And if he breaks down in it, then his companions will not be fit for him.

Do you ever hunt ?" "Oh yes,--at home in county Clare.

All Irishmen hunt." "I wish you would go down to him and see him.

He would be delighted to have you." Phineas thought over the proposition before he answered it, and then made the reply that he had made once before.

"I would do so, Lady Laura,--but that I have no money for hunting in England." "Alas, alas!" said she, smiling.