Costigan said, with a look of tremendous severity.
"'Sdeath, sir, what do you mean?" the Major asked, turning round on the
threshold of the door, and looking the intrepid Costigan in the face.
"Ye said, in the coorse of conversation, that ye were at the George
Hotel, I think," Mr. Costigan said in a stately manner. "A friend shall
wait upon ye there before ye leave town, sir."
"Let him make haste, Mr. Costigan," cried out the Major, almost beside
himself with rage. "I wish you a good morning, sir." And Captain Costigan
bowed a magnificent bow of defiance to Major Pendennis over the
landing-place as the latter retreated down the stairs.
CHAPTER XII
In which a Shooting Match is proposed
Early mention has been made in this history of Mr. Garbetts, Principal
Tragedian, a promising and athletic young actor, of jovial habits and
irregular inclinations, between whom and Mr. Costigan there was a
considerable intimacy. They were the chief ornaments of the convivial
club held at the Magpie Hotel; they helped each other in various bill
transactions in which they had been engaged, with the mutual loan of each
other's valuable signatures.
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