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Chapter 1
Slightlydisturbedinhissentryboxbythebrazieroflivecokethewatcherofthecorporationstoneswho,thoughnowbrokendownandfastbreakingup,wasnoneotherinsternrealitythantheGumleyaforesaid,nowpracticallyontheparishrates,giventhetemporaryjobbyPatTobininallhumanprobabilityfromdictatesofhumanityknowinghimbeforeshiftedaboutandshuffledinhisboxbeforecomposinghislimbsagainintothearmsofMorpheus,atrulyamazingpieceofhardlinesinitsmostvirulentformonafellowmostrespectablyconnectedandfamiliarisedwithdecenthomecomfortsallhislifewhocameinforacool£100ayearatonetimewhichofcoursethedoublebarrelledassproceededtomakegeneralducksanddrakesof.Andtherehewasattheendofhistetherafterhavingoftenpaintedthetowntolerablypinkwithoutabeggarlystiver.Hedrankneedlesstobetoldanditpointedonlyoncemoreamoralwhenhemightquiteeasilybeinalargewayofbusinessif—abigif,however—hehadcontrivedtocurehimselfofhisparticularpartiality.
AllmeantimewereloudlylamentingthefallingoffinIrishshipping,coastwiseandforeignaswell,whichwasallpartandparcelofthesamething.APalgraveMurphyboatwasputoffthewaysatAlexandrabasin,theonlylaunchthatyear.Rightenoughtheharbourswerethereonlynoshipsevercalled.
Therewerewrecksandwreckers,thekeepersaid,whowasevidentlyaufait.
