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satisfied and content with the general 

 arrangements of the establishment. 



"I'm not going out to-morrow," said I to 

 Trimbush, with my spirits down to zero. 



' ' Never mind, ' ' replied my friend ; adding, 

 by way of consolation, that he would give me 

 a good account of the day's sport. 



" Yes," rejoined I, " but that's a poor 

 makeshift for the disappointment of not 

 joining in it." 



" Well, well! " added he, hastily. " We 

 can't have everything as we could wish, and 

 must make the best of crooked matters when 

 they occur. I dare say," continued Trimbush, 

 *' that the blow you received the other day, 

 with the fright, may have put you out of 

 sorts." 



''Probably," said I, "and I wish the 

 fellow " 



" Pish, pish ! " interrupted my companion. 

 " You might as well wish him good as wish 

 him evil. We have no more power in the one 

 case than in the other, and it's old womanish 

 to snap your teeth when you can't bite." 



" I heard a man say, when we were out 

 last," said I, resolved to take advantage of 

 Trimbush's present loquacious humour; for 



