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`` I du n no , though -- if 't was that black imp of a Billy he 'd as well be doing that as propping up the stable wall an ' smokin ' ! '' Jim chuckled . `` There 's no getting round an Irishman when he makes up his mind , '' he said . `` And if you had to catch the eight o'clock train to Melbourne I believe you 'd rather get up at three in the morning and run up the horses to drive in , than leave here comfortably in the car at seven . '' `` Is it me to dhrive in it ? '' demanded Murty , in horror . `` Begob , I 'd lose me life before I 'd get into one of thim quare , sawed-off things .