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Updated: October 12, 2026
It was in vain that I offered him his choice of four notes that I had in my pocket one of Fitzsimons's for L20, one of Counsellor Mulligan's, and so forth; the dealer, who was a Yorkshireman, shook his head, and laughed at every one of them; and said, 'I tell you what, Master Redmond, you appear a young fellow of birth and fortune, and let me whisper in your ear that you have fallen into very bad hands it's a regular gang of swindlers; and a gentleman of your rank and quality should never be seen in such company.
Fitzsimons's, and my cracked toilet-glass not much bigger than a half-crown, yet I was used to this sort of ways in Irish houses, and still thought myself in that of a man of fashion.
So saying, I drew my sword like lightning, and giving a 'ha! ha! and a stamp with my foot, lunged within an inch of Fitzsimons's heart, who started back and turned deadly pale, while his wife, with a scream, flung herself between us. 'Dearest Redmond, she cried, 'be pacified. Fitzsimons, you don't want the poor child's blood. Let him escape in Heaven's name let him go.