Patsy

On a snowy Irish moor, Mr. Fanshawe is invited to Glen Druid House, where hunting, house-party society, and the pull of an unexpected romance begin to stir beneath the winter hush. At Glen Druid Park, the household is already alive with lessons, preparations, and social tension, while young Lord Gawdor becomes intrigued by Patsy Rooney, the red-haired keeper's son whose wit, skill, and local knowledge mark him as a natural outsider. Patsy's journey through haunted lanes and rabbit tracks leads him into danger when he encounters his rogue uncle, Con Cogan, and the escaped robber Paddy Murphy, who scheme to use him in a theft from the Big House. Patsy escapes, but his brush with crime soon gives way to a new role as he is hired into the household and drawn into the rigid, comic world of servants, gentry, and sporting ritual. As the beagles' meet approaches, village excitement, class friction, and wild humor erupt in a riotous clash of chimney sweeps, huntsmen, and fashionable guests, giving this Irish country novel its lively blend of romance, mischief, and social comedy. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.