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Chapter 1
FirsthegotabitofastartbutitturnedouttobeonlysomethingaboutsomebodynamedH.duBoyes,agentfortypewritersorsomethinglikethat.Greatbattle,Tokio.LovemakinginIrish,£200damages.GordonBennett.EmigrationSwindle.LetterfromHisGrace.William✠.Ascotmeeting,theGoldCup.VictoryofoutsiderThrowawayrecallsDerbyof’92whenCapt.Marshall’sdarkhorseSirHugocapturedtheblueribbandatlongodds.NewYorkdisaster.Thousandliveslost.FootandMouth.FuneralofthelateMrPatrickDignam.
SotochangethesubjecthereadaboutDignamR.I.P.which,hereflected,wasanythingbutagaysendoff.Orachangeofaddressanyway.
—Thismorning(Hynesputitinofcourse)theremainsofthelateMrPatrickDignamwereremovedfromhisresidence,no9NewbridgeAvenue,Sandymount,forintermentinGlasnevin.Thedeceasedgentlemanwasamostpopularandgenialpersonalityincitylifeandhisdemiseafterabriefillnesscameasagreatshocktocitizensofallclassesbywhomheisdeeplyregretted.Theobsequies,atwhichmanyfriendsofthedeceasedwerepresent,werecarriedout(certainlyHyneswroteitwithanudgefromCorny)byMessrsH.J.O’NeillandSon,164NorthStrandRoad.Themournersincluded:Patk.Dignam(son),BernardCorrigan(brother-in-law),Jno.HenryMenton,solr,MartinCunningham,JohnPower,eatondph1/8adordoradordouradora(mustbewherehecalledMonksthedayfatheraboutKeyes’sad)ThomasKernan,SimonDedalus,StephenDedalusB.A.,Edw.J.Lambert,CorneliusT.Kelleher,JosephM’CHynes,L.