“But suppose a man hasn't money, what is he to do? Now this divides itself into what is called Hydrostatics an' Metaphuysics, and must be proved logically in the following manner:
“First, we suppose him not to have the money—there I may be wrong or I may be right; now for the illustration and the logic.
“Pether Donovan.”
“Here, your Reverence.”
“Now, Pether, if I suppose you to have no money, am I right, or am I wrong?”
“Why, thin, I'd be sarry to prove your Reverence to be wrong, so I would; but, for all that, I believe I must give it aginst you.”
“How much have you got, Pether?”
“Ethen, but 'tis your Reverence that's comin' close upon me; two or three small note an' some silver.”
“How much silver, Pether?”
“I'll tell your Reverence in a jiffy—I ought to have a ten shillin', barring the price of a quarther o' tobaccy that I bought at the crass-roads boyant. Nine shillins an' somo hapuns, yer Reverence.”