And then my left shoe went
flop, flop, on every alternate step of the stairs. By no exertion of
my foot in the drawing up of my toe could I induce it to remain
permanently fixed upon my foot. But over and above and worse than
all this was the conviction strong upon my mind that I should become
a subject of merriment to the girls as soon as I entered the room.
They would understand the cause of my distress, and probably at this
moment were expecting to hear me clatter through the stone hall with
those odious metal boots.
However, I hurried down and entered the drawing-room, determined to
keep my position near the door, so that I might have as little as
possible to do on entering and as little as possible in going out.
But I had other difficulties in store for me. I had not as yet been
introduced to Mrs. O'Conor; nor to Miss O'Conor, the squire's
unmarried sister.
"Upon my word I thought you were never coming," said Mr. O'Conor as
soon as he saw me. "It is just one hour since we entered the house.
Jack, I wish you would find out what has come to that fellow Larry,"
and again he rang the bell. He was too angry, or it might be too
impatient to go through the ceremony of introducing me to anybody.
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