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Chapter 7
StridingpastFinn’shotelCashelBoyleO’ConnorFitzmauriceTisdallFarrellstaredthroughafierceeyeglassacrossthecarriagesattheheadofMrM.E.SolomonsinthewindowoftheAustro-Hungarianviceconsulate.DeepinLeinsterstreetbyTrinity’sposternaloyalking’sman,Hornblower,touchedhistallyhocap.AstheglossyhorsesprancedbyMerrionsquareMasterPatrickAloysiusDignam,waiting,sawsalutesbeinggiventothegentwiththetopperandraisedalsohisnewblackcapwithfingersgreasedbyporksteakpaper.Hiscollartoosprangup.Theviceroy,onhiswaytoinauguratetheMirusbazaarinaidoffundsforMercer’shospital,drovewithhisfollowingtowardsLowerMountstreet.HepassedablindstriplingoppositeBroadbent’s.InLowerMountstreetapedestrianinabrownmacintosh,eatingdrybread,passedswiftlyandunscathedacrosstheviceroy’spath.AttheRoyalCanalbridge,fromhishoarding,MrEugeneStratton,hisblublipsagrin,badeallcomerswelcometoPembroketownship.AtHaddingtonroadcornertwosandedwomenhaltedthemselves,anumbrellaandabaginwhichelevencocklesrolledtoviewwithwonderthelordmayorandladymayoresswithouthisgoldenchain.OnNorthumberlandandLansdowneroadsHisExcellencyacknowledgedpunctuallysalutesfromraremalewalkers,thesaluteoftwosmallschoolboysatthegardengateofthehousesaidtohavebeenadmiredbythelatequeenwhenvisitingtheIrishcapitalwithherhusband,theprinceconsort,in1849andthesaluteofAlmidanoArtifoni’ssturdytrousersswallowedbyaclosingdoor.
