“You’ve done nothing, sure; and that’s what.”
“Didn’t I pay your reckoning?”
“O! it’s true you opened the trap door; but you must go and tie me by the tail first.”
He laughed.
“’Twas to keep my country mouse from the gib-cats. No reflection on her.”
“So to keep her from the cats you set a dog on her. A nice one I owe you for that beast of a landlord.”
“Well, he’s called off, and here am I to redeem my word. Will you come with me?”
“Where to?”
“To the tailor and the haberdasher first of all. Will that suit you?”
“Very well—if another pays.”