Then, as for managing a bargain--upon my soul, I don't think he treated me well, though, in the swop of 'Hop-and-go-constant' against my precious bit of blood, 'Pat the Spanker.' He made me pay him twenty-five pounds boot for an old--But you shall see him, Reilly, you shall see him, Willy, and if ever there was a greater take in--you needn't smile, He en, nor look at Willy.

By the good King William that saved us from Pope, and--ahem--I beg pardon, Willy, but, upon my soul, he took me completely in.

I say, I shall show you 'Hop-and-go-constant', and when you see him you'll admit the 'Hop,' but the devil a bit you will find of the 'Go-constant.'" "I suppose the gentleman's personal appearance, sir," observed Reilly, glancing at Miss Folliard, "is equal to his other qualities." "Why--a--ye-s.

He's tall and thin and serious, with something about him, say, of a philosopher.

Isn't that true, Helen ?" "Perfectly, papa," she replied, with a smile of arch humor, which, to Reilly, placed her character in a new light.
"Perfectly true, papa, so far as you have gone; but I trust you will finish the portrait for Mr.Reilly." "Well, then, I will.