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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 

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