For Ulster will fight And Ulster will be right.

Stephen raised the sheets in his hand.

―Well, sir, he began.

―I foresee, Mr Deasy said, that you will not remain here very long at this work. You were not born to be a teacher, I think. Perhaps I am wrong.

―A learner rather, Stephen said.

And here what will you learn more?

Mr Deasy shook his head.

―Who knows? he said. To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.

Stephen rustled the sheets again.