Have you anything else to ask?"
"No sir," replied Harry, laughing. "Only I hope you will excuse me for
the liberty I took."
"Certainly, with all my heart, and you shall be always welcome to take
the same liberty. Good-bye, again."
Clinton now felt satisfied that Hycy's letter to his uncle was an
anonymous one, and although he could not divine its contents, he
still felt assured that it was in some way connected with the farm
transaction, or at all events detrimental to Bryan M'Mahon. He
consequently resolved to see Hycy, against whom, or rather against
whose principles he was beginning to entertain a strong repugnance, and
without any hesitation to repudiate the engagement he had entered into
with him.
He found Hycy at home, or rather he found him in conversation with Bat
Hogan behind his father's garden.
"What was that ruffian wanting with you, Hycy, if it's a fair question?"
"Perfectly," said Hycy, "from you; but not in sooth from your worthy
uncle."
"How is that?"
"Simply, he wants to know if I'd buy a keg of Poteen which, it seems, he
has to sell. I declined because I have a sufficiently ample stock of it
on hands."
"My uncle," said Clinton, prefers it to any other spirits; indeed, at
home he never drinks any other, and whenever he dines, thanks those who
give it the preference.
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