Yet there is some
comfort for you too--some comfort, I say again; for you who never lived
one upright hour will die an upright death. A certain official will
erect a perpendicular with you; but for that touck of Mathematics you
must go to the hangman, at whose hands you will have to receive the
rites of your church, you monstrous bog-trotting Gorgon. Mine a trade!
Shades of Academus, am I to bear this!"
Finigan was, like most of his class, a privileged man; but on this
occasion the loudness of the mirth prevented Hogan's reply from being
heard. As to violence, nobody that knew the poor pedagogue could ever
dream of using it towards him, and there is little doubt that the
consciousness of this caused him to give his tongue a license when
provoked, which he otherwise would not have dared to venture upon.
When he first made his appearance he was so far advanced in liquor as
scarcely to be able to stand, and it was quite evident that the heat of
the crowded house by no means improved him.
In about a quarter of an hour after Bryan and Kathleen had danced, the
good people of the kemp were honored by the appearance of Hycy Burke
among them--not in his jockey dress, but in a tight-fitting suit, that
set off his exceedingly well-made person to great advantage. In
fact, Hycy was a young fellow of a remarkably handsome face, full
of liveliness and apparent good humor, and a figure that was nearly
perfect.
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