And they do say as 'e's got 'is fingers in several pies and is a reg'lar old conspirator, working up the Irish to do something against England.

Yer know since I've made my peace with you....

_Ain't_ it a rum go, by the bye?
Ten or twenty years ago it'd 'a bin 'my peace with God.' I dunno nothin' about God--can't see 'im at the end of a telescope, anyways.

But I _can_ see you, Vivie, and there's no one livin' I respect more" (speaks with real feeling)....

"Well, as I was sayin', since I'd set myself right with you and wound up the business of the hotels I ain't so easy cowed by 'is looks as I used to be.