George A. Birmingham

Name: The Search Party — Chapter 2
Author: George A. Birmingham

The Search Party — Chapter 2 (1912)

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“The Search Party — Chapter 2”, published in 1912, is a work by George A. Birmingham. It explores elements such as O'Grady, o'clock and Manton.

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 2 (1912)

“ O'Grady was struck by the answer he received. Very few men, in search of a doctor at two o'clock in the morning, are so particular about grammar as to say, "It is I!" And the words were spoken in a solemn tone which seemed quite congruous with the measured and stately manner in which the door had been hammered. Dr. O'Grady put on a pair of trousers and a shirt, ran downstairs and opened the door. Mr. Red stood rigid like a soldier at attention on the doorstep. In the middle of the road was the motor car in which the English servant used to drive into Clonmore to do his marketing. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 2 (1912)

“ O'Grady was left entirely to his own thoughts. The fresh air had thoroughly awakened him, and, being naturally a man of active mind, he thought a good deal. It occurred to him at once that though gun accidents are common enough in the daytime they very rarely occur in the middle of the night. Good men go to bed before twelve o'clock, and no men, either good or bad, habitually clean guns or go out shooting between midnight and two a.m. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 2 (1912)

“ He would have been paid extra guineas for attending Lord Manton himself if the old gentleman had ever been ill. He could count with tolerable certainty on two pounds a year for ushering into the world young O'Loughlins. Nobody else in his district ever paid him anything.
It is unquestionably possible to live on £152 a year. Many men, curates for instance, live on less; face the world in tolerably clean collars and succeed in looking as if they generally had enough to eat. But Dr. O'Grady was not the kind of man who enjoys small economies, and he had certain expensive tastes. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 2 (1912)

“ A fee of such extravagant amount must be meant to purchase something else besides his medical skill. Men, even if they are as rich as Mr. Red appeared to be, even if they have the eyes of a mad gander and an eccentric taste in house decoration, do not pay ten pounds to a country doctor for dressing a wound. Dr. O'Grady began to wonder whether he might not be called upon to deal with the victim of some kind of foul play, whether he were being paid to keep his mouth shut. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 2 (1912)

“ The man who makes debts and does not pay them is vastly more interesting to his neighbours than the morbidly honest individual who will not owe a penny.
Dr. O'Grady owed a good deal, and just at the time of Lord Manton's return to Clonmore, his money difficulties reached the point at which they began to attract public attention. Like most good-humoured and easy-going men, Dr. O'Grady lived beyond his income. There was a good deal of excuse for him. He enjoyed, as dispensary doctor, a salary of £120 a year. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 2 (1912)

“ O'Grady's custom for ever, and with several others. Life for a time was pleasant and untroubled. Then Mr. Lorraine Vavasour began to act unreasonably. His ideas of the payment of instalments turned out to be anything but suitable to Dr. O'Grady's convenience. The good horse was sold at a loss. The competent groom was replaced for an inferior and cheaper man. Mr. Lorraine Vavasour showed no signs of being propitiated by these sacrifices. He continued to harass his victim with a persistency which would have made most men miserable and driven some men to excessive drinking. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 2 (1912)

“ From what I've seen of him so far, I should say that his notion of manufacturing dynamite would be to take a hundredweight or so of toothpowder, and say to it, 'Powder, explode.' Still, you ought to have been more careful."
"'E's a damned ass," said the man.
"He is," said Dr. ”

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