[Charles O’Malley, The Irish Dragoon Volume 1 (of 2) by Charles Lever]@TWC D-Link bookCharles O’Malley, The Irish Dragoon Volume 1 (of 2) CHAPTER III 8/8
Well, if he lives through this, give him the sunk fence and the stone wall at Mr.Blake's clover-field, for the hounds will run into the fox about there; and though we never ride that leap since Mr.Malone broke his neck at it, last October, yet upon an occasion like this, and for the honor of Galway--" "To be sure, Brackely; and here's a guinea for you, and now trot on towards the house.
They must not see us together, or they might suspect something. But, Brackely," said I, calling out after him, "if he rides at all fair, what's to be done ?" "Troth, then, myself doesn't know.
There is nothing so bad west of Athlone. Have ye a great spite again him ?" "I have," said I, fiercely. "Could ye coax a fight out of him ?" "That's true," said I; "and now ride on as fast as you can." Brackely's last words imparted a lightness to my heart and my step, and I strode along a very different man from what I had left the house half an hour previously..
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