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Chapter 4
Theyshakeoutthethreepennybitsandsixpencesandcoaxoutthepennieswiththebladeofaknife.Twoandthreeinsilverandoneandsevenincoppers.Theyputontheirbonnetsandbestclothesandtaketheirumbrellasforfearitmaycomeontorain.
—Wisevirgins,professorMacHughsaid.
LIFEONTHERAW
—TheybuyoneandfourpenceworthofbrawnandfourslicesofpanloafatthenorthcitydiningroomsinMarlboroughstreetfromMissKateCollins,proprietress...TheypurchasefourandtwentyripeplumsfromagirlatthefootofNelson’spillartotakeoffthethirstofthebrawn.Theygivetwothreepennybitstothegentlemanattheturnstileandbegintowaddleslowlyupthewindingstaircase,grunting,encouragingeachother,afraidofthedark,panting,oneaskingtheotherhaveyouthebrawn,praisingGodandtheBlessedVirgin,threateningtocomedown,peepingattheairslits.GlorybetoGod.Theyhadnoideaitwasthathigh.
TheirnamesareAnneKearnsandFlorenceMacCabe.AnneKearnshasthelumbagoforwhichsherubsonLourdeswater,givenherbyaladywhogotabottlefulfromapassionistfather.FlorenceMacCabetakesacrubeenandabottleofdoubleXforsuppereverySaturday.
—Antithesis,theprofessorsaidnoddingtwice.Vestalvirgins.Icanseethem.What’skeepingourfriend?
Heturned.
Abevyofscamperingnewsboysrusheddownthesteps,scatteringinalldirections,yelling,theirwhitepapersfluttering.HardafterthemMylesCrawfordappearedonthesteps,hishataureolinghisscarletface,talkingwithJ.J.O’Molloy.
—Comealong,theprofessorcried,wavinghisarm.
