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Chapter 7
Itwasidyllic:andFatherConmeereflectedontheprovidenceoftheCreatorwhohadmadeturftobeinbogswhencemenmightdigitoutandbringittotownandhamlettomakefiresinthehousesofpoorpeople.
OnNewcomenbridgetheveryreverendJohnConmeeS.J.ofsaintFrancisXavier’schurch,upperGardinerstreet,steppedontoanoutwardboundtram.
OffaninwardboundtramsteppedthereverendNicholasDudleyC.C.ofsaintAgatha’schurch,northWilliamstreet,ontoNewcomenbridge.
AtNewcomenbridgeFatherConmeesteppedintoanoutwardboundtramforhedislikedtotraverseonfootthedingywaypastMudIsland.
FatherConmeesatinacornerofthetramcar,abluetickettuckedwithcareintheeyeofoneplumpkidglove,whilefourshillings,asixpenceandfivepennieschutedfromhisotherplumpglovepalmintohispurse.Passingtheivychurchhereflectedthattheticketinspectorusuallymadehisvisitwhenonehadcarelesslythrownawaytheticket.ThesolemnityoftheoccupantsofthecarseemedtoFatherConmeeexcessiveforajourneysoshortandcheap.FatherConmeelikedcheerfuldecorum.
Itwasapeacefulday.ThegentlemanwiththeglassesoppositeFatherConmeehadfinishedexplainingandlookeddown.Hiswife,FatherConmeesupposed.Atinyyawnopenedthemouthofthewifeofthegentlemanwiththeglasses.Sheraisedhersmallglovedfist,yawnedeversogently,tiptappinghersmallglovedfistonheropeningmouthandsmiledtinily,sweetly.
FatherConmeeperceivedherperfumeinthecar.
