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"Faix, Mr. Merwyn, now that oi've hope I'll be whist as a baby asleep. Ye knew me onst as a light, giddy gurl, but oi'll watch over Barney wid such a slapeless eye as wud shame his own mither." And she kept her word. For days and nights her husband remained unconscious, wavering between life and death.
Murphy reëntered, and forced her to drink the concoction prepared, the girl accepting with smiling protest. The landlady, empty glass in hand, swept her eyes about the room. "Bedad, but the place looks betther than iver Oi'd belaved, wid the gyurl Oi've got tindin' to it. She's that lazy she goes ter slape swapin' the flure.
"You know," said the custodian, with condescending familiarity, "these mortals worship what they call 'curios' and the 'antique, and 'is lordship gave a matter of fifty pounds for that same lanthern. That's what the modern folk come 'ere to see like as ye." "Oi've an old three-legged stool in Whitechapel oi'll let his lordship 'ave cheap for five quid," suggested the humorist.
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