Plot

 

Archibald Green, on a business trip to County Mayo, contrived, at a fox-hunt, to scrape acquaintance with Thomas O'Conor, well known for his hospitality. The hoped-for invitation was so immediately given that a return to the inn for clothing was impossible, and, on learning that the daughters of the house were planning a dance, Green ordered his dancing pumps sent from the inn. Instead, some clumsy hobnailed boots arrived, which he forced the old butler to exchange for his down-at-the-heel slippers. The clatter of the boots while the butler served dinner, his grimaces of pain because they were too small, and finally a clatter of broken dishes as the poor servant tripped over his own feet ' made an explanation imperative. The family received the story as an excellent joke, and the dancing was postponed until the pumps could be delivered by special messenger.

 

 

 

GEROULD, WINIFRED GREGORY;
A GUIDE TO TROLLOPE.
 
© 1948  Princeton University Press,
1976 renewed PUP
Reprinted by permission of Princeton University Press.

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