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Chapter 1
Skin-the-Goat,assuminghewashe,evidentlywithanaxetogrind,wasairinghisgrievancesinaforcible-feeblephilippicanentthenaturalresourcesofIrelandorsomethingofthatsortwhichhedescribedinhislengthydissertationastherichestcountrybarnoneonthefaceofGod’searth,farandawaysuperiortoEngland,withcoalinlargequantities,sixmillionpoundsworthofporkexportedeveryyear,tenmillionsbetweenbutterandeggsandalltherichesdrainedoutofitbyEnglandlevyingtaxesonthepoorpeoplethatpaidthroughthenosealwaysandgobblingupthebestmeatinthemarketandalotmoresurplussteaminthesamevein.Theirconversationaccordinglybecamegeneralandallagreedthatthatwasafact.YoucouldgrowanymortalthinginIrishsoil,hestated,andtherewasthatcolonelEverarddownthereinNavangrowingtobacco.WherewouldyoufindanywherethelikeofIrishbacon?Butadayofreckoning,hestatedcrescendowithnouncertainvoice,thoroughlymonopolisingalltheconversation,wasinstoreformightyEngland,despiteherpowerofpelfonaccountofhercrimes.Therewouldbeafallandthegreatestfallinhistory.TheGermansandtheJapsweregoingtohavetheirlittlelookin,heaffirmed.TheBoerswerethebeginningoftheend.BrummagemEnglandwastopplingalreadyandherdownfallwouldbeIreland,herAchillesheel,whichheexplainedtothemaboutthevulnerablepointofAchilles,theGreekhero,apointhisauditorsatonceseizedashecompletelygrippedtheirattentionbyshowingthetendonreferredtoonhisboot.
