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Chapter 9
Fromthebelfriesfarandnearthefunerealdeathbelltolledunceasinglywhileallaroundthegloomyprecinctsrolledtheominouswarningofahundredmuffleddrumspunctuatedbythehollowboomingofpiecesofordnance.Thedeafeningclapsofthunderandthedazzlingflashesoflightningwhichlituptheghastlyscenetestifiedthattheartilleryofheavenhadlentitssupernaturalpomptothealreadygruesomespectacle.Atorrentialrainpoureddownfromthefloodgatesoftheangryheavensuponthebaredheadsoftheassembledmultitudewhichnumberedatthelowestcomputationfivehundredthousandpersons.AposseofDublinMetropolitanpolicesuperintendedbytheChiefCommissionerinpersonmaintainedorderinthevastthrongforwhomtheYorkstreetbrassandreedbandwhiledawaytheinterveningtimebyadmirablyrenderingontheirblackdrapedinstrumentsthematchlessmelodyendearedtousfromthecradlebySperanza’splaintivemuse.Specialquickexcursiontrainsandupholsteredcharabancshadbeenprovidedforthecomfortofourcountrycousinsofwhomtherewerelargecontingents.ConsiderableamusementwascausedbythefavouriteDublinstreetsingersL-n-h-nandM-ll-g-nwhosangTheNightbeforeLarrywasstretchedintheirusualmirth-provokingfashion.OurtwoinimitabledrollsdidaroaringtradewiththeirbroadsheetsamongloversofthecomedyelementandnobodywhohasacornerinhisheartforrealIrishfunwithoutvulgaritywillgrudgethemtheirhardearnedpennies.
