I never drink before the race. I always pray before I mount:
And yet I find it's all the same; my prayers have come to no account!"
"I used to curse and swear, but, ah, bedad, my swearing days are done!"
"Then how on earth could you expect to be the man who could get on?"
"I may not dare to curse and swear. I have a rich, religious aunt,
I'm in her will, and I would lose the fortune if I did, and shan't.
She often heard me curse and swear; but warning me one day, says she:
'If you go on to curse and swear, I'll have no more to do with thee!
I've made my will, and left you all my worldly goods, and money, too;