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Barry Lyndon

CHAPTER II
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I ain't at all satisfied with these here ways of going on.

I'm an Englishman I am, and a man of property; and I--I'-- 'If you're insulted, and not satisfied, remember there's two of us, Quin,' said Ulick gruffly.

On which the Captain fell to washing his nose in water, and answered never a word.
'Mr.Quin,' said I, in the most dignified tone I could assume, 'may also have satisfaction any time he pleases, by calling on Redmond Barry, Esquire, of Barryville.' At which speech my uncle burst out a-laughing (as he did at everything); and in this laugh, Captain Fagan, much to my mortification, joined.

I turned rather smartly upon him, however, and bade him to understand that as for my cousin Ulick, who had been my best friend through life, I could put up with rough treatment from him; yet, though I was a boy, even that sort of treatment I would bear from him no longer; and any other person who ventured on the like would find me a man, to their cost.

'Mr.Quin,' I added, 'knows that fact very well; and if HE'S a man, he'll know where to find me.' My uncle now observed that it was getting late, and that my mother would be anxious about me.


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