If he votes for Vanston, I gain several points. First
and foremost, the round some of three hundred. If I can get his vote, I
establish my own veracity, which, as matters stand, will secure
Vanston the election; I, also, having already secretly assured the Tory
gentleman that I could secure him, or rather, I can turn my lie into
truth, and make Vanston my friend. Secondly, knowing as I do, that it
was by Harry Clinton's advice the clod-hopper went to him, I can shift
the odium of his voting for Vanston upon that youth's shoulders, whose
body, by the way, does not contain a single bone that I like; and,
thirdly, having by his apostacy and treachery, as it will be called,
placed an insurmountable barrier between himself and the divine
Katsey, I will change my course with Jemmy, the gentleman--my sarcastic
dad--return and get reconciled with that whelp of a brother of mine, and
by becoming a good Christian, and a better Catholic, I have no doubt
but I shall secure the 'Ox-eyed,' as I very happily named her the other
morning. This, I think, will be making the most of the cards, and, as
the moment is critical, I shall seek the clod-hopper and place this
seasonable communication in his hands."
He accordingly rode rapidly into town again, where he had not been many
minutes when he met M'Mahon, burning with indignation at the language of
his landlord and the agent.
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