The Irishman, for such I understood him to be, was stark mad at this bait; in short, he courted me, made me presents, and ran in debt like a madman for the expenses of his equipage and of his courtship. He had, to give him his due, the appearance of an extraordinary fine gentleman; he was tall, well-shaped, and had an extraordinary address; talked as naturally of his park and his stables, of his horses, his gamekeepers, his woods, his tenants, and his servants, as if we had been in the mansion-house, and I had seen them all about me.
L'Irlandais, car tel je l'entendis être, courut sur l'appât comme un forcené; en somme, il me fit la cour, m'envoya des cadeaux, s'endetta comme un fou dans les dépenses qu'il fit pour me courtiser; il avait, pour lui rendre justice, l'apparence d'un gentilhomme d'une élégance extrême; il était grand, bien fait, et d'une adresse extraordinaire; parlait aussi naturellement de son parc et de ses écuries, de ses chevaux, ses gardes-chasses, ses bois, ses fermiers et ses domestiques, que s'il eût été dans un manoir et que je les eusse vus tous autour de moi.