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Chapter 4

him off to a tee with his eyes screwed up. > Do you know what I’m going to tell you? What’s that, Mr O’Rourke? Do you know what? The Russians, they’d only be an eight o’ clock breakfast for the

Stop and say a word: about the funeral perhaps. Sad thing about poor Dignam, Mr O’Rourke.

Turning into Dorset street he said freshly in greeting through the doorway:

―Good day, Mr O’Rourke.

―Good day to you.

―Lovely weather, sir.

―’Tis all that.

Where do they get the money?

  • Coming up redheaded curates from the country Leitrim, rinsing empties and old man in the cellar.
  • Then, lo and behold, they blossom out as Adam Findlaters or Dan Tallons.
  • Then think of the competition. General thirst.
  • Good puzzle would be cross Dublin without passing a pub.

Save it they can’t. Off the drunks perhaps. Put down three and carry five. What is that? A bob here and there, dribs and drabs. On the wholesale orders perhaps. Doing a double shuffle with the town travellers. Square it with the boss and we’ll split the job, see?

How much would that tot to off the porter in the month? Say ten barrels of stuff. Say he got ten per cent off. O more. Ten. Fifteen. He passed Saint Joseph’s, National school. Brats’

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