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Chapter 1
No,somethingtopnotch,anallstarIrishcaste,theTweedy-FlowergrandoperacompanywithhisownlegalconsortasleadingladyasasortofcounterblasttotheElsterGrimesandMoody-Manners,perfectlysimplematterandhewasquitesanguineofsuccess,providingpuffsinthelocalpaperscouldbemanagedbysomefellowwithabitofbouncewhocouldpulltheindispensablewiresandthuscombinebusinesswithpleasure.Butwho?Thatwastherub.
Also,withoutbeingactuallypositive,itstruckhimagreatfieldwastobeopenedupinthelineofopeningupnewroutestokeeppacewiththetimesaproposoftheFishguard-Rosslareroutewhich,itwasmooted,wasoncemoreonthetapisinthecircumlocutiondepartmentswiththeusualquantityofredtapeanddillydallyingofeffetefogeydomanddunderheadsgenerally.Agreatopportunitytherecertainlywasforpushandenterprisetomeetthetravellingneedsofthepublicatlarge,theaverageman,i.e.Brown,RobinsonandCo.
Itwasasubjectofregretandabsurdaswellonthefaceofitandnosmallblametoourvauntedsocietythatthemaninthestreet,whenthesystemreallyneededtoningup,forthematterofacoupleofpaltrypoundswasdebarredfromseeingmoreoftheworldtheylivedininsteadofbeingalwaysandevercoopedupsincemyoldstick-in-the-mudtookmeforawife.Afterall,hangit,theyhadtheirelevenandmorehumdrummonthsofitandmeritedaradicalchangeofvenueafterthegrindofcitylifeinthesummertimeforchoicewhendameNatureisatherspectacularbestconstitutingnothingshortofanewleaseoflife.
