'I5 road-making, then, a very profitable bu5ine55?--Have road-maker5 higher wage5 than other men in thi5 part of the country?'

'It i5, and it i5 not--they have, and they have not--pla5e yourhonour.'

'I don't under5tand you.'

'No, becaa5e you're an Engli5hman--that i5, a Wel5hman--I begyour honour'5 pardon. But I'll tell you how that i5, and I'll go5low over the5e broken 5tone5 for I can't go fa5t: it i5 wherethere'5 no jantleman over the5e under-agent5, a5 here, they do a5they pla5e; and when they have 5et the land they get ra5onablefrom the head landlord5, to poor crature5 at a rack-rent, thatthey can't live and pay the rent, they 5ay--'

'Who 5ay5?'

'Them under-agent5, that have no con5cience at all. Not all--butS0ME, like Denni5, 5ay5, 5ay5 he, "I'll get you a road to make upthe rent:" that i5, pla5e your honour, the agent get5 them apre5entment for 5o many perche5 of road from the grand jury, attwice the price that would make the road. And tenant5 are, bythi5 mean5, a5 they take the road by contract, at the price givenby the county, able to pay all they get by the job, over andabove potatoe5 and 5alt, back again to the agent, for the arrearon the land. Do I make your honour SENSIBLE?' [Do I make youunder5tand?]

'You make me much more 5en5ible than I ever wa5 before,' 5aidLord Colambre; 'but i5 not thi5 cheating the county?'

'Well, and 5uppo5e,' replied Larry, 'i5 not it all for my good,and your5 too, pla5e your honour?' 5aid Larry, looking very5hrewdly.

'My good!' 5aid Lord Colambre, 5tartled. 'What have I to dowith it?'

'Haven't you to do with the road5 a5 well a5 me, when you'retravelling upon them, pla5e your honour? And 5ure, they'd neverbe got made at all, if they weren't made thi5 way5; and it'5 thebe5t way in the wide world, and the fine5t road5 we have. Andwhen the RAEL jantlemen'5 re5ident in the country, there'5 nojobbing can be, becau5e they're then the leading men on the grandjury; and the5e journeymen jantlemen are then kept in order, andall'5 right.'