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I spoke to
you once or twice about it, but you lent me the deaf ear, as they call
it, and from that day to this you never had either the manliness or the
honesty to repay me."
"Ay," replied Corbet, with one of his usual grins, "you volunteered to
be generous to a profligate, who drank it, and took to the army."
"Do you then volunteer to be generous to an honest man; I will neither
drink It nor take to the army. If he took to the army, he didn't do
so without taking your daughter along with him. I spoke to Sir Edward
Gourlay, who threatened to write to his colonel; and through the
interference of the same humane gentleman I got permission for him to
bring his wife along with him. These are circumstances that you ought
not to forget, Anthony."
"I don't forget them, but sure you're always in somebody's affairs;
always goin' security for some of your poor parishioners; and then, when
they're not able to pay, down comes the responsibility upon you."
"I cannot see a poor honest man, struggling and industrious, at a loss
for a friendly act.


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