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           HELLOTHERE,CENTRAL!

           Atvariouspointsalongtheeightlinestramcarswithmotionlesstrolleysstoodintheirtracks,boundfororfromRathmines,Rathfarnham,Blackrock,KingstownandDalkey,SandymountGreen,RingsendandSandymountTower,Donnybrook,PalmerstonParkandUpperRathmines,allstill,becalmedinshortcircuit.Hackneycars,cabs,deliverywaggons,mailvans,privatebroughams,aeratedmineralwaterfloatswithrattlingcratesofbottles,rattled,rolled,horsedrawn,rapidly.

           WHAT?—ANDLIKEWISE—WHERE?

           —Butwhatdoyoucallit?MylesCrawfordasked.Wheredidtheygettheplums?

           VIRGILIAN,SAYSPEDAGOGUE.SOPHOMOREPLUMPSFOROLDMANMOSES.

           —Callit,wait,theprofessorsaid,openinghislonglipswidetoreflect.Callit,letmesee.Callit:deusnobishæcotiafecit.

           —No,Stephensaid.IcallitAPisgahSightofPalestineorTheParableofThePlums.

           —Isee,theprofessorsaid.

           Helaughedrichly.

           —Isee,hesaidagainwithnewpleasure.Mosesandthepromisedland.Wegavehimthatidea,headdedtoJ.J.O’Molloy.

           HORATIOISCYNOSURETHISFAIRJUNEDAY

           J.J.O’Molloysentawearysidelongglancetowardsthestatueandheldhispeace.

           —Isee,theprofessorsaid.

           HehaltedonsirJohnGray’spavementislandandpeeredaloftatNelsonthroughthemeshesofhiswrysmile.

           DIMINISHEDDIGITSPROVETOOTITILLATINGFORFRISKYFRUMPS.ANNEWIMBLES,FLOWANGLES—YETCANYOUBLAMETHEM?

           —Onehandledadulterer,hesaidsmilinggrimly.Thatticklesme,Imustsay.

           —Tickledtheoldonestoo,MylesCrawfordsaid,iftheGodAlmighty’struthwasknown.