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The Irish Tourist; Or, The People and Provinces of Ireland
The Irish Tourist Or The People and Provinces of Ireland Author:Emily Taylor Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Verges thanked her, laughingly, and expressed perfect confidence in the goodness of his accomodation. Nor had she promised false : his apartment was pleasant and... more » airy, and after the miserable lodgements on ship-board, seemed even luxurious. He soon slept soundly, and even in his dreams had a sense of self-congratulation on his arrival in a land he had long desired to see, and among a people in whose history and fortunes he felt the strongest interest. CHAPTER II. BOG-TROTTING. " Indeed, Mrs. Burrowes, you are quite in an error," said poor Vergos, a day or two after the evening whose history was related in the last chapter : " I was not laughing at the brogue, or putting fancies into the master's head, I can assure you; I was only asking him to translate the word you said just now." " Translate, indeed ! as much as to say you Irishwoman can't speak Christian English, and must have it expounded to ye, like Latin." " Nay, but nurse," interposed Arthur, " if all were so touchy and suspicious as you are, pray how should this gentleman ever know the Irish ? Let me tell you, Vergos is of your own religion, a Catholic. He had an Irish priestfor his tutor ; and he came over here on purpose to see your country." " Och sure, did he ! and that alters the matter entirely. A Catholic,—bless him :—one may see it in the eye !" " Yes, I assure you, it is true: so now you may speak out all you think to him, and not put on that odd dull look, as if you did not hear, when the priest is mentioned." Nurse Burrowes looked up, and a very comic expression for a moment appeared at the corners of her mouth ; but she corrected it the next instant, saying demurely, " Sure his reverence is a holy man, and 'tis our duty to spake handsomely for him !" " Indeed if it be Father Nolan, nu...« less