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advice�察 �I'd have you keep out of the way this day�察 �or you'll run a good
chance of getting your deserts amongst my master's friends�察 �unless you
choose to drink his health like everybody else。'
'I've no objection to that in life��' said he。 So we went into one of the
public´houses kept open for my master�察 �and we had a great deal of talk
about this thing and that。 'And how is it��' says he�察�'your master keeps on
so well upon his legs�拭 �I heard say he was off Holantide twelvemonth
past。'
'Never was better or heartier in his life��' said I。
'It's not that I'm after speaking of' said he�察�'but there was a great report
of his being ruined。;
'No matter��' says I�察�'the sheriffs two years running were his particular
friends�察 �and the sub´sheriffs were both of them gentlemen�察 �and were
properly spoken to�察 �and so the writs lay snug with them�察 �and they�察 �as I
understand by my son Jason the custom in them cases is�察�returned the writs
as they came to them to those that sent 'em much good may it do them� �
with a word in Latin�察�that no such person as Sir Condy Rackrent�察 �Bart。�察�
was to be found in those parts。'
'Oh�察�I understand all those ways betterno offencethan you��' says he�察�
laughing�察�and at the same time filling his glass to my master's good health�察�
which convinced me he was a warm friend in his heart after all�察�though
appearances were a little suspicious or so at first。 'To be sure��' says he�察�
still cutting his joke�察�'when a man's over head and shoulders in debt�察 �he
may live the faster for it�察�and the better if he goes the right way about it�察�or
else how is it so many live on so well�察�as we see every day�察�after they are
ruined��'
'How is it��' says I�察�being a little merry at the time'how is it but just as
you see the ducks in the chicken´yard�察�just after their heads are cut off by
the cook�察�running round and round faster than when alive��'
At which conceit he fell a´laughing�察�and remarked he had never had
the happiness yet to see the chicken´yard at Castle Rackrent。
'It won't be long so�察�I hope��' says I�察�'you'll be kindly welcome there�察�as
everybody is made by my master�此 �there is not a freer´ spoken gentleman�察�
or a better beloved�察�high or low�察�in all Ireland。'
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And of what passed after this I'm not sensible�察 �for we drank Sir
Candy's good health and the downfall of his enemies till we could stand no
longer ourselves。 And little did I think at the time�察�or till long after�察�how
I was harbouring my poor master's greatest of enemies myself。 This
fellow had the impudence�察�after coming to see the chicken´yard�察�to get me
to introduce him to my son Jason�察�little more than the man that never was
born did I guess at his meaning by this visit�此 �he gets him a correct list
fairly drawn out from my son Jason of all my master's debts�察 �and goes
straight round to the creditors and buys them all up�察 �which he did easy
enough�察�seeing the half of them never expected to see their money out of
Sir Condy's hands。 Then�察�when this base´ minded limb of the law�察�as I
afterwards detected him in being�察 �grew to be sole creditor over all�察 �he
takes him out a custodiam on all the denominations and sub´
denominations�察 �and even carton and half´carton upon the estate ��See
GLOSSARY 27�В察 �and not content with that�察 �must have an execution
against the master's goods and down to the furniture�察�though little worth�察�
of Castle Rackrent itself。 But this is a part of my story I'm not come to
yet�察�and it's bad to be forestalling�此 �ill news flies fast enough all the world
over。
To go back to the day of the election�察�which I never think of but with
pleasure and tears of gratitude for those good times�此 �after the election
was quite and clean over�察 �there comes shoals of people from all parts�察�
claiming to have obliged my master with their votes�察�and putting him in
mind of promises which he could never remember himself to have made�此�
one was to have a freehold for each of his four sons�察�another was to have a
renewal of a lease�察�another an abatement�察�one came to be paid ten guineas
for a pair of silver buckles sold my master on the hustings�察�which turned
out to be no better than copper gilt�察�another had a long bill for oats�察�the
half of which never went into the granary to my certain knowledge�察�and
the other half was not fit for the cattle to touch�察�but the bargain was made
the week before the election�察 �and the coach and saddle´horses were got
into order for the day�察�besides a vote fairly got by them oats�察�so no more
reasoning on that head。 But then there was no end to them that were
telling Sir Condy he had engaged to make their sons excisemen�察�or high
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constables�察�or the like�察�and as for them that had bills to give in for liquor�察�
and beds�察 �and straw�察 �and ribands�察 �and horses�察 �and post´chaises for the
gentlemen freeholders that came from all parts and other counties to vote
for my master�察�and were not�察�to be sure�察�to be at any charges�察�there was no
standing against all these�察 �and�察 �worse than all�察 �the gentlemen of my
master's committee�察�who managed all for him�察�and talked how they'd bring
him in without costing him a penny�察 �and subscribed by hundreds very
genteelly�察�forgot to pay their subscriptions�察�and had laid out in agents' and
lawyers' fees and secret service money to the Lord knows how much�察�and
my master could never ask one of them for their subscription you are
sensible�察�nor for the price of a fine horse he had sold one of them�察�so it all
was left at his door。 He could never�察�God bless him again� �I say�察�bring
himself to ask a gentleman for money�察�despising such sort of conversation
himself�察�but others�察�who were not gentlemen born�察�behaved very uncivil in
pressing him at this very time�察�and all he could do to content 'em all was to
take himself out of the way as fast as possible to Dublin�察�where my lady
had taken a house fitting for him as a member of Parliament�察�to attend his
duty in there all the winter。 I was very lonely when the whole family was
gone�察�and all the things they had ordered to go�察�and forgot�察�sent after them
by the car。 There was then a great silence in Castle Rackrent�察�and I went
moping from room to room�察�hearing the doors clap for want of right locks�察�
and the wind through the broken windows�察 �that the glazier never would
come to mend�察�and the rain coming through the roof and best ceilings all
over the house for want of the slater�察�whose bill was not paid�察�besides our
having no slates or shingles for that part of the old building which was
shingled and burnt when the chimney took fire�察�and had been open to the
weather ever since。 I took myself to the servants' hall in the evening to
smoke my pipe as usual�察�but missed the bit of talk we used to have there
sadly�察�and ever after was content to stay in the kitchen and boil my little
potatoes�察 。�MY LITTLE POTATOES。Thady does not mean by this
expression