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logged down in Inglis's pocket - book to 

 Lord Palmerston's account, and afterwards 

 appeared as such in print." 



" Well, but who can guard against a man 

 who takes you out and tells you deliberate 

 and very ingenious lies?" said the Captain. 



* Vult decipi et decipitur" said the Par- 

 son ; " he looked for a lie, and he found it. 

 You w T ill always do that in Ireland ; the 

 people are but too happy to have the 

 chance." 



" It is a pity poor Inglis died," said the 

 Captain. "Lord Paltnerston could have 

 done no less for so thick-and-thin a sup- 

 porter than give him a jolly good situation 

 in the Foreign Affairs." 



u He would have made a first-rate am- 

 bassador," said the Parson ; "he was just 

 the fellow to ■ lie abroad for the good of 

 his country.'" 



" I do not think you would be very likely 

 to fall into such a scrape yourself," said the 

 Captain. " Paddy's false stories would not 

 have passed current with you. But how did 

 you get at the true ones ? " 



" I got my legends simply by pretending 

 to believe them." 



