nine o'clock
When to this we add his sudden passion for Ellen Neil , we may easily conceive what she must have endured . Nell , at all events , felt satisfied that she had shaped the strong passions of her savage dupe in the way best calculated to gratify that undying spirit of vengeance which she had so long nurtured against the family of Lamh Laudher . The Dead Boxer , too , was determined to prosecute his amour with Ellen Neil , not more to gratify his lawless affection for her than his twofold hatred of Lamh Laudher . At length nine o'clock arrived , and the scene must change to the northern part of Sheemus Neil 's orchard . The Dead Boxer threw a cloak around him , and issuing through the back door of the inn , entered the garden , which was separated from the orchard only by a low clipped hedge of young whitethorn , in the middle of which stood of a small gate . In a moment he was in the orchard , and from behind its low wall he perceived a female proceeding to the north side muffled like himself in a cloak , which he immediately recognized to be that of his wife . His teeth became locked together with the most deadly resentment ; his features twitched with the convulsive spasms of rage , and his nostrils were distended as if his victims stood already within his grasp .