one o'clock in the morning
He was soon ranked the first of the Irish lot ; and the success of the Hibernians had made them very sanguine of late . Lord Ballindine found himself the centre of a little sporting circle , as being the man with the crack nag of the day . He was talked of , courted , and appealed to ; and , I regret to say , that before he left the club he was again nearly forgetting Kelly 's Court and Miss Wyndham , had altogether got rid of his patriotic notions as to the propriety of living on his own estate , had determined forthwith to send Brien Boru over to Scott 's English stables ; and then , went to bed , and dreamed that he was a winner of the Derby , and was preparing for the glories of Newmarket with five or six thousand pounds in his pocket . Martin Kelly dined with his brother at Jude 's , and spent his evening equally unreasonably ; at least , it may be supposed so from the fact that at one o'clock in the morning he was to be seen standing on one of the tables at Burton Bindon 's oyster-house , with a pewter pot , full of porter , in his hand , and insisting that every one in the room should drink the health of Anty Lynch , whom , on that occasion , he swore to be the prettiest and the youngest girl in Connaught . It was lucky he was so intoxicated , that no one could understand him ; and that his hearers were so drunk that they could understand nothing ; as , otherwise , the publicity of his admiration might have had the effect of preventing the accomplishment of his design . He managed , however , to meet his patron the next morning at the lawyer 's , though his eyes were very red , and his cheeks pale ; and , after being there for some half hour , left the office , with the assurance that , whenever he and the lady might please to call there , they should find a deed prepared for their signature , which would adjust the property in the manner required . That afternoon Lord Ballindine left Dublin , with his friend , to make instant arrangements for the exportation of Brien Boru ; and , at two o'clock the next day , Martin left , by the boat , for Ballinaslie , having evinced his patriotism by paying a year 's subscription in advance to the `` Nation '' newspaper , and with his mind fully made up to bring Anty away to Dublin with as little delay as possible .