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Barry Lyndon

CHAPTER I
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'Infamous seducer! infernal deceiver!--you come and wind your toils round this suffering angel here--you win her heart and leave her--and fancy her brother won't defend her?
Draw this minute, you slave! and let me cut the wicked heart out of your body!' 'This is regular assassination,' said Quin, starting back; 'there's two on 'em on me at once.

Fagan, you won't let 'em murder me ?' 'Faith!' said Captain Fagan, who seemed mightily amused, 'you may settle your own quarrel, Captain Quin;' and coming over to me, whispered, 'At him again, you little fellow.' 'As long as Mr.Quin withdraws his claim,' said I, 'I, of course, do not interfere.' 'I do, sir--I do,' said Mr.Quin, more and more flustered.
'Then defend yourself like a man, curse you!' cried Mick again.

'Mysie, lead this poor victim away--Redmond and Fagan will see fair play between us.' 'Well now--I don't--give me time--I'm puzzled--I--I don't know which way to look.' 'Like the donkey betwixt the two bundles of hay,' said Mr.Fagan drily, 'and there's pretty pickings on either side.'.


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