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Chapter 2
ontheafternoonof27June1886anewboaterstrawhat,extrasmart(afterhaving,thoughnotinconsequenceofhaving,purchasedatthehourandintheplaceaforesaid,thetoxinaforesaid),atthegeneraldraperystoreofJamesCullen,4Mainstreet,Ennis.
Didheattributethishomonymitytoinformationorcoincidenceorintuition?
Coincidence.
Didhedepictthesceneverballyforhisguesttosee?
Hepreferredhimselftoseeanother’sfaceandlistentoanother’swordsbywhichpotentialnarrationwasrealisedandkinetictemperamentrelieved.
Didheseeonlyasecondcoincidenceinthesecondscenenarratedtohim,describedbythenarratorasAPisgahSightofPalestineorTheParableofthePlums?
It,withtheprecedingsceneandwithothersunnarratedbutexistentbyimplication,towhichaddessaysonvarioussubjectsormoralapothegms(e.g.
