He
was consumedly in the dumps, poor fellow; and between ourselves, he was
a resolute dog, and atrabilious, and just the fellow to make the jump
into kingdom-come if the maggot bit: and you know his hat was fished out
of the river a long way down. They dragged next morning,
but--pish!--'twas all nonsense and moonshine; why, there was water
enough to carry him to Ringsend in an hour. He was a good deal out of
sorts, as I said, latterly--a shabby design, Sir, to thrust him out of
my Lord Castlemallard's agency; but that's past and gone; and, besides,
I have reason to know there was some kind of an excitement--a quarrel it
could not be--poor Sally Nutter's too mild and quiet for that; but
a--a--_something_--a--an--agitation--or a bad news--or something--just
before he went out; and so, poor Nutter, you see, it looks very like as
if he had done something rash.'
Talking thus, they reached the Mills by the river side, not far from
Knockmaroon.
On learning that Toole was about making a call there, Lowe gave his
bridle to a little Chapelizod ragamuffin, and, dismounting, accompanied
the doctor. Mrs.
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