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caused, he accosted them with the following bene- 

 diction " Gentlemen ' then a long breath 

 " Gentlemen " then another " Gentlemen " then 

 a real long breath, and by which he gave vent to 

 his feelings " May you all be d d, may you all 



be d d, gentlemen, and particularly you, old 



Mr. ," addressing an old parson who had but 



little to do with overriding the hounds, for he was 

 rather a quiet inoffensive kind of old fellow, and was 

 not given to thrusting ; however, as he caught sight 

 of the worthy clericus, he dropped into him at 

 once. Now, the good parson not liking to be so 

 roughly handled, and feeling aggrieved at being so 

 picked out from the rest, quietly turned his horse's 

 head, and rode home, saying that he did not mind 



being d d with the rest of the crowd, and 



collectively, but he did not like being d d 

 individually, and that though he was used to being 

 sworn at with others, he did not see why he should 



be d d all alone. Thus " his Riverence," as 



Paddy would call him, rode quietly off from the 

 stormy scene, and never turned his horse's head till 

 he arrived at the rectory, and it was not till the 

 morrow that he felt quite at his ease, for the endearing 

 remarks and good wishes of yesterday had sunk deep 



