to his Son, who greatly Refuses to give up his Friend XXX.--A Courtship on Novel Principles XXXI.--The Priest goes into Corbet's House very like a Thief--a Sederunt, with a Bright look up for Mr. Gray XXXII.--Discovery of the Baronet's Son --Who, however, is Shelved for a Time XXXIII.--The Priest asks for a Loan of Fifty Guineas, and Offers “Freney the Robber” as Security XXXIV.--Young Gourlay's Affectionate Interview with His Father--Risk of Strangulation -- Movements of M'Bride XXXV.--Lucy's Vain but Affecting Expostulation with her Father--Her Terrible Denunciation of Ambrose Gray XXXVI.--Which contains a variety of Matters, some to Laugh and some to Weep at XXXVII.--Dandy's Visit to Summerfield Cottage, where he Makes a most Ungallant Mistake -- Return with Tidings of both Mrs. Norton and Fenton--and Generously Patronizes his Master XXXVIII.--Anthony Corbet gives Important Documents to the Stranger--An Unpleasant Disclosure to Dunroe --Norton catches a Tartar XXXIX.--Fenton Recovered--The Mad-House XL.--Lady Gourlay sees her Son XLI.--Denouement PREFACE. The incidents upon which this book is founded seem to be extraordinary and startling, but they are true; for, as Byron says, and as we all know, “Truth is strange--stranger than Fiction.” Mr. West, brother to the late member from Dublin, communicated them to me exactly as they occurred, and precisely as he communicated them, have I given them to the reader, at least, as far as I can depend upon my memory. With respect, however, to his facts, they related only to the family which is shadowed forth under the imaginary name of Gourlay; those connected with the aristocratic house of Cullamore, I had from another source, and they are equally authentic. The Lord Dunroe, son to the Earl of Cullamore, is not many years dead, and there are thousands still living, who can bear testimony to the life of profligacy and extravagance, which, to the very last day of his existence, he persisted in leading. That his father was obliged to get an act of Parliament passed to legitimize his children, is a fact also pretty well known to many.