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Chapter 2
Tohangaboutastable,andcollectagangofthemostdisreputabledogstobefoundinthetown,andleadthemouttomarchroundtheslumstofightotherdisreputabledogs,isMontmorency’sideaof"life"andso,asIbeforeobserved,hegavetothesuggestionofinns,andpubs,andhotelshismostemphaticapprobation.
Havingthussettledthesleepingarrangementstothesatisfactionofallfourofus,theonlythinglefttodiscusswaswhatweshouldtakewithus; andthiswehadbeguntoargue,whenHarrissaidhe’dhadenoughoratoryforonenight,andproposedthatweshouldgooutandhaveasmile,sayingthathehadfoundaplace,roundbythesquare,whereyoucouldreallygetadropofIrishworthdrinking.
Georgesaidhefeltthirsty(IneverknewGeorgewhenhedidn’t); and,asIhadapresentimentthatalittlewhisky,warm,withasliceoflemon,woulddomycomplaintgood,thedebatewas,bycommonassent,adjournedtothefollowingnight; andtheassemblyputonitshatsandwentout.
