But I'm no hand at preparing a bird for stuffing." "I'll cure them," said I; "the school-master taught me." "Then we're complete entirely, and Alister 'll die Provost of Aberdeen.
Haven't I got the whole plan in my head?
(And it's the first of the O'Moores that ever developed a genius for business!) Swap crimson macaws with green breasts in Liverpool for cheap fizzing drinks; trade them in the thirsty tropics for palm-oil; steer for the north pole, and retail that to the oleaginous Esquimaux for furs; sell them in Paris in the autumn for what's left of the summer fashions, and bring these back to the ladies of Demerary; buy--" "Dennis! stop that chattering," cried our host; "there's some one at the door." We listened.

There was a disturbance below stairs, and the young officer opened the door and shouted for his servant, on which O'Brien came up three at a time.
"What is it, O'Brien ?" "A Chinese, your honour.

I asked him his business, and not a word but gibberish will he let out of him.

But he's brought no papers nor parcels at all, and sorra peep will I let him have of your honour's room.

The haythen thief!" But even as O'Brien spoke, a Chinaman, in a China blue dress, passed between him and the door-post, and stood in the room.
"Who are you ?" asked the engineer peremptorily.
"Ah-Fo," was the reply, and the Chinaman bowed low.
"You can understand English, if you can't speak it, eh ?" The Chinaman smiled.