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4 Teag. Why sir, I was no business at all, but wh do you call the green tree that's like a whin bus people makes a thing to sweep the house of it?

Tom. O yes, Paddy, they call it the broom.

Teag. Ay, ay, you have it, I was a gentleman broom, only waited on his horses, and washed t dishes for the cook; and when my master rode hunting, I went behind with the dogs.

Tom. O yes, Paddy, it was the groom you me But I fancy you was cook's mate, or kitchen be

Teag. No, no, it was the broom that I was, a if I had staid there till now, I might have been a vanced as high as my master, for the ladies lov me so well, that they laughed at me.

Tom. They might admire you for a fool.

Teag. What, sir, do you imagine that I am no fool? no, no, may master asked counsel of me in his matters, and I always gave him a reason every thing; I told him one morning, that he we too soon to the hunting, that the hares were not g out of their beds, and neither the barking of horr nor the blowing of dogs could make them rise, was such a cold morning that night; so they all n away that we catched, when we did not see the Then my master told my words to several gentl men that was at dinner with him, and they admir me for want of judgment, for my head was all of lump; adding, they were going a-fishing along wi my master and ine in the afternoon; but I told the that it was a very unhappy thing for any man to a hunting in the morning, and a-fishing in the afternoon; they would try it, but they had better sta at home, for it came on a most terrible fine night sonth west rain, and even-down wind; so the fish got all below the water to keep them dry from t shower, and we catched them all but got none.

Tom. How long did you serve that gentleman Pad

Teag. Arra, dear honey, I was with him weeks, and he beat the seven time