New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory
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_Darby:_ Who else would it be? _Taig:_ What call had you letting on to be Dermot Melody? _Darby:_ What letting on? Dermot is my full name, but Darby is the name I am called. _Taig:_ Are you a man owning riches and shops and merchandise? _Darby:_ I am not, or anything of the sort. _Taig:_ Have you teems of money in the bank? _Darby:_ If I had would I be sitting on this floor? _Taig:_ You thief you! _Darby:_ Thief yourself! Turn around now till I will measure your features and your face. _Yourself_ is it! Is it personating my cousin Timothy you are? _Taig:_ I am personating no one but myself. _Darby:_ You letting on to be an estated magistrate and my own cousin and such a great generation of a man. And you not owning so much as a rood of ridges! _Taig:_ Covering yourself with choice clothing for to deceive me and to lead me astray! |
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