directly. This young heiress, my niece, to whom this town belongs, has a
new inn ready built.

_Gilb._ I know, sir.

_Sir W._ Then, Gilbert, write a proposal for this inn, if you wish for it,
and I will speak to my niece.

_Gilb._ (_bowing_) I thank you, sir--only I hope I shall not stand in any
honest man's light. As to a dishonest man, I can't say I value standing in
his light, being that he has no right to have any, as I can see.

_Sir W._ So, Gilbert, you will settle in Ireland at last? I am heartily
glad to see you have overcome your prejudices against this country. How has
this been brought about?

_Gilb._ Why, sir, the thing was, I didn't know nothing about it, and there
was a many lies told backwards and forwards of Ireland, by a many that
ought to have known better.

_Sir W._ And now that you have seen with your own eyes, you are happily
convinced that in Ireland the men are not all savages.

_Gilb._ No, sir, no ways savage, except in the article of some of them
going bare-footed; but the men is good men, most of them.

_Sir W._ And the women? You find that they have not wings on their
shoulders.

_Gilb._ No, sir. (_Smiling_) And I'm glad they have not got wings, else