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thoritatively, &quot; That ! why that s a verbayny, sure ; 

 and yer honor knows a verbayny as well as meself.&quot; 

 &quot; But, Patrick, that does not look at all like a ver 

 bena; it has a very different leaf. Are you confi 

 dent that you are right ?&quot; My honest servitor looked 

 at me a moment reproachfully, and then replied in 

 terrogatively, &quot; And does yer honor think I d be after 

 decaiving you about such a thing as a verbayny ?&quot; 

 Of course, there was nothing more to be said, and the 



