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           TellPatyousawme,won’tyou?IwantedtogetpoorPatajobonetime.Monfils,soldierofFrance.ItaughthimtosingTheboysofKilkennyarestoutroaringblades.Knowthatoldlay?ItaughtPatricethat.OldKilkenny:saintCanice,Strongbow’scastleontheNore.Goeslikethis.O,O.Hetakesme,NapperTandy,bythehand.

           O,Otheboysof

           Kilkenny...

           Weakwastinghandonmine.TheyhaveforgottenKevinEgan,nothethem.Rememberingthee,OSion.

           Hehadcomenearertheedgeoftheseaandwetsandslappedhisboots.Thenewairgreetedhim,harpinginwildnerves,windofwildairofseedsofbrightness.Here,IamnotwalkingouttotheKishlightship,amI?Hestoodsuddenly,hisfeetbeginningtosinkslowlyinthequakingsoil.Turnback.

           Turning,hescannedtheshoresouth,hisfeetsinkingagainslowlyinnewsockets.Thecolddomedroomofthetowerwaits.Throughthebarbacanstheshaftsoflightaremovingever,slowlyeverasmyfeetaresinking,creepingduskwardoverthedialfloor.Bluedusk,nightfall,deepbluenight.Inthedarknessofthedometheywait,theirpushedbackchairs,myobeliskvalise,aroundaboardofabandonedplatters.Whotoclearit?Hehasthekey.Iwillnotsleeptherewhenthisnightcomes.Ashutdoorofasilenttower,entombingtheirblindbodies,thepanthersahibandhispointer.Call:noanswer.Heliftedhisfeetupfromthesuckandturnedbackbythemoleofboulders.Takeall,keepall.Mysoulwalkswithme,formofforms.Sointhemoon’smidwatchesIpacethepathabovetherocks,insablesilvered,hearingElsinore’stemptingflood.