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Chapter 3
Dullbusinessbyday,landagents,temperancehotel,Falconer’srailwayguide,civilservicecollege,Gill’s,catholicclub,theindustriousblind.Why?Somereason.Sunorwind.Atnighttoo.Chummiesandslaveys.UnderthepatronageofthelateFatherMathew.FoundationstoneforParnell.Breakdown.Heart.
WhitehorseswithwhitefrontletplumescameroundtheRotundacorner,galloping.Atinycoffinflashedby.Inahurrytobury.Amourningcoach.Unmarried.Blackforthemarried.Piebaldforbachelors.Dunforanun.
—Sad,MartinCunninghamsaid.Achild.
Adwarf’sface,mauveandwrinkledlikelittleRudy’swas.Dwarf’sbody,weakasputty,inawhitelineddealbox.Burialfriendlysocietypays.Pennyaweekforasodofturf.Our.Little.Beggar.Baby.Meantnothing.Mistakeofnature.Ifit’shealthyit’sfromthemother.Ifnotfromtheman.Betterlucknexttime.
—Poorlittlething,MrDedalussaid.It’swelloutofit.
ThecarriageclimbedmoreslowlythehillofRutlandsquare.Rattlehisbones.Overthestones.Onlyapauper.Nobodyowns.
—Inthemidstoflife,MartinCunninghamsaid.
—Buttheworstofall,MrPowersaid,isthemanwhotakeshisownlife.
MartinCunninghamdrewouthiswatchbriskly,coughedandputitback.
—Thegreatestdisgracetohaveinthefamily,MrPoweradded.
—Temporaryinsanity,ofcourse,MartinCunninghamsaiddecisively.Wemusttakeacharitableviewofit.
—Theysayamanwhodoesitisacoward,MrDedalussaid.
—Itisnotforustojudge,MartinCunninghamsaid.
MrBloom,abouttospeak,closedhislipsagain.
