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Chapter 2
ThesecondinthecoffeeroomofBreslin’shotelonarainySundayintheJanuaryof1892,inthecompanyofStephen’sfatherandStephen’sgranduncle,Stephenbeingthen5yearsolder.
DidBloomaccepttheinvitationtodinnergiventhenbythesonandafterwardssecondedbythefather?
Verygratefully,withgratefulappreciation,withsincereappreciativegratitude,inappreciativelygratefulsincerityofregret,hedeclined.
Didtheirconversationonthesubjectofthesereminiscencesrevealathirdconnectinglinkbetweenthem?
MrsRiordan(Dante),awidowofindependentmeans,hadresidedinthehouseofStephen’sparentsfrom1September1888to29December1891andhadalsoresidedduringtheyears1892,1893and1894intheCityArmsHotelownedbyElizabethO’Dowdof54Prussiastreetwhere,duringpartsoftheyears1893and1894,shehadbeenaconstantinformantofBloomwhoresidedalsointhesamehotel,beingatthattimeaclerkintheemploymentofJosephCuffeof5SmithfieldforthesuperintendenceofsalesintheadjacentDublinCattlemarketontheNorthCircularroad.
