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A little before I was inviladed from Burma, me an' four-an'-twenty young wans undher a Lift'nint Brazenose, was ruinin' our dijeshins thryin' to catch dacoits. An' such double-ended divils I niver knew! Tis only a dah an' a Snider that makes a dacoit, Widout thim, he's a paceful cultivator, an' felony for to shoot.
The Lard took Joan fust; then he took my revenge from me. His will be done. The man died four-an'-twenty hours 'fore I found en just four-an'-twenty lil hours that was all." "Thank the Almighty God for it, Joe, as I shall till the day of my death. Never was no prayer answered so surely as mine for you." "Why, maybe I'll graw to thank God tu when 'tis farther to look back 'pon.
"`Faith an' that's more nor I dare, Bridget, says I. `I promist the docthor, sure, I wouldn't touch another dhrop o' sperrits for the nixt four-an'-twenty hours, as I'm a livin' sinner! "`But I don't want ye to dhrink sperrits, says she. `Me an' me frind Mistress Wilkins here is jist havin' a cup of tay, sure; an' axes ye to jine us, that's all!
Do you think that if I hadn't got you, I'd been unhappy four-an'-twenty hours, let alone my whole life? I tell you that's feasthalagh, an' won't pass. He wouldn't eat an ounce the less if he was never to get her.
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