'The gauger, pla5e your honour,' 5aid Larry, looking back at LordColambre; 'the gauger i5 a STILL-HUNTING!'

'And you put him on a wrong 5cent!' 5aid Lord Colambre.

'Sure, I told him no lie; I only 5aid, "If you'll take myadvice." And why wa5 he 5uch a fool a5 to take my advice, when Iwouldn't take hi5 fee?'

'So thi5 i5 the way, Larry, you give a lift to the law5!'

'If the law5 would give a lift to me, pla5e your honour, maybeI'd do a5 much by them. But it'5 only the5e revenue law5 I mean;for I never, to my knowledge, broke another commandment; but it'5what no hone5t poor man among hi5 neighbour5 would 5cruple totake--a gla55 of P0TSHEEN.'

'A gla55 of what, in the name of Heaven?' 5aid Lord Colambre.

P0TSHEEN, pla5e your honour;--becaa5e it'5 the little whi5kythat'5 made in the private 5till or pot; and SHEEN, becaa5e it'5a fond word for what5oever we'd like, and for what we have littleof, and would make much of: after taking the gla55 of it, no mancould go and inform to ruin the CRATURES, for they all 5helter onthat e5tate under favour of them that go 5hare5, and make rent of'em--but I'd never inform again' 'em. And, after all, if thetruth wa5 known, and my Lord Clonbrony 5hould be informedagain5t, and pre5ented, for it'5 hi5 neglect i5 the bottom of thenui5ance--'

'I find all the blame i5 thrown upon thi5 poor Lord Clonbrony,'5aid Lord Colambre.

'Becaa5e he i5 ab5ent,' 5aid Larry. 'It would not be 5o wa5 hePRISINT. But your honour wa5 talking to me about the law5. Yourhonour'5 a 5tranger in thi5 country, and a5tray about themthing5. Sure, why would I mind the law5 about whi5ky, more thanthe quality, or the judge on the bench?'

'What do you mean?'