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Chapter 5

           

           Lookingdownhesawflappingstrongly,wheelingbetweenthegauntquaywalls,gulls.Roughweatheroutside.IfIthrewmyselfdown?ReubenJ’ssonmusthaveswallowedagoodbellyfulofthatsewage.Oneandeightpencetoomuch.Hhhhm.It’sthedrollwayhecomesoutwiththethings.Knowshowtotellastorytoo.

           Theywheeledlower.Lookingforgrub.Wait.

           Hethrewdownamongthemacrumpledpaperball.Elijahthirtytwofeetperseciscom.Notabit.Theballbobbedunheededonthewakeofswells,floatedunderbythebridgepiers.Notsuchdamnfools.AlsothedayIthrewthatstalecakeoutoftheErin’sKingpickeditupinthewakefiftyyardsastern.Livebytheirwits.Theywheeled,flapping.

           Thehungryfamishedgull

           Flapso’erthewatersdull.

           Thatishowpoetswrite,thesimilarsounds.ButthenShakespearehasnorhymes:blankverse.Theflowofthelanguageitis.Thethoughts.Solemn.

           Hamlet,Iamthyfather’sspirit

           Doomedforacertaintimetowalktheearth.

           —Twoapplesapenny!Twoforapenny!

           Hisgazepassedovertheglazedapplesserriedonherstand.Australianstheymustbethistimeofyear.Shinypeels:polishesthemupwitharagorahandkerchief.

           Wait.Thosepoorbirds.

           HehaltedagainandboughtfromtheoldapplewomantwoBanburycakesforapennyandbrokethebrittlepasteandthrewitsfragmentsdownintotheLiffey.Seethat?Thegullsswoopedsilently,two,thenallfromtheirheights,pouncingonprey.Gone.Everymorsel.

           Awareoftheirgreedandcunningheshookthepowderycrumbfromhishands.Theyneverexpectedthat.Manna.

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