Midnight
Heigho ! '' Jemmy Burke , having finished his after-dinner pipe and his daily tumbler both together , went out to his men ; and Hycy , with whom he had left the drinking materials , after having taken a tumbler or two , put on a strong pair of boots , and changed the rest of his dress for a coarser ` suit , bade his mother a polite good-bye , and informed her , that as he intended to be present at M'Bride 's wake he would most probably not return until near morning . CHAPTER IV . -- A Poteen Still-House at Midnight -- Its Inmates . About three miles in a south-western direction from Burke 's residence , the country was bounded by a range of high hills and mountains of a very rugged and wild , but picturesque description . Although a portion of the same landscape , yet nothing could be more strikingly distinct in character than the position of the brown wild hills , as contrasted with that of the mountains from which they abutted . The latter ran in long and lofty ranges that were marked by a majestic and sublime simplicity , whilst the hills were of all shapes and sizes , and seemed as if cast about at random .