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the gentleman, for he know'd Mr. Iremonger were 

 nearly blind, 'but you did, nevertheless.' Well, sir, as 

 soon as he heard of it, he comes up to me when he got 

 the opportunity, and says how sorry he was, and hoped 

 he hadn't hurt me, and so it all ended very well ; but 

 I did laugh afterwards. There, poor man, he couldn't 

 see, you know, sir, and he didn't mean no harm, and 

 he was very fond o' a bit of hunting, and a very nice 

 gentleman too." 



