The previous episode of House of Guinness ended on an ominous note as Edward told Arthur, who had redoubled his efforts to participate in the company, that they needed to talk about what was going on in New York. As this episode opens, what’s going on in New York starts to hit home. Summoned by a boy alarmed by the actions of the “Saxons,” Ellen is awakened to the news that Patrick and other members of the Brotherhood have been rounded up by the police. But the chickens coming home to roost doesn’t stop there. As Mr. Isaac Butt QC (Declan Conlon), the Guinness family’s lawyer, arrives for a meeting, a blind news peddler gives him a “message” to pass on to the family: a bullet with their name on it. This, they quickly suss out, probably has something to do with New York. Why the pressure

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