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Come, let me have thy counsel, for I need it;
Thou art of those, who better help their friends
With sage1 advice, than usurers with gold,
Or brawlers with their swords — I’ll trust to thee,
For I ask only from thee words, not deeds.
The Devil hath met his Match.
The day of which we last gave the events chanced to be Monday, and two days therefore intervened betwixt it and that for which the entertainment was fixed2, that was to assemble in the halls of the Lord of the Manor3 the flower of the company now at St. Ronan’s Well. The interval4 was but brief for the preparations necessary on an occasion so unusual; since the house, though delightfully5 situated6, was in very indifferent repair, and for years had never received any visitors, except when some blithe7 bachelor or fox-hunter shared the hospitality of Mr. Mowbray; an event which became daily more and more uncommon8; for, as he himself almost lived at the Well, he generally contrived9 to receive his companions where it could be done without expense to himself. Besides, the health of his sister afforded an irresistible10 apology to any of those old-fashioned Scottish gentlemen, who might be too apt (in the rudeness of more primitive11 days) to consider a friend’s house as their own. Mr. Mowbray was now, however, to the great delight of all his companions, nailed down, by invitation given and accepted, and they looked forward to the
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ingenuity
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wont
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alleviate
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skilful
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