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So wid that Bonypart pushes up his cocked hat, and begins scratching his head, and thinning and considherin' for the bare life, and at last says he to the gineral: 'Gineral Commandher iv all the Foorces, says he, 'I've hot it, says he: 'ordher out the forlorn hope, says he, 'an' give them as much powdher, both glazed and blasting, says he, 'an' as much bullets do ye mind, an' swan-dhrops an' chain-shot, says he, 'an' all soorts iv waipons an' combustables as they can carry; an' let them surround Bill Malowney, says he, 'an' if they can get any soort iv an advantage, says he, 'let them knock him to smithereens, says he, 'an' then take him presner, says he; 'an' tell all the bandmen iv the Frinch army, says he, 'to play up "Garryowen," to keep up their sperits, says he, 'all the time they're advancin'. An' you may promise them anything you like in my name, says he; for, by my sowl, I don't think its many iv them 'ill come back to throuble us, says he, winkin' at him.
The foolishest apothecary will be able tell how the man met his death." Oates grinned and laid his finger to his nose. "Ye laack subtelty, fraiend. The priests of Baal must be met with their own waipons. Look ye. This poor man is found with his swaard in his braist. He has killed himself, says the fool. Not so, say the apothecaries. Then why the swaard, asks the coroner.
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