The Black Baronet

Or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain

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The Black Baronet includes a conversation in which a guest asks Paudeen where the ragged figure called Fenton can be found. The dialogue reports a whisper that Fenton would be entitled to a great property if he had his rights. The waiter says that nobody in the neighborhood, as far as the waiter has heard, knows anything about the unfortunate man beyond guesswork.

The anonymous gentleman takes a small miniature from a trunk, studies the image, and looks into the fire while apparently absorbed in reflection. The narrator declines to defend robbery while questioning whether a particular act, considered with its motives, might be heroism rather than robbery.