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Miss Goold ' -- he held out his hand as he spoke -- ` I 'm a plain fellow ' -- he did not look in the least as if he thought so -- ` I 've led too rough a life to be any good at making pretty speeches , but I 'm glad I 've seen you and talked to you . If I 'm knocked on the head out there I shall go under satisfied , for I 've met a woman fit to be a queen -- a woman who is a queen , the queen of the heart of Ireland . ' It is likely that Augusta Goold , though she was certainly not a fool , was a little excited by the homage , for she refused to say good-bye , declaring that she would see the boat off next morning . It was a promise which would cost her something to keep , for the mail steamer leaves at 8 a.m. , and Miss Goold was a lady who appreciated the warmth of her bed in the mornings , especially during the early days of March , when the wind is likely to be in the east . Captain Quinn made himself very agreeable to Mary O'Dwyer during the short journey back to Dublin . At Westland Row he saw her into a cab , which he paid for . His last words were a reminder that he would expect to have her war-song , music and all , sent after him to Paris .