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"'O, but I'm in airnest, says the captain; 'and do you tell me, Paddy, says he, 'that you spake Frinch? "'Parly voo frongsay, says I. "'By gor, that bangs Banagher, and all the world knows Banagher bangs the divil, I never met the likes o' you, Paddy, says he, 'pull away, boys, and put Paddy ashore, and maybe we won't get a good bellyful before long.
"Oh, it was thin that they stared at me as if I had seven heads; and, faith, myself began to feel flushed like and onaisy; and so says I, makin' a bow and scrape ag'in, 'I know it's a liberty I take, sir, says I, 'but it's only in the regard of bein' cast away; and if you plase, sir, says I, 'parly voo frongsay? "'We, munseer, says he, mighty sharp.
"'Oh, but I'm in airnest, says the captain; 'and do you tell me, Paddy, says he, 'that you spake Frinch? "'Parly voo frongsay? says I. "'By gor, that bangs Banagher, and all the world knows Banagher bangs the divil. I never met the likes o' you, Paddy, says he. 'Pull away, boys, and put Paddy ashore, and maybe we won't get a good bellyful before long.
Judge, my charming Philander, if I have not reason to be fearful of thy safety, and my fame; and to be jealous that so wise a man as Monsieur did not take that parly to be held with a spirit last night, or that it was an apparition he courted: but if there be no boldness like that of love, nor courage like that of a lover; sure there never was so great a heroine as Sylvia.
Angels av Hiven, if it isn't the same the ol' Gineral was showin' me in the parly." The other sat up suddenly, her white shoulders and rounded throat gleaming. "The old General, you said? What General? When was he here?" "Shure now, be aisy, honey, an' Oi 'll tell ye all there is to it. It's not his name Oi know; maybe Oi niver heard till av it, but 'twas the 'Gineral' they called him, all right.
"So he seen I was vexed; and I thought, as I was turnin' away, I seen him begin to relint, and that his conscience throubled him; and says I, turnin' back, 'Well, I'll give you one chance more, you ould thief. Are you a Chrishthan at all? Are you a furriner, says I, that all the world calls so p'lite? Bad luck to you, do you understand your own language? Parly voo frongsay? says I.
"Well, the word cead mile failte seemed to sthreck his heart, and the ould chap cocked his ear, and so I thought I'd give him another offer, and make him sinsible at last; and so says I, wanst more, quite slow, that he might understand, 'Parly voo frongsay, munseer? "'We, munseer, says he. "'Then lind me the loan of a gridiron, says I, 'and bad scram to you.
This history I would in turn inflict upon the reader, if I were only certain that he is one of those dreadful parents who, under the aegis of friendship, bore you at a streets corner with that remarkable thing which Freddy said the other day, and insist on singing to you, at an evening parly, the Iliad of Tommy's woes.
When the little minister looked out at the carriage window, many of the people drew back humbly, but a little boy in a red frock with black spots pressed forward and offered him a sticky parly, which Gavin accepted, though not without a tremor, for children were more terrible to him then than bearded men.
They clos'd full fast on ev'ry side, No Slackness there was found. And many a gallant Gentleman Lay gasping on the Ground. With that there came an Arrow keen Out of an English Bow, Which struck Earl Dowglas to the Heart A deep and deadly Blow. AEneas was wounded after the same Manner by an unknown Hand in the midst of a Parly.
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