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Chapter 3
Whomwereyoutryingtowalklike?Forget:adispossessed.Withmother’smoneyorder,eightshillings,thebangingdoorofthepostofficeslammedinyourfacebytheusher.Hungertoothache.Encoredeuxminutes.Lookclock.Mustget.Fermé.Hireddog!Shoothimtobloodybitswithabangshotgun,bitsmanspatteredwallsallbrassbuttons.Bitsallkhrrrrklakinplaceclackback.Nothurt?O,that’sallright.Shakehands.SeewhatImeant,see?O,that’sallright.Shakeashake.O,that’sallonlyallright.
Youweregoingtodowonders,what?MissionarytoEuropeafterfieryColumbanus.FiacreandScotusontheircreepystoolsinheavenspiltfromtheirpintpots,loudlatinlaughing:Euge!Euge!PretendingtospeakbrokenEnglishasyoudraggedyourvalise,porterthreepence,acrosstheslimypieratNewhaven.Comment?Richbootyyoubroughtback;LeTutu,fivetatterednumbersofPantalonBlancetCulotteRouge;ablueFrenchtelegram,curiositytoshow:
—Motherdyingcomehomefather.
Theauntthinksyoukilledyourmother.That’swhyshewon’t.
Thenhere’sahealthtoMulligan’saunt
AndI’lltellyouthereasonwhy.
Shealwayskeptthingsdecentin
TheHanniganfamileye.
Hisfeetmarchedinsuddenproudrhythmoverthesandfurrows,alongbythebouldersofthesouthwall.Hestaredatthemproudly,piledstonemammothskulls.Goldlightonsea,onsand,onboulders.Thesunisthere,theslendertrees,thelemonhouses.
Parisrawlywaking,crudesunlightonherlemonstreets.Moistpithoffarlsofbread,thefroggreenwormwood,hermatinincense,courttheair.
