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Chapter 9
Everyladyintheaudiencewaspresentedwithatastefulsouveniroftheoccasionintheshapeofaskullandcrossbonesbrooch,atimelyandgenerousactwhichevokedafreshoutburstofemotion:andwhenthegallantyoungOxonian(thebearer,bytheway,ofoneofthemosttimehonourednamesinAlbion’shistory)placedonthefingerofhisblushingfiancéeanexpensiveengagementringwithemeraldssetintheformofafourleavedshamrocktheexcitementknewnobounds.Nay,eventhesternprovostmarshal,lieutenantcolonelTomkin-MaxwellffrenchmullanTomlinson,whopresidedonthesadoccasion,hewhohadblownaconsiderablenumberofsepoysfromthecannonmouthwithoutflinching,couldnotnowrestrainhisnaturalemotion.Withhismailedgauntlethebrushedawayafurtivetearandwasoverheard,bythoseprivilegedburgherswhohappenedtobeinhisimmediateentourage,tomurmurtohimselfinafalteringundertone:
—Godblimeyifsheaintaclinker,thattherebleedingtart.Blimeyitmakesmekindofbleedingcry,straight,itdoes,whenIseeshercauseIthinksofmyoldmashtubwhat’swaitingformedownLimehouseway.
SothenthecitizenbeginstalkingabouttheIrishlanguageandthecorporationmeetingandalltothatandtheshoneensthatcan’tspeaktheirownlanguageandJoechippinginbecausehestucksomeoneforaquidandBloomputtinginhisoldgoowithhistwopennystumpthathecadgedoffofJoeandtalkingabouttheGaelicleagueandtheantitreatingleagueanddrink,thecurseofIreland.Antitreatingisaboutthesizeofit.
