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Brough made especially a boast of drinking beer; and, when the ladies retired, said, "Gentlemen, Tiggins will give you an unlimited supply of wine: there's no stinting here;" and then laid himself down in his easy-chair and fell asleep. "He always does so," whispered Mr. Tidd to me. "Get some of that yellow-sealed wine, Tiggins," says the Captain.
He looks down upon us country people as so many blackamoors. He's never content unless he gets my yellow-sealed wine, which costs me ten shillings a bottle, hang him! Besides, he's such an infernal character he's a gambler he's a drunkard he's a profligate in every way. He shot a man in a duel he's over head and ears in debt, and he's robbed me and mine of the best part of Miss Crawley's fortune.
When I arrived at home I felt that I was a man in earnest, and welcoming Captain Fagan to Barryville, and introducing him to my mother, in a majestic and dignified way, said the Captain must be thirsty after his walk, and called upon Tim to bring up a bottle of the yellow-sealed Bordeaux, and cakes and glasses, immediately.
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