Mr.Burke, Bryan,' I proceeded, 'is a gentleman in the--hem--true sense of that word.

He is generous, candid, faithful, and honest; and in association wid all his other excellent qualities, he is celebrated, among the select few who know him best, for an extraordinary attachment to--truth.' Now, if that wasn't misrepresentation, Mr.Hycy, I don't know what was.

Ha! ha! ha!" "You're half drunk," replied Hycy, "or I should rather say whole drunk, I think, and scarcely know what you're saying; or rather, I believe you're a bit of a knave, Mr.O'Finigan." "Thanks, sir; many thanks for the prefix.

Proceed." "I have nothing more to add," replied Hycy, rising up and preparing to go.
"Ay," said Finigan, with another grin, "a bit of a knave, am I?
Well, now, isn't it better to be only a bit of a knave than a knave all out--a knave in full proportions, from top to toe, from head to heel--like some accomplished gentlemen that I have the! honor of being acquainted wid.
But in the I meantime, now, don't be in a hurry, man alive, nor look as if you were fatted on vinegar.

Sit down again; ordher in another libation, and I shall make a disclosure that will be worth your waiting for." "You shall have the libation, as you call it, at all events," said Hycy, resuming his seat, but feeling, at the same time, by no means satisfied with the lurking grin which occasionally played over Finigan's features.
After much chat and banter, and several attempts on the part of Hycy to insinuate himself into the pedagogue's confidence, he at length rose to go.