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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