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           DirtyDanthedodger’ssonoffIslandbridgethatsoldthesamehorsestwiceovertothegovernmenttofighttheBoers.OldWhatwhat.Icalledaboutthepoorandwaterrate,MrBoylan.Youwhat?Thewaterrate,MrBoylan.Youwhatwhat?That’sthebuckothat’llorganiseher,takemytip.’TwixtmeandyouCaddareesh.

           PrideofCalpe’srockymount,theravenhaireddaughterofTweedy.Theregrewshetopeerlessbeautywhereloquatandalmondscenttheair.ThegardensofAlamedaknewherstep:thegarthsofolivesknewandbowed.ThechastespouseofLeopoldisshe:Marionofthebountifulbosoms.

           Andlo,thereenteredoneoftheclanoftheO’Molloy’s,acomelyheroofwhitefaceyetwithalsomewhatruddy,hismajesty’scounsellearnedinthelaw,andwithhimtheprinceandheirofthenoblelineofLambert.

           —Hello,Ned.

           —Hello,Alf.

           —Hello,Jack.

           —Hello,Joe.

           —Godsaveyou,saysthecitizen.

           —Saveyoukindly,saysJ.J.What’llitbe,Ned?

           —Halfone,saysNed.

           SoJ.J.orderedthedrinks.

           —Wereyouroundatthecourt?saysJoe.

           —Yes,saysJ.J.He’llsquarethat,Ned,sayshe.

           —Hopeso,saysNed.

           Nowwhatwerethosetwoat?J.J.gettinghimoffthegrandjurylistandtheothergivehimalegoverthestile.WithhisnameinStubbs’s.Playingcards,hobnobbingwithflashtoffswithaswankglassintheireye,adrinkingfizzandhehalfsmotheredinwritsandgarnisheeorders.PawninghisgoldwatchinCumminsofFrancisstreetwhereno-onewouldknowhimintheprivateofficewhenIwastherewithPisserreleasinghisbootsoutofthepop.What’syourname,sir?Dunne,sayshe.