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           Peoplehadgreatsympathywithhim,foritwasknownthathehadmarriedanunpresentablewomanwhowasanincurabledrunkard.Hehadsetuphouseforhersixtimes;andeachtimeshehadpawnedthefurnitureonhim.

           EveryonehadrespectforpoorMartinCunningham.Hewasathoroughlysensibleman,influentialandintelligent.Hisbladeofhumanknowledge,naturalastutenessparticularisedbylongassociationwithcasesinthepolicecourts,hadbeentemperedbybriefimmersionsinthewatersofgeneralphilosophy.Hewaswellinformed.HisfriendsbowedtohisopinionsandconsideredthathisfacewaslikeShakespeare’s.

           Whentheplothadbeendisclosedtoher,Mrs.Kernanhadsaid:

           “Ileaveitallinyourhands,Mr.Cunningham.”

           Afteraquarterofacenturyofmarriedlife,shehadveryfewillusionsleft.Religionforherwasahabit,andshesuspectedthatamanofherhusband’sagewouldnotchangegreatlybeforedeath.Shewastemptedtoseeacuriousappropriatenessinhisaccidentand,butthatshedidnotwishtoseembloody-minded,wouldhavetoldthegentlementhatMr.Kernan’stonguewouldnotsufferbybeingshortened.However,Mr.Cunninghamwasacapableman;andreligionwasreligion.Theschememightdogoodand,atleast,itcoulddonoharm.Herbeliefswerenotextravagant.ShebelievedsteadilyintheSacredHeartasthemostgenerallyusefulofallCatholicdevotionsandapprovedofthesacraments.

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