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THE PRESS IN THE WALL.
Larry Toole, having visited in vain all his master's usual haunts, returned in the evening of that day on which we last beheld1 him, to the "Cock and Anchor," in a state of extreme depression and desolateness2.
"By the holy man," said Larry, in reply to the inquiries3 of the groom4, who encountered him at the yard gate, "he's gone as clane as a whistle. It's dacent thratement, so it is—gone, and laves me behind to rummage5 the town for him, and divil a sign of him, good or bad. I'm fairly burstin' with emotions. Why did he make off with himself? Why the devil did he desart me? There's no apology for sich minewvers, nor no excuse in the wide world, anless, indeed, he happened to be dhrounded or dhrunk. I'm fairly dry with the frettin'. Come in with me, and we'll have a sorrowful pot iv strong ale together by the kitchen fire; for, bedad, I want something badly."
Accordingly the two worthies6 entered the great old kitchen, and by the genial7 blaze of its cheering hearth8, they discussed at length the probabilities of recovering Larry's lost master.
"Usedn't he to take a run out now and again to Morley Court?" inquired the groom; "you told me so."
"By the hokey," exclaimed Larry, with sudden alacrity9, "there is some sinse in what you say—bedad, there is. I don't know how in the world I didn't think iv going out there to-day. But no matter, I'll do it to-morrow."
And in accordance with this resolution, upon the next day, early in the forenoon, Mr. Toole pursued his route toward the old
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worthies
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mansion
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discourse
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fumbling
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agitation
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aperture
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equilibrium
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chamber
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vestige
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clandestinely
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sprightly
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smothering
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physically
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soothing
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backbone
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squire
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pickles
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cramps
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obedience
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