I confessed that the incident escaped my recollection.
"Why the cyar-man was a dacent boy, an Mister Morley axed him how was thrade, an' av he was busy."
"No," says the dhriver, "things is quite, very quite," says he.
"Ye'll be busy when ye get Home Rule," says Mister Morley.
"But that'll only last a week," says the cyar-man.
"An' why so?" says the Irish Secretary, bein' curious an' lookin' round at the dhriver.
"Och," says Pat; "'twill only take a week to dhrive thim to the boats."
"Who d'ye mane, wid yer dhrivin' to the boats?" says owld Morley.
"All the dacent folks that has any money to pay for dhrivin'," says Pat, "for bedad they'll be lavin' the counthry."
"That was a thriminjus rap for owld Morley, but 'twas thrue, an' the Divil himself couldn't deny it."