Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
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attempt at a laugh; 'my man is armed, and so am I.'
'You know the use of arms very well, Quin,' said Ulick; 'and no one can doubt your courage; but Mick and I will see you home for all that.' 'Why, you'll not be home till morning, boys. Kilwangan's a good ten mile from here.' 'We'll sleep at Quin's quarters,' replied Ulick: 'WE'RE GOING TO STOP A WEEK THERE.' 'Thank you,' says Quin, very faint; 'it's very kind of you.' 'You'll be lonely, you know, without us.' 'Oh yes, very lonely!' says Quin. 'And in ANOTHER WEEK, my boy,' says Ulick (and here he whispered something in the Captain's ear, in which I thought I caught the words 'marriage,' 'parson,' and felt all my fury returning again). 'As you please,' whined out the Captain; and the horses were quickly brought round, and the three gentlemen rode away. Fagan stopped, and, at my uncle's injunction, walked across the old treeless park with me. He said that after the quarrel at dinner, he thought I would scarcely want to see the ladies that night, in which opinion I concurred entirely; and so we went off without an adieu. |
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