“If it did not hit you, sir, no matter at whom it was levelled.”
“And let me ask, my lord, if I may presume, whether, in what you suggested by the word fraud, your lordship had any particular meaning?” said St. Dennis.
“A very particular meaning, sir—feel in your pocket for the key of this widow’s house, and deliver it to her.”
“Oh, if that’s all the meaning, with all the pleasure in life. I never meant to detain it longer than till the leases were signed,” said St. Dennis.
“And I’m ready to sign the leases this minute,” said the brother.
“Do it, sir, this minute; I have read them; I will be answerable to my father.”
“Oh, as to that, my lord, I have power to sign for your father.”
He signed the leases; they were duly witnessed by Lord Colambre.
“I deliver this as my act and deed,” said Mr. Garraghty:
“My lord,” continued he, “you see, at the first word from you; and had I known sooner the interest you took in the family, there would have been no difficulty; for I’d make it a principle to oblige you, my lord.”