the hour of eleven o'clock at
night
He assailed , in fact , the whole Establishment , and took both an active and conspicuous part in the excitement which then agitated the country . He joined the crowds , vociferated and shouted among them at the top of his lungs , and took the liberty of laying down the law on the subject , as he termed it : that is to say , of swearing that one stick or stone of their dirty Establishment should not be left upon another , but that the whole bobbery of it must be sent to blazes -- where it would all go yet , plaise God . Of course his neighbor , the parson , was by no means cognizant of this violence on the part of M'Mahon , or he would never have thought of applying to him , even under the severest pressure of absolute destitution . Having premised thus much concerning these two individuals , we request our readers to accompany us to the house of the Rev. Anthony Casey , and to suppose that it is a little after the hour of eleven o'clock at night . The worthy gentleman and his curate had just seated themselves in his snug , but humble little parlor , where a pleasant turf fire was beginning to get somewhat dim , when the following dialogue occurred between them : `` Pettier , '' said Father Anthony to his curate , who had just returned from a sick call , `` you found the night bitther , I think ? '' `` It is very cold , indeed , sir . '' `` You have had a long ride of it upon that mountain road , without even a bush to shelther you . ''