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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXIX Lord Henry's grief--Wishes to remain with Jxrd Iidward in prison--Refused admittance--Strangers allowed to visit him--Incident--Lord Edward's will--Royal sympathy--Letter to Lord Henry Fitzgerald from the Duke of Richmond--Pleas for delaying a trial--Letter from Fox--Lord Henry's notes--Lord Chancellor':, heartless refusal--Kind note from a fellow-prisoner. The mutual affection by which the whole Leinster family were so remarkably bound together was even more warm between Lord Edward and Lord Henry than between any of its other members. 'Dear Harry --he is perfect' was the enthusiastic feeling which Lord Edward no less sincerely entertained than he thus strongly expressed, and which was answered with a corresponding warmth on the part of his brother. When millions, therefore, were mourning the fate of the gallant Edward, what must have been the sorrow of one so near, and so devoted to him? Soon after the dreadful news reached him, Lord Henry hurried over to Dublin, resolved to share the sufferer's prison and be his attendant and nurse. But, by a sternness of policy which it seems impossible to justify, even the privilege of a single interview with his brother was denied to him; and he was left, day after day, in a state of anguish only to be conceived by those who knew the strength of his affections, to implore this favour of the Lord Lieutenant and his advisers in vain. The following is one of the answers which he received to his applications: --FROM THE EARL OF CLARE TO LORD HENRV FITZGERALD Ely Place, Sunday, 3 octet. My Dear Lord, --I am sorry to tell you that it will be impossible, for the present, to comply with your wishes; and if I could explain to you the grounds of this restriction, even you would hardly be induced