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Vanston nodded and seemed satisfied.
"Very well," he proceeded; "but, with respect to this memorial. I can't
promise you much. Leave it with me, however, and you shall probably hear
from me again. I fear we are late in point of time; indeed, I have but
faint hopes of it altogether, and I would not recommend you to form any
strong expectations from the interference of any one; still, at the same
time," he added, looking significantly at him, "I don't desire you to
despair altogether."
"He has as much notion," thought Bryan, "of troubling his head about me
or my memorial, as I have for standin' candidate for the county. D--n
them all! they think of nobody but themselves!"
CHAPTER XVIII.--A Family Dialogue
--Ahadarra not in for it--Bryan's Vote.
Honest Jemmy Burke, we have already said, had brought home his
second son, Edward, from school, for the purpose of training him to
agricultural pursuits, having now abandoned all notions of devoting him
to the Church, as he would have done had Hycy manifested towards him
even the ordinary proofs of affection and respect.
"You druv me to it, Rosha," said he to his wife; "but I'll let you both
know that I'm able to be masther in my own house still. You have made
your pet what he is; but I tell you that if God hasn't said it, you'll
curse one another with bitther hearts yet.
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