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Not that I care anything about the matter; I merely obey the will of my guardians; my thoughts are fixed on something better than politics.’ ‘I understand you,’ said I; ‘dog-fighting—well, I can easily conceive that to some minds dog-fighting—’ ‘I was not thinking of dog-fighting,’ said Francis Ardry, interrupting me. ‘Not thinking of dog-fighting!’ I ejaculated.
Now my plan is this Take the money, dress yourself fashionably, and conduct Annette's sister to Bagnigge Wells." "And what should we do at Bagnigge Wells?" "Do!" said Francis Ardry. "Dance!" "But," said I, "I scarcely know anything of dancing." "Then here's an excellent opportunity of improving yourself.
"A great deal of time; I really think that my ballads " Taggart took snuff. "If published would do me credit. I'll make an effort, and offer them to some other publisher." Taggart took a double quantity of snuff. Occasionally I called on Francis Ardry.
"Chiefly the latter," said Francis Ardry, "though he is competent to give advice as to both, for he has been an orator in his day, and a leader of the people; though he confessed to me that he was not exactly qualified to play the latter part 'I want paunch, said he."
But I found the publishers as intractable as ever, and to this day the public has never had an opportunity of doing justice to the glowing fire of my ballad versification, and the alliterative euphony of my imitations of Ab Gwilym. I had not seen Francis Ardry since the day I had seen him taking lessons in elocution.
As for Napoleon, there are some parts of India in which his bust is worshipped. Wishing to make up a triumvirate, I mentioned the name of Wellington, to which Francis Ardry merely said, 'bah! and resumed the subject of dog- fighting. After a slight breakfast I mounted the horse, which, decked out in his borrowed finery, really looked better by a large sum of money than on any former occasion.
The truth was, that for some time past my appearance, owing to the state of my finances, had been rather shabby; and I did not wish to expose a fashionable young man like Francis Ardry, who lived in a fashionable neighbourhood, to the imputation of having a shabby acquaintance.
That which at present engages my waking and sleeping thoughts is love—divine love—there is nothing like that. Listen to me, I have a secret to confide to you.’ And then Francis Ardry proceeded to make me his confidant.
"Nonsense," said I; "why I was repeating, to the best of my recollection, what I heard you say on a former occasion." "If ever I talked such stuff," said Francis Ardry, "I was a fool; and indeed I cannot deny that I have been one: no, there's no denying that I have been a fool. What do you think? that false Annette has cruelly abandoned me."
You must deny your country, must ye? ye dingy renegade! the black North, but old Ireland still. But here's Connemara for ye take this and this Och, murther! What have we got here . . .?" "Who and what is this O'Donahue?" said I to Frank Ardry after we had descended into the street. "An ill-tempered Irishman," said Frank, "the most disagreeable animal alive, once a rare bird on the earth.
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