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Story six of Dubliners. This LibriVox recording is in the
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public domain. Two gallants. The gray, warm evening of August
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had descended upon the city, and a mild, warm air,
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a memory of summer, circulated in the streets. The streets
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shuddered for the repose of Sunday, swarmed with a gaily
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colored crowd, like illumined pearls. The lamps shone from the
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summits of their tall poles upon the living texture below,
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which changing shape and hue unceasingly sent up into the warm,
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gray evening air an unchanging, unceasing murmur. Two young men
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came down the hill of Rutland Square. One of them
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was just bringing a long monolog to a close. The other,
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who walked on the verge of the path and was
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at times obliged to step on to the road owing
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to his companion's rudeness, wore an amused, listening face. He
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was squat and ruddy. A yachting cap was shoved far
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back from his forehead, and the narrative to which he
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listened made constant waves of expression break forth over his face.
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From the corners of his nose and eyes and mouth,
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little jets of wheezing laughter followed one another. Out of
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his convulsed body. His eyes, twinkling with cunning enjoyment, glanced
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at every moment towards his companion's face. Once or twice
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he rearranged the light waterproof which he had slung over
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one's shoulder in torreodor fashion. His breeches, his white rubber shoes,
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and his jauntily slung waterproof expressed youth, but his figure
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fell into a tundity at the waist. His hair was
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scant and gray, and his face, when the waves of
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expression had passed over it, had a ravaged look. When
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he was quite sure that the narrative had ended, he
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laughed noiselessly for fully half a minute. Then he said, well,
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that takes their biscuit. His voice seemed winnowed of vigor,
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and to enforce his words, he added, with humor, that
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takes the solitary unique, and if I may so call
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it the cher shape biscuit. He became serious and silent
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when he had said this. His tongue was tired, for
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he had been talking all the afternoon in a public
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house in Dorset Street. Most people considered Lenhin a leech,
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but in spite of this reputation, his adroitness and eloquence
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had always prevented his friends from forming any general policy
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against him. He had a brave manner of coming up
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to a party of them in a bar, and of
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holding himself nimbly at the borders of the company until
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he was included and around. He was a sporting vagrant,
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armed with a vast stock of stories, limericks and riddles.
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He was insensitive to all kinds of discourtesy. No one
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knew how he achieved the stern task of living, but
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his name was vaguely associated with racing tissues. And where
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did you pickle up Corley? He asked. Corley ran his
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tongue swiftly along his upper lip. One night, man, he said,
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I was going along Dame Street and I spotted a
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fine tarred under waterhouses clock and said good night, you know.
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So we went for a walk round by a canal,
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and she told me she was a slavey in a
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house in Baggott Street. I'll put my arm round her
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and squeezed her a bit that night. Then next Sunday,
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man I met her by appointment. We went out to
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Donneybrook and I brought her into a field there. She
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told me she used to go with a dairy man.
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There was fine man cigarettes. Every night she'd bring me
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and paying the tram out an back, and one night
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she brought me two bloody fine cigars. Now the real cheese.
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You know that the elfuly used to smoke. I was
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afraid man, she'd get in the family way. But she's
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up to the dodge. Maybe she thinks she'll marry her,
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said Lenehan. I told her I was out of a job,
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said Coraly. I told her I was in pins. She
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doesn't know me name. I'm just too harvy to tell
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her that. But she thinks I'm a bit of glass,
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you know, Lenin laughed again, noiselessly. Of all the good
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ones ever I heard, he said that emphatically takes the biscuit.
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Corley's stride acknowledged the compliment. The swing of his bourly
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body made his friend execute a few light skips from
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the path to the roadway and back again. Corley was
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the son of an inspector of police, and he had
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inherited his father's frame and gait. He walked with his
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hands by his sides, holding himself erect and swaying his
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head from side to side. His head was large, globular
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and oily. It sweated in all weathers, and his large
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round hat, set upon its sideways, looked like a bulb
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which had grown out of another. He always stared straight
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before him, as if he were on parade, and when
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he wished to gaze after someone in the street, it
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was necessary for him to move his body from the hips.
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At present, he was about town whenever any job was vacant,
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a friend was always ready to give him the heart word.
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He was often to be seen walking with policemen and
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playing clothes, talking earnestly. He knew the inner side of
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all affairs, and was fond of delivering final judgments. He
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spoke without listening to the speech of his companions. His
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conversation was mainly about himself, what he had said to
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such a person, and what such a person had said
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to him, and what he had said to settle the matter.
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When he reported these dialogs, he aspirated the first letter
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of his name, after the manner of Florentines. Lenan offered
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his friend a cigarette. As the two young men walked
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on through the crowd, Corley occasionally turned to smile at
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some of the passing girls. But Lenan's gaze was fixed
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on the large, faint moon circled with a double halo.
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He watched earnestly the passing of the gray web of
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twilight across its face. At length, he said, well, tell me, Corley,
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I suppose you'll be able to pull it off. All right? Hey,
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Coy clothed one eye expressively as an answer. Is she
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game for that? Asked Lenin dubiously. You can never know women.
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She's all right, said Corley. I know the way to
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get around on man. She's a bit gone on me.
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You're what I call a gaye latario, said Lenan, and
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the proper kind of litario, too, a shade of mockery.
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Relieved the servility of his manner to save himself, he
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had a habit of leaving his flattery open to the
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interpretation of raillery. But Corley had not a subtle mind.
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There's nothing to touch a good slavey, he affirmed. Take
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my tip for it by one who has tried them all,
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said Lenan. First. I used to go with girls, you know,
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said Corley, unbosoming girls off the South Circular. I used
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to take them out man on the tram somewhere and
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pay the tram, or take them to a band or
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a play at the tailor, or buy them chocolate and
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sweets or something that way. I used to spend money
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on them, right enough, he added, in a convincing tone,
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as if he was conscious of being disbelieved. But Lenan
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could well believe it. He nodded gravely. I know that game,
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he said, And it's a mug's game. An damn the
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thing I ever got out of it, said Coraley. This
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out here, said Lenahan, Only off of one of em,
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said Corley. He moistened his upper lip by running his
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tongue along it. The recollection brightened his eyes. He too,
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gazed at the pale disc of the moon, now nearly veiled,
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and seemed to meditate. She was a bit of all right,
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he said, regretfully. He was silent again. Then he added,
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she's on the twarf now. I saw her driving down
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Ayle Street one night with two fellows with her on
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a car. I suppose that's you're doin, said Lenhan. There
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was other latter before me, said Corley, philosophically. This time
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Lenahan was inclined to disbelieve. He shook his head to
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and fro and smiled, you know you can't kid me, Corley,
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he said, Honest to God, said Corley. Didn't she tell
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me herself? Lenin made a tragic gesture. Base betrayer, he said.
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As they passed along the railings of Trinity College, Lenan
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skipped out into the road and peered up at the
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clock twenty after. He said, time enough, said Corley. She'll
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be there all right. I always let her wait a bit,
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Lenan laughed quietly. Hey, Cad Corley, you know how to
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take them, he said, I'm up to all the little tricks.
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Coley confessed. But tell me, said Lenan again. Are you
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sure you can bring it off? All right? You know
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it's a ticulous job. They're damned close on that point,
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eh what? His bright small eyes searched his companion's face
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for reassurance. Corley swung his head to and fro as
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if to toss aside an insistent insect, and his brows gathered.
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I'll pull it off, he said, Leave it to me,
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can't you? Lenhear said no more? He did not wish
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to ruffle his friend's temper to be sent to the devil,
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and told that his advice was not wanted. A little
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tact was necessary, but Cowley's brow was soon smooth again.
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His thoughts were running another way. She's a fine, decent tart,
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he said, with appreciation. That's what she is. They walked
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along Nassau Street and then turned into Gildare Street. Not
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far from the porch of the club, a harpist stood
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in the roadway, playing to a little ring of listeners.
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He plucked at the wires heedlessly, glancing quickly from time
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to time at the face of each new comer, and
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from time to time wearily also at the sky. His harp, too,
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heedless that her coverings had fallen about her knees, seemed weary,
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alike of the eyes of strangers and of her master's hands.
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One hand played in the bass, the melody of silent
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a moil, while the other hand careered in the treble.
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After each group of notes, the notes of the air
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sounded deep and full. The two young men walked up
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the street without speaking, the mournful music following them. When
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they reached Stephens Green, they crossed the road. Hear the
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noise of trams, the lights, and the crowd released them
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from their silence. There she is, said Corley. At the
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corner of Hume Street, a young woman was standing. She
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wore a blue dress and a white sailor hat. She
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stood on the curbstone, swinging a sunshade in one hand.
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Leninan grew lively. Let's have a look at her, Carley,
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he said. Corley glanced sideways at his friend, and an
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unpleasant grin appeared on his face. Are you trying to
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get inside me? He asked? Damn it, said Lenan boldly.
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I don't want an introduction. All I want is to
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have a look at her. I'm not going to eat her. Oh,
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we look at her, said Corley. More amy. Well, I'll
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tell you what. I'll go over and talk to her
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and you can pass, boy, right, said Lenan. Corley had
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already thrown one leg over the chains when Lennan called out,
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and after where do we meet? Half ten? Answered Corley,
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bringing over his other leg. Where corner and Merion Street.
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We'll be coming back. Work it all right now, said
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Lenon in Farewell. Corley did not answer. He sauntered across
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the road, swaying his head from side to side. His bulk,
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his easy pace, and the solid sound of his boots
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had something of the conqueror in them. He approached the
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young woman, and without saluting, began at once to converse
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with her. She swung her umbrella more quickly and executed
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half turns on her heels once or twice. When he
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spoke to her at close quarters, she laughed and bent
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her head. Lennon observed them for a few minutes. Then
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he walked rapidly along long beside the chains at some distance,
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and crossed the road obliquely. As he approached Tumes Street corner,
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he found the air heavily scented, and his eyes made
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a swift, anxious scrutiny of the young woman's appearance. She
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had her Sunday finery on. Her blue serge skirt was
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held at the waist by a belt of black leather.
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The great silver buckle of her belt seemed to depress
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the center of her body, catching the light stuff of
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her white blouse like a clip. She wore a short
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black jacket with mother of pearl buttons and a ragged
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black boa. The ends of her tull colourette had been
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carefully disordered, and a big bunch of red flowers was
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pinned in her bosom, stems upwards. Lennon's eyes noted approvingly
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her stout, short muscular body. Frank rude health glowed in
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her face, on her fat red cheeks and in her
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unabashed blue eyes. Her features were blunt. She had broad nostrils,
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a straggling mouth which lay open in a contented leer,
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and two projecting front teeth. As he passed, Lenin took
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off his cap, and after about ten seconds, Corey returned
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a salute to the air. This he did by raising
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his hand vaguely and pensively, changing the angle of position
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of his hat. Lenin walked as far as the Shelbourne Hotel,
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where he halted and waited. After waiting for a little time,
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he saw them coming towards him, and when they turned
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to the right, he followed them, stepping lightly in his
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white shoes down one side of Marian Square. As he
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walked on, slowly timing his pace to theirs, he watched
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Corley's head, which turned at every moment towards the young
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woman's face, like a big ball revolving on a pivot.
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He kept the pair in view until he had seen
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them climbing the stairs of the Donnybrook Tram. Then he
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turned about and went back the way he had come.
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Now that he was alone. His face looked older, his
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gaiety seemed to forsake him, and as he came by
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the railings of the Duke's Lawn, he allowed his hand
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to run along them. The air which the harpist had
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played began to control his movements. His softly padded feet
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play the melody, while his fingers swept a scale of
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variations idly along the railings after each group of notes.
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He walked listlessly round Stephen's Green and then down Grafton Street.
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Though his eyes took note of many elements of the
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crowds through which he had passed, they did so morosely.
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He found trivial all that was meant to charm him,
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and did not answer the glances which invited him to
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be bold. He knew that he would have to speak
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a great deal to invent and to amuse, and his
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brain and throat were too dry for such a task.
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The problem of how he could pass the hours till
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he met Corley again troubled him a little. He could
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think of no way of passing them, but to keep
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on walking. He turned to the left when he came
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to the corner of Rutland Square, and felt more at
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ease in the dark, quiet street, the somber look of
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which suited his mood. He paused at last before the
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window of a poor looking shop, over which the words
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refreshment bar were printed in white letters. On the glass
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of the window were two flying inscriptions, ginger beer and
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ginger ale. A cut ham was exposed on a great
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blue dish, while near it, on a plate, lay a
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segment of very light plum pudding. He eyed this food
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earnestly for some time, and then, after glancing warily up
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and down the street, went into the shop quickly. He
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was hungry for except some biscuits, which he had asked
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two grudging curates to bring him. He had eaten nothing
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since breakfast time. He sat down at an uncovered wooden
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table opposite two work girls and a mechanic. A slatternly
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girl waited on him. How much is a plate of
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peas he asked? Three hapns, Sir, said the girl. Bring
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me a plate of pieas he said, and a bottle
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of ginger beer. He spoke roughly in order to belie
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his air of gentility, for his entry had been followed
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by a pause of talk. His face was heated to
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appear natural. He pushed his cap back on his head
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and planted his elbows on the table. The mechanic and
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the two work girls examined him point by point, before
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resuming their conversation in a subdued voice. The girl brought
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him a plate of grocer's hot peas, seasoned with pepper
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and vinegar, a fork, and his ginger beer. He ate
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his food greedily, and found it so good that he
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made a note of the shop mentally. When he had
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eaten all the peas, he sipped his ginger beer and
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sat for some time thinking of Corley's adventure. In his imagination,
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he beheld a pair of lovers walking along some dark road.
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He heard Coraley's voice in deep, energetic gallant trees, and
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saw again the leer of the young woman's mouth. This
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vision made him feel keenly his own poverty of purse
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and spirit. He was tired of knocking, of pulling the
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devil by the tail of shifts and intrigues. He would
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be thirty one in November. Would he never get a
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good job, Would he never have a home of his own?
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He thought, how pleasant it would be to have a
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warm fire to sit by and a good dinner to
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sit down to. He had walked the streets long enough,
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with friends and with girls. He knew what those friends
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were worth. He knew the girls too. Experience had embittered
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his heart against the world, but all hope had not
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left him. He felt better after having eaten than he
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had felt before, less weary of his life, less vanquished
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in spirit. He might yet be able to settle down
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in some snow corner and live happily, if he could
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only come across some good, simple minded girl with a
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little of the ready. He paid tuppens hapenny to the
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slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin
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his wandering again. He went into Caple Street and walked
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along towards the City Hall. Then he turned into Dame Street.
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At the corner of Georgie's Street, he met two friends
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of his and stopped to converse with them. He was
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glad that he could rest from all his walking. His
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friends asked him had he seen Corley and what was
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the latest. He replied that he had spent the day
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with Corley. His friends talked very little. They looked vacantly
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after some figures in the crowd, and sometimes made a
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critical remark one said that he had seen Mac an
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hour before in Westmoreland Street. At this Leninan said that
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he had been with Mac the night before in Eagan's.
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The young man who had seen Mac in Westmoreland Street asked,
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was it true that Mac had won a bit over
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a billiard match. Lenin did not know. He said that
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Hollian had stood on drinks in Eagans. He left his
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friends at a quarter to ten and went up George's Street.
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He turned to the left at the City Markets and
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walked on into Grafton Street. The crowd of girls and
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young men had thinned, and on his way up the
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street he heard many groups and couples bidding one another
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good night. He went as far as the clock of
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the College of Surgeons. It was on the stroke of ten.
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He set off briskly along the northern side of the Green,
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hurrying for fear Corley should return too soon. When he
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reached the corner of Marion Street, he took his stand
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in the shadow of a lamp and brought out one
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of the cigarettes which he had reserved and lit it.
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He leaned against the lamp post and kept his gaze
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fixed on the part from which he expected to see
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Coraley and the young woman return. His mind became active again.
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He wondered had Corley managed it successfully. He wondered if
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he had asked her yet, or if he would leave
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it to the vast He suffered all the pangs and
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thrills of his friend's situation, as well as those of
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his own, But the memory of Corley's slowly revolving head
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calmed him somewhat. He was sure Corley would pull it
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off all right. All at once, the idea struck him
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that perhaps Corley had seen her home by another way
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and given him the slip. His eyes urged the street.
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There was no sign of them, yet it was surely
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half an hour since he had seen the clock of
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the College of Surgeons. Would Corley do a thing like that?
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He lit his last cigarette and began to smoke it. Nervously.
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He strained his eyes as each tramp stopped at the
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far corner of the square. They must have gone home
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by another way. The paper of a cigarette broke, and
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he flung it into the road with a curse. Suddenly
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he saw them coming towards him. He started with delight, and,
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keeping close to his lamp post, tried to read the
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result in their walk. They were walking quickly, the young
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woman taking quick, short steps, while Corley kept beside her
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with his long stride. They did not seem to be speaking.
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An intimation of the result pricked them like the point
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of a sharp instrument. He knew Corley would fail. He
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knew it was no go. They turned down Baggett Street
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and he followed them at once, taking the other footpath.
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When they stopped, he stopped too. They talked for a
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few moments, and then the young woman went down the
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steps into the area of the house. Corley remained standing
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at the edge of the path, a little distant from
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the front steps. Some minutes passed. Then the hall door
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was opened slowly and cautiously. A woman came running down
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the front steps and coughed. Corley turned and went towards her.
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His broad figure hid hers from view for a few seconds,
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and then she reappeared running up the steps. The door
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closed on her, and Corley began to walk swiftly towards
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Stephen's Green. Lennan hurried on in the same direction. Some
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drops of light rain fell. He took them as a warning,
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and glancing back towards the house, which the young woman
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had entered to see that he was not observed. He
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ran eagerly across the road. Anxiety and his swift run
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made him pant. He called out, Hello, Carley. Corley turned
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his head to see who had called him, and then
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continued walking as before. Lennan ran after him, settling the
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water proof on his shoulders with one hand. Hello Coury,
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he cried again. He came level with his friend and
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looked keenly in his face. He could see nothing there, well,
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he said, did it come off? They had reached the
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corner of Ely Place. Still without answering, Corley swerved to
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the left and went up the side street. His features
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were composed in stern calm. Lenharan kept up with his friend,
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breathing uneasily. He was baffled, and a note of menace
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pierced through his voice. Can't you tell us? He said?
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Did you try her? Corley halted at the first lamp
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and starred grimly before him. Then, with a grave gesture,
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he extended a hand towards the light, and smiling, opened
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it slowly to the gaze of his disciple. A small
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gold coin shone in the palm. End of story six
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two gallants
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Story six of Dubliners. This LibriVox recording is in the
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public domain. Two gallants. The gray, warm evening of August
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had descended upon the city, and a mild, warm air,
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a memory of summer, circulated in the streets. The streets
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shuddered for the repose of Sunday, swarmed with a gaily
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colored crowd, like illumined pearls. The lamps shone from the
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summits of their tall poles upon the living texture below,
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which changing shape and hue unceasingly sent up into the warm,
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gray evening air an unchanging, unceasing murmur. Two young men
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came down the hill of Rutland Square. One of them
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was just bringing a long monolog to a close. The other,
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who walked on the verge of the path and was
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at times obliged to step on to the road owing
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to his companion's rudeness, wore an amused, listening face. He
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was squat and ruddy. A yachting cap was shoved far
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back from his forehead, and the narrative to which he
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listened made constant waves of expression break forth over his face.
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From the corners of his nose and eyes and mouth,
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little jets of wheezing laughter followed one another. Out of
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his convulsed body. His eyes, twinkling with cunning enjoyment, glanced
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at every moment towards his companion's face. Once or twice
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he rearranged the light waterproof which he had slung over
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one's shoulder in torreodor fashion. His breeches, his white rubber shoes,
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and his jauntily slung waterproof expressed youth, but his figure
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fell into a tundity at the waist. His hair was
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scant and gray, and his face, when the waves of
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expression had passed over it, had a ravaged look. When
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he was quite sure that the narrative had ended, he
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laughed noiselessly for fully half a minute. Then he said, well,
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that takes their biscuit. His voice seemed winnowed of vigor,
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and to enforce his words, he added, with humor, that
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takes the solitary unique, and if I may so call
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it the cher shape biscuit. He became serious and silent
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when he had said this. His tongue was tired, for
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he had been talking all the afternoon in a public
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house in Dorset Street. Most people considered Lenhin a leech,
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but in spite of this reputation, his adroitness and eloquence
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had always prevented his friends from forming any general policy
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against him. He had a brave manner of coming up
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to a party of them in a bar, and of
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holding himself nimbly at the borders of the company until
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he was included and around. He was a sporting vagrant,
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armed with a vast stock of stories, limericks and riddles.
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He was insensitive to all kinds of discourtesy. No one
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knew how he achieved the stern task of living, but
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his name was vaguely associated with racing tissues. And where
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did you pickle up Corley? He asked. Corley ran his
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tongue swiftly along his upper lip. One night, man, he said,
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I was going along Dame Street and I spotted a
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fine tarred under waterhouses clock and said good night, you know.
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So we went for a walk round by a canal,
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and she told me she was a slavey in a
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house in Baggott Street. I'll put my arm round her
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and squeezed her a bit that night. Then next Sunday,
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man I met her by appointment. We went out to
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Donneybrook and I brought her into a field there. She
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told me she used to go with a dairy man.
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There was fine man cigarettes. Every night she'd bring me
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and paying the tram out an back, and one night
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she brought me two bloody fine cigars. Now the real cheese.
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You know that the elfuly used to smoke. I was
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afraid man, she'd get in the family way. But she's
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up to the dodge. Maybe she thinks she'll marry her,
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said Lenehan. I told her I was out of a job,
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said Coraly. I told her I was in pins. She
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doesn't know me name. I'm just too harvy to tell
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her that. But she thinks I'm a bit of glass,
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you know, Lenin laughed again, noiselessly. Of all the good
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ones ever I heard, he said that emphatically takes the biscuit.
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Corley's stride acknowledged the compliment. The swing of his bourly
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body made his friend execute a few light skips from
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the path to the roadway and back again. Corley was
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the son of an inspector of police, and he had
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inherited his father's frame and gait. He walked with his
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hands by his sides, holding himself erect and swaying his
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head from side to side. His head was large, globular
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and oily. It sweated in all weathers, and his large
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round hat, set upon its sideways, looked like a bulb
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which had grown out of another. He always stared straight
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before him, as if he were on parade, and when
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he wished to gaze after someone in the street, it
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was necessary for him to move his body from the hips.
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At present, he was about town whenever any job was vacant,
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a friend was always ready to give him the heart word.
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He was often to be seen walking with policemen and
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playing clothes, talking earnestly. He knew the inner side of
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all affairs, and was fond of delivering final judgments. He
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spoke without listening to the speech of his companions. His
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conversation was mainly about himself, what he had said to
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such a person, and what such a person had said
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to him, and what he had said to settle the matter.
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When he reported these dialogs, he aspirated the first letter
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of his name, after the manner of Florentines. Lenan offered
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his friend a cigarette. As the two young men walked
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on through the crowd, Corley occasionally turned to smile at
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some of the passing girls. But Lenan's gaze was fixed
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on the large, faint moon circled with a double halo.
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He watched earnestly the passing of the gray web of
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twilight across its face. At length, he said, well, tell me, Corley,
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I suppose you'll be able to pull it off. All right? Hey,
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Coy clothed one eye expressively as an answer. Is she
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game for that? Asked Lenin dubiously. You can never know women.
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She's all right, said Corley. I know the way to
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get around on man. She's a bit gone on me.
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You're what I call a gaye latario, said Lenan, and
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the proper kind of litario, too, a shade of mockery.
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Relieved the servility of his manner to save himself, he
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had a habit of leaving his flattery open to the
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interpretation of raillery. But Corley had not a subtle mind.
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There's nothing to touch a good slavey, he affirmed. Take
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my tip for it by one who has tried them all,
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said Lenan. First. I used to go with girls, you know,
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said Corley, unbosoming girls off the South Circular. I used
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to take them out man on the tram somewhere and
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pay the tram, or take them to a band or
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a play at the tailor, or buy them chocolate and
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sweets or something that way. I used to spend money
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on them, right enough, he added, in a convincing tone,
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as if he was conscious of being disbelieved. But Lenan
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could well believe it. He nodded gravely. I know that game,
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he said, And it's a mug's game. An damn the
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thing I ever got out of it, said Coraley. This
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out here, said Lenahan, Only off of one of em,
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said Corley. He moistened his upper lip by running his
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tongue along it. The recollection brightened his eyes. He too,
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gazed at the pale disc of the moon, now nearly veiled,
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and seemed to meditate. She was a bit of all right,
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he said, regretfully. He was silent again. Then he added,
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she's on the twarf now. I saw her driving down
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Ayle Street one night with two fellows with her on
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a car. I suppose that's you're doin, said Lenhan. There
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was other latter before me, said Corley, philosophically. This time
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Lenahan was inclined to disbelieve. He shook his head to
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and fro and smiled, you know you can't kid me, Corley,
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he said, Honest to God, said Corley. Didn't she tell
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me herself? Lenin made a tragic gesture. Base betrayer, he said.
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As they passed along the railings of Trinity College, Lenan
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skipped out into the road and peered up at the
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clock twenty after. He said, time enough, said Corley. She'll
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be there all right. I always let her wait a bit,
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Lenan laughed quietly. Hey, Cad Corley, you know how to
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take them, he said, I'm up to all the little tricks.
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Coley confessed. But tell me, said Lenan again. Are you
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sure you can bring it off? All right? You know
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it's a ticulous job. They're damned close on that point,
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eh what? His bright small eyes searched his companion's face
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for reassurance. Corley swung his head to and fro as
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if to toss aside an insistent insect, and his brows gathered.
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I'll pull it off, he said, Leave it to me,
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can't you? Lenhear said no more? He did not wish
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to ruffle his friend's temper to be sent to the devil,
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and told that his advice was not wanted. A little
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tact was necessary, but Cowley's brow was soon smooth again.
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His thoughts were running another way. She's a fine, decent tart,
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he said, with appreciation. That's what she is. They walked
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along Nassau Street and then turned into Gildare Street. Not
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far from the porch of the club, a harpist stood
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in the roadway, playing to a little ring of listeners.
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He plucked at the wires heedlessly, glancing quickly from time
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to time at the face of each new comer, and
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from time to time wearily also at the sky. His harp, too,
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heedless that her coverings had fallen about her knees, seemed weary,
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alike of the eyes of strangers and of her master's hands.
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One hand played in the bass, the melody of silent
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a moil, while the other hand careered in the treble.
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After each group of notes, the notes of the air
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sounded deep and full. The two young men walked up
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the street without speaking, the mournful music following them. When
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they reached Stephens Green, they crossed the road. Hear the
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noise of trams, the lights, and the crowd released them
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from their silence. There she is, said Corley. At the
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corner of Hume Street, a young woman was standing. She
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wore a blue dress and a white sailor hat. She
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stood on the curbstone, swinging a sunshade in one hand.
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Leninan grew lively. Let's have a look at her, Carley,
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he said. Corley glanced sideways at his friend, and an
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unpleasant grin appeared on his face. Are you trying to
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get inside me? He asked? Damn it, said Lenan boldly.
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I don't want an introduction. All I want is to
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have a look at her. I'm not going to eat her. Oh,
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we look at her, said Corley. More amy. Well, I'll
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tell you what. I'll go over and talk to her
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and you can pass, boy, right, said Lenan. Corley had
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already thrown one leg over the chains when Lennan called out,
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and after where do we meet? Half ten? Answered Corley,
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bringing over his other leg. Where corner and Merion Street.
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We'll be coming back. Work it all right now, said
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Lenon in Farewell. Corley did not answer. He sauntered across
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the road, swaying his head from side to side. His bulk,
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his easy pace, and the solid sound of his boots
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had something of the conqueror in them. He approached the
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young woman, and without saluting, began at once to converse
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with her. She swung her umbrella more quickly and executed
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half turns on her heels once or twice. When he
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spoke to her at close quarters, she laughed and bent
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her head. Lennon observed them for a few minutes. Then
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he walked rapidly along long beside the chains at some distance,
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and crossed the road obliquely. As he approached Tumes Street corner,
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he found the air heavily scented, and his eyes made
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a swift, anxious scrutiny of the young woman's appearance. She
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had her Sunday finery on. Her blue serge skirt was
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held at the waist by a belt of black leather.
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The great silver buckle of her belt seemed to depress
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the center of her body, catching the light stuff of
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her white blouse like a clip. She wore a short
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black jacket with mother of pearl buttons and a ragged
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black boa. The ends of her tull colourette had been
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carefully disordered, and a big bunch of red flowers was
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pinned in her bosom, stems upwards. Lennon's eyes noted approvingly
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her stout, short muscular body. Frank rude health glowed in
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her face, on her fat red cheeks and in her
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unabashed blue eyes. Her features were blunt. She had broad nostrils,
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a straggling mouth which lay open in a contented leer,
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and two projecting front teeth. As he passed, Lenin took
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off his cap, and after about ten seconds, Corey returned
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a salute to the air. This he did by raising
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his hand vaguely and pensively, changing the angle of position
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of his hat. Lenin walked as far as the Shelbourne Hotel,
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where he halted and waited. After waiting for a little time,
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he saw them coming towards him, and when they turned
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to the right, he followed them, stepping lightly in his
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white shoes down one side of Marian Square. As he
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walked on, slowly timing his pace to theirs, he watched
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Corley's head, which turned at every moment towards the young
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woman's face, like a big ball revolving on a pivot.
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He kept the pair in view until he had seen
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them climbing the stairs of the Donnybrook Tram. Then he
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turned about and went back the way he had come.
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Now that he was alone. His face looked older, his
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gaiety seemed to forsake him, and as he came by
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the railings of the Duke's Lawn, he allowed his hand
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to run along them. The air which the harpist had
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played began to control his movements. His softly padded feet
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play the melody, while his fingers swept a scale of
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variations idly along the railings after each group of notes.
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He walked listlessly round Stephen's Green and then down Grafton Street.
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Though his eyes took note of many elements of the
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crowds through which he had passed, they did so morosely.
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He found trivial all that was meant to charm him,
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and did not answer the glances which invited him to
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be bold. He knew that he would have to speak
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a great deal to invent and to amuse, and his
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brain and throat were too dry for such a task.
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The problem of how he could pass the hours till
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he met Corley again troubled him a little. He could
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think of no way of passing them, but to keep
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on walking. He turned to the left when he came
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to the corner of Rutland Square, and felt more at
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ease in the dark, quiet street, the somber look of
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which suited his mood. He paused at last before the
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window of a poor looking shop, over which the words
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refreshment bar were printed in white letters. On the glass
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of the window were two flying inscriptions, ginger beer and
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ginger ale. A cut ham was exposed on a great
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blue dish, while near it, on a plate, lay a
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segment of very light plum pudding. He eyed this food
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earnestly for some time, and then, after glancing warily up
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and down the street, went into the shop quickly. He
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was hungry for except some biscuits, which he had asked
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two grudging curates to bring him. He had eaten nothing
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since breakfast time. He sat down at an uncovered wooden
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table opposite two work girls and a mechanic. A slatternly
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girl waited on him. How much is a plate of
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peas he asked? Three hapns, Sir, said the girl. Bring
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me a plate of pieas he said, and a bottle
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of ginger beer. He spoke roughly in order to belie
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his air of gentility, for his entry had been followed
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by a pause of talk. His face was heated to
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appear natural. He pushed his cap back on his head
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and planted his elbows on the table. The mechanic and
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the two work girls examined him point by point, before
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resuming their conversation in a subdued voice. The girl brought
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him a plate of grocer's hot peas, seasoned with pepper
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and vinegar, a fork, and his ginger beer. He ate
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his food greedily, and found it so good that he
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made a note of the shop mentally. When he had
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eaten all the peas, he sipped his ginger beer and
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sat for some time thinking of Corley's adventure. In his imagination,
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he beheld a pair of lovers walking along some dark road.
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He heard Coraley's voice in deep, energetic gallant trees, and
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saw again the leer of the young woman's mouth. This
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vision made him feel keenly his own poverty of purse
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and spirit. He was tired of knocking, of pulling the
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devil by the tail of shifts and intrigues. He would
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be thirty one in November. Would he never get a
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good job, Would he never have a home of his own?
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He thought, how pleasant it would be to have a
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warm fire to sit by and a good dinner to
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sit down to. He had walked the streets long enough,
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with friends and with girls. He knew what those friends
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were worth. He knew the girls too. Experience had embittered
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his heart against the world, but all hope had not
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left him. He felt better after having eaten than he
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had felt before, less weary of his life, less vanquished
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in spirit. He might yet be able to settle down
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in some snow corner and live happily, if he could
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only come across some good, simple minded girl with a
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little of the ready. He paid tuppens hapenny to the
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slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin
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his wandering again. He went into Caple Street and walked
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along towards the City Hall. Then he turned into Dame Street.
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At the corner of Georgie's Street, he met two friends
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of his and stopped to converse with them. He was
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glad that he could rest from all his walking. His
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friends asked him had he seen Corley and what was
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the latest. He replied that he had spent the day
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with Corley. His friends talked very little. They looked vacantly
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after some figures in the crowd, and sometimes made a
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critical remark one said that he had seen Mac an
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hour before in Westmoreland Street. At this Leninan said that
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he had been with Mac the night before in Eagan's.
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The young man who had seen Mac in Westmoreland Street asked,
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was it true that Mac had won a bit over
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a billiard match. Lenin did not know. He said that
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Hollian had stood on drinks in Eagans. He left his
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friends at a quarter to ten and went up George's Street.
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He turned to the left at the City Markets and
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walked on into Grafton Street. The crowd of girls and
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young men had thinned, and on his way up the
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street he heard many groups and couples bidding one another
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good night. He went as far as the clock of
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the College of Surgeons. It was on the stroke of ten.
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He set off briskly along the northern side of the Green,
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hurrying for fear Corley should return too soon. When he
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reached the corner of Marion Street, he took his stand
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in the shadow of a lamp and brought out one
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of the cigarettes which he had reserved and lit it.
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He leaned against the lamp post and kept his gaze
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fixed on the part from which he expected to see
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Coraley and the young woman return. His mind became active again.
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He wondered had Corley managed it successfully. He wondered if
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he had asked her yet, or if he would leave
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it to the vast He suffered all the pangs and
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thrills of his friend's situation, as well as those of
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his own, But the memory of Corley's slowly revolving head
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calmed him somewhat. He was sure Corley would pull it
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off all right. All at once, the idea struck him
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that perhaps Corley had seen her home by another way
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and given him the slip. His eyes urged the street.
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There was no sign of them, yet it was surely
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half an hour since he had seen the clock of
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the College of Surgeons. Would Corley do a thing like that?
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He lit his last cigarette and began to smoke it. Nervously.
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He strained his eyes as each tramp stopped at the
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far corner of the square. They must have gone home
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by another way. The paper of a cigarette broke, and
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he flung it into the road with a curse. Suddenly
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he saw them coming towards him. He started with delight, and,
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keeping close to his lamp post, tried to read the
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result in their walk. They were walking quickly, the young
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woman taking quick, short steps, while Corley kept beside her
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with his long stride. They did not seem to be speaking.
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An intimation of the result pricked them like the point
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of a sharp instrument. He knew Corley would fail. He
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knew it was no go. They turned down Baggett Street
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and he followed them at once, taking the other footpath.
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When they stopped, he stopped too. They talked for a
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few moments, and then the young woman went down the
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steps into the area of the house. Corley remained standing
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at the edge of the path, a little distant from
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the front steps. Some minutes passed. Then the hall door
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was opened slowly and cautiously. A woman came running down
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the front steps and coughed. Corley turned and went towards her.
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His broad figure hid hers from view for a few seconds,
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and then she reappeared running up the steps. The door
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closed on her, and Corley began to walk swiftly towards
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Stephen's Green. Lennan hurried on in the same direction. Some
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drops of light rain fell. He took them as a warning,
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and glancing back towards the house, which the young woman
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had entered to see that he was not observed. He
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ran eagerly across the road. Anxiety and his swift run
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made him pant. He called out, Hello, Carley. Corley turned
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his head to see who had called him, and then
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continued walking as before. Lennan ran after him, settling the
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water proof on his shoulders with one hand. Hello Coury,
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he cried again. He came level with his friend and
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looked keenly in his face. He could see nothing there, well,
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he said, did it come off? They had reached the
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corner of Ely Place. Still without answering, Corley swerved to
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the left and went up the side street. His features
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were composed in stern calm. Lenharan kept up with his friend,
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breathing uneasily. He was baffled, and a note of menace
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pierced through his voice. Can't you tell us? He said?
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Did you try her? Corley halted at the first lamp
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and starred grimly before him. Then, with a grave gesture,
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he extended a hand towards the light, and smiling, opened
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it slowly to the gaze of his disciple. A small
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gold coin shone in the palm. End of story six
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two gallants
