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He became worldly; but it was rather the worldliness of habit than of principle. In the case of Ellish, it proceeded from both; her mind was apt, vigorous, and conceptive; her body active, her manners bland and insinuating, and her penetration almost intuitive. About the time of their entering upon the second farm, four children had been, the fruit of their marriage two sons and two daughters.
"Indeed, an' you're raal flesh and blood, Ellish, if that's thrue."
I saw no reason for denying that, and he continued: "If this ole packet is 'aunted, as some on 'em seems to think, well all as I can say is, let me 'ave the luck to tumble across another of the same sort. Good grub, an' duff fer Sundays, an' a decent crowd of 'em aft, an' everythin' comfertable like, so as yer can feel yer knows where yer are. As fer 'er bein' 'aunted, that's all 'ellish nonsense.
"You ought," replied Ellish, "to be a bether judge of whiskey nor either Dan nor me; an' I'll tell you why you dhrink it in more places, and can make comparishment one wid another; but Dan an' me is confined mostly to our own, an' of that same we take very little, an' the less the betther for people in business, or indeed for anybody." "Very true, Mrs. Connell!
Pettier himself wouldn't make a hand of her. Faix, she's a cute one. I palavered her at the rate of a hunt, an' she ped me back in my own coin, with dacent intherest but no whiskey! Now to take a rise out o' Pettier. Jist sit where ye are, till I come back." He left them enjoying the intended "spree," and went back to Ellish.
"Faith, sure enough, Ellish; but what deep skame are you penethratin' now, you desaver?" "I'd lay my life, you'll have a proposial o' marriage from Father Mulcahy, atween our Dan an' Miss Granua. For many a day he's hintin' to us, from time to time, about the great offers she had; now what's the rason, if she had these great offers, that he didn't take them?"
But, death alive, sir, sure when we put both conclusions together myself bein' sich a worthy man, and Ellish such a tip-top wife, who could blame me for smellin' the bottle? for divil a much more I did about two glasses, sir an' so it got up into my head a little when I was wid your honor to-day before." "But what is the amount of all this, Peter?"
"I didn't intind to tell you, but I had it laid out for you." "Faith, you're a beauty, Ellish. What'll we call this young chap that's comin', acushla?" "Now, Pether, none o' your capers. It's time enough when the thing happens to be thinkin' o' that, Glory be to God!" "Well, you may talk as you plase, but I'll call him Pether." "An' how do you know but he'll be a girl, you omadhawn?"
If you get a lase of it at a fair rint, I'll buy another horse, any how. Isn't that doin' the thing dacent'?" "More power to you, Ellish! I'll hold you a crown, I pay you the price o' the horse afore this time twelvemonth." "Done! The sarra be off me but done! an' here's Barny Dillon an' Katty Hacket to bear witness." "Sure enough we will," said Barny, the servant.
"The sarra doubt of it; but takin' the other farm was the brightest thought I seen wid you yit. Will you do it, avillish?" "To be sure. Don't I say it? An' it'll be up wid the lark wid me. Hut, woman, you don't see the half o' what's in me, yet." "I'll buy you a hat and a pair o' stockins at Christmas." "Will you, Ellish? Then, by the book, I'll work like a horse."
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