The best description of the irony of Mr. Shiftlet's statement is Instead of staying at the plantation, where he can see sunsets like these for the rest of his life, he runs away with Mrs. Crater’s car and money.
Mr. Shiftlet says that he would pay a lot of money to be able to stay in a place where he could see beautiful sunsets.
Yet he decides to steal from Mrs. Carter and run away from a place where he could see the same sunset he claimed to want to pay for. This is ironic because he goes against what he said.
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