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His field of vision is different from mine, that is all, and he fears that if I accompany him to the shores of the Fairy Lough the Horseman will not ride for him; so I am even taunted with undue common-sense by a little Irish gossoon. I tried to coax Benella to go with me to the hyacinth wood by moonlight.
"Heads up, soldiers," exclaimed Murtough; "I thought you were drinking too much." "Sir, I'm not intoxicated!" said the mannikin, snappishly. "It is the fault of that vile bootjack what sort of a thing is that you have brought?" added he in a rage to the gossoon.
When Eddie fixed the house we're in now, says I: 'Eddie, it's almost too fine for us altogether surely it is, and he says, says 'e, 'Norah, nothin' this side o' heavin or beyond is too good for ye' and he kissed me. Now what d'ye think of that fer a big, hulkin' gossoon?" "It's perfectly lovely, I think, Mrs. Butler," commented Mrs. Cowperwood, a little bit nervous because of others.
Ask your mother to send a messenger forthwith to Pakenham Hall to borrow this book; and if the gossoon does not bring it from Pakenham Hall, next morning at flight of night send off another or the same to Castle Forbes, and to Mr. Cobbe, who, if he has not the book, ought to be hanged, and if he has, drawn and quartered if he does not send it to you.
The kettle was on the fire, tea-things set, everything prepared for her guest by the hospitable hostess, who, thinking the gentleman would take tea to his breakfast, had sent off a GOSSOON by the FIRST LIGHT to Clonbrony, for an ounce of tea, a QUARTER OF SUGAR, and a loaf of white bread; and there was on the little table good cream, milk, butter, eggs all the promise of an excellent breakfast.
'There are thirty-five precin'ts in this ward, says th' leader iv th' rayform ilimint. 'At this rate, I'm sure iv 440 meejority. Gossoon, he says, 'put a keg iv sherry wine on th' ice, he says. 'Well, he says, 'at last th' community is relieved fr'm misrule, he says. 'To-morrah I will start in arrangin' amindmints to th' tariff schedool an' th' ar-bitration threety, he says.
I have got the cushions, and am sitting on one of them, and Sophy and Margaret like them, and think how happy I am, though it is pouring rain, which affects my happiness very little, except for the boy's sake who is to carry this. I have some boy-anity. The glorious orb the day refines, The gossoon warms his shins and dines. To MRS. EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 27, 1835.
The next morning, being post-day, I sent off the gossoon early to the post-office, to see was there any letter likely to set matters to rights, and he brought back one with the proper post-mark upon it, sure enough, and I had no time to examine, or make any conjecture more about it, for into the servants' hall pops Mrs. Jane with a blue bandbox in her hand, quite entirely mad.
"Oh no, sir!" said the gossoon, grinning, "it's the picthure I main, sir an illigant picthure that is hung up in the chapel, and he wanted a hammer to dhrive the nails " "Oh, a picture of the crucifixion," said the little man.
The peaceful father clung to my arm in a kind of terror at what he was witnessing, for he was as innocent of the ways of a big town as if he had been a gossoon from a hedge-school in Ireland.
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