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`` I am sure he would have acted like a man . '' `` If you were to ask father , he 'd say that Mr. Bacon ca n't act like a man to save his soul . He says he acts like a fence-post . '' Shortly before the noon hour , Peter Ames halted the old automobile from Green Fancy in front of the Tavern and out stepped O'Dowd , followed by no less a personage than the pseudo Mr. Loeb . There were a number of travelling bags in the tonneau of the car . Catching sight of Barnes , the Irishman shouted a genial greeting . `` The top of the morning to ye .