noon before
`` I want to see Mrs Kelly , '' said Barry ; `` d'ye hear ? I want to see your mother ; go and tell her . '' But we must go back , and see how Mr Lynch had managed to get up , and pass his morning . It was noon before Barry first opened his eyes , and discovered the reality of the headache which the night 's miserable and solitary debauch had entailed on him . For , in spite of the oft-repeated assurance that there is not a headache in a hogshead of it , whiskey punch will sicken one , as well as more expensive and more fashionable potent drinks . Barry was very sick when he first awoke ; and very miserable , too ; for vague recollections of what he had done , and doubtful fears of what he might have done , crowded on him . A drunken man always feels more anxiety about what he has not done in his drunkenness , than about what he has ; and so it was with Barry .