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I'm certain sure ; large as I like to see the clods on 

 a fallow.' 



* I was afraid you would have taken the other 

 side of the question on that point,' said I, ' on which 

 a good objection may be taken, and answered, too ; 

 and which we must not omit : but it was not because 

 I had said my say out, that I came to a pause ; but 

 rather because I felt that there was still so much un- 

 said, and I am too tired to say it now, and you to 

 listen to it, I should think. Come, it's no use deny- 

 ing it. We must adjourn. Besides, I want to hear 

 your objections. I know they'll rise thick and three- 

 fold, when you've left me. When shall I hear them ; 

 to-morrow ? ' 



' To-morrow let it be, with all my heart ! I doubt 

 you've given me a bad nightcap, though ! WTien I 

 get a subject of this sort into my head, it sings in 

 my ears half the night : and when at last I do go to 

 sleep, I dream of it till I 'wake again. Well ! " In 

 for a penny," as they say : so I shall be glad to hear 

 it out. Maybe you'll finish it to-morrow. I don't 

 think I shall ever look at a plough again without 

 thinking of you ! ' 



And Mr. Greening took his departure ; not more 

 busily impregnated with a new subject than he left 



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