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Chapter 7
SaintJoseph’schurch,Portlandrow.Foragedandvirtuousfemales.FatherConmeeraisedhishattotheBlessedSacrament.Virtuous:butoccasionallytheywerealsobadtempered.
NearAldboroughhouseFatherConmeethoughtofthatspendthriftnobleman.Andnowitwasanofficeorsomething.
FatherConmeebegantowalkalongtheNorthStrandroadandwassalutedbyMrWilliamGallagherwhostoodinthedoorwayofhisshop.FatherConmeesalutedMrWilliamGallagherandperceivedtheodoursthatcamefrombaconflitchesandamplecoolsofbutter.HepassedGrogan’stheTobacconistagainstwhichnewsboardsleanedandtoldofadreadfulcatastropheinNewYork.InAmericathosethingswerecontinuallyhappening.Unfortunatepeopletodielikethat,unprepared.Still,anactofperfectcontrition.
FatherConmeewentbyDanielBergin’spublichouseagainstthewindowofwhichtwounlabouringmenlounged.Theysalutedhimandweresaluted.
FatherConmeepassedH.J.O’Neill’sfuneralestablishmentwhereCornyKellehertottedfiguresinthedaybookwhilehechewedabladeofhay.AconstableonhisbeatsalutedFatherConmeeandFatherConmeesalutedtheconstable.InYoukstetter’s,theporkbutcher’s,FatherConmeeobservedpig’spuddings,whiteandblackandred,lieneatlycurledintubes.
MooredunderthetreesofCharlevilleMallFatherConmeesawaturfbarge,atowhorsewithpendenthead,abargemanwithahatofdirtystrawseatedamidships,smokingandstaringatabranchofpoplarabovehim.
