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anything at less than eighteen shillings a- 

 dozen, taking one with another. But I will 

 tell you another reason. What do you 

 mean to do with yourself to day?" 



" Do ? Why, when I have finished my 

 cigar, I mean to go down to the kitchen, 

 and have a little talk with Anne and Sally." 



" I do not doubt you the least in the 

 world ; but even Anne and Sally cannot 

 make love for a whole rainy day. Cigars, 

 too, are delicious ; but they have an end. 

 Books are too heavy to be carried to the ends 

 of the world, and you can get none in Ire- 

 land, for the natives do not read. My day 

 to-day will be one of scientific and instruct- 

 ive amusement ; I should like to know what 

 yours will be ? " 



" A very pleasant one, I have no doubt ; 

 no one need be at a loss for amusement in an 

 Irish kitchen. The chances are, I shall get 

 up a fight or a dance before an hour is over ; 

 or, at all events, I can take a portrait of the 

 pig, or sketch the cocks and hens. So here 

 goes," he said, proceeding down the stairs, 

 but not very eagerly or rapidly, " like a 

 knight-errant in search of adventures." 



" And from the very same cause," said the 



