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Willy Reilly

CHAPTER XX
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Restrain your resentment for the present, and leave Mr.Reilly to the laws of his country.

We shall now proceed to your house, where, as a magistrate, you can commit him to prison, and I will see the warrant executed this night.

We have also another prisoner of some celebrity, the Red Rapparee." "By sun and moon, I'll go bail for him," replied the infuriated squire.
"I like that fellow because Reilly does not.

Sir Robert spoke to me in his favor.

Yes, I shall go bail for him, to any amount." "His offence is not a bailable one," said the cool sheriff; "nor, if the thing were possible, would it be creditable in you, as a magistrate, to offer yourself as bail for a common robber, one of the most notorious highwaymen of the day." "Well, but come along," replied the squire; "I have changed my mind; we shall hang them both; Sir Robert will assist and support me.


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