al wretch! He would take her from me!" And he poured out a volley
of oaves which are impossbill to be repeatid here.

I thot as much long ago: and when my lord kem with his vizits so
pretious affeckshnt at my Lady Griffinses, I expected some such game
was in the wind. Indeed, I'd heard a somethink of it from the Griffinses
servnts, that my lord was mighty tender with the ladies.

One thing, however, was evident to a man of his intleckshal capassaties;
he must either marry the gal at onst, or he stood very small chance
of having her. He must get out of limbo immediantly, or his respectid
father might be stepping into his vaykint shoes. Oh! he saw it all
now--the fust attempt at arest, the marridge fixt at 12 o'clock, and
the bayliffs fixt to come and intarup the marridge!--the jewel, praps,
betwigst him and De l'Orge: but no, it was the WOMAN who did that--a
MAN don't deal such fowl blows, igspecially a father to his son: a woman
may, poar thing!--she's no other means of reventch, and is used to fight
with underhand wepns all her life through.

Well, whatever the pint might be, this Deuceace saw pretty clear that
he'd been beat by his father at his own game--a trapp set for him
onst, which had been defitted by my presnts of mind--another trap set
afterwids, in which my lord had been suxesfle. Now, my lord, roag as he
was, was much too good-natured to do an unkind ackshn, mearly for
the sake of doing it. He'd got to that pich that he didn't mind
injaries--they were all fair play to him--he gave 'em, and reseav'd
them, without a thought of mallis. If he wanted to injer his son, it was
to benefick himself. And how was this to be done? By getting the hairiss
to himself, to be sure. The Honrabble Mr. D. didn't say so; but I knew
his feelinx well enough--he regretted that he had not given the old
genlmn the money he askt for.

Poar fello! he thought he had hit it; but he was wide of the mark after
all.

Well, but what was to be done? It was clear that he must marry the gal
at any rate--cootky coot, as the French say: that is, marry her, and
hang the igspence.

To do so he must first git out of prisn--to get out of prisn he must
pay his debts--and to pay his debts, he must give every shilling he
was worth. Never mind: four thousand pound is a small stake to a reglar
gambler, igspecially when he must play it, or rot for life in prisn; and
when, if he plays it well, it will give him ten thousand a year.

So, seeing there