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he's gone to; but I've found out. It's the truth 

 I'm telling you. Well now, see here. He owed 

 a chap in London no end of money; the chap's 

 name is Lewis, and Lewis sent a man to French's 

 house over in Ireland to take possession. Ham- 

 mering away at the house door the man was, 

 and it empty. Well, I got an inkling from a letter 

 that Michael French himseK, and his daughter 

 and his governess and his horses, were down here, 

 and here I've come to find out; and here he is, 

 and it's to-morrow morning I'm going to see 

 Lewis, and it's to-morrow night the bailiffs will 

 be in at French's." 



" Gloats ! " cried Bobby. " Oh, this is too much 

 of a good thing all at once! Why, it will crack 

 French up and ruin him ! AU the people here wiU 

 cut him. He'll be done for, utterly done for! " 



" He'll get such a twisting he'U never get over 

 it," said Giveen. " It'll mean pretty nigh the 

 workhouse for him and his brat. Cocking her 

 up with a governess! And, see here — " 



" Yes? " 



" That governess is all me eye." 



Mr Giveen accompanied this cryptic remark 

 with a wink that spoke volumes of hbel and 

 slander, and IVIr Dashwood rose from his seat and 

 executed a double-shuffle on the bar-room floor. 



" WHiat are you doing? " asked Giveen. 



"Doing? I feel as if I was going to burst! 

 To think of getting even with that man! See 

 here, you must come up to town and dine with me." 



