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Chapter 12
Thepoormanstarveswhiletheyaregrassingtheirroyalmountainstagsorshootingpeasantsandphartridgesintheirpurblindpompofpelfandpower.Buttheirreignisroverforreverandeverandev...
(Prolongedapplause.Venetianmasts,maypolesandfestalarchesspringup.AstreamerbearingthelegendsCeadMileFailteandMahTtobMelekIsraelspansthestreet.Allthewindowsarethrongedwithsightseers,chieflyladies.AlongtheroutetheregimentsoftheRoyalDublinFusiliers,theKing’sownScottishBorderers,theCameronHighlandersandtheWelshFusiliers,standingtoattention,keepbackthecrowd.BoysfromHighschoolareperchedonthelampposts,telegraphpoles,windowsills,cornices,gutters,chimneypots,railings,rainspouts,whistlingandcheering.Thepillarofthecloudappears.AfifeanddrumbandisheardinthedistanceplayingtheKolNidre.Thebeatersapproachwithimperialeagleshoisted,trailingbannersandwavingorientalpalms.Thechryselephantinepapalstandardriseshigh,surroundedbypennonsofthecivicflag.ThevanoftheprocessionappearsheadedbyJohnHowardParnell,citymarshal,inachessboardtabard,theAthlonePoursuivantandUlsterKingofArms.
