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But the Americans gathered that it was something he used to do `` down East , '' and they were sympathetic at once . `` That 's right , you bet , '' one gray-haired man with a young face exclaimed , getting rid of a bulky chew of tobacco that had slightly impeded his utterance . `` There 's nothin ' like keepin ' up old institootions . '' By two o'clock fully one hundred people had gathered . Thomas was radiant . `` Every wan is here now except that old Papist , O'Flynn , '' he whispered to the drummer . `` I hope he 'll come , too , so I do .