―John O’Connell, Mr Power said, pleased. He never forgets a friend.

Mr O’Connell shook all their hands in silence. Mr Dedalus said:

―I am come to pay you another visit.

―My dear Simon, the caretaker answered in a low voice. I don’t want your custom at all.

Saluting Ned Lambert and John Henry Menton he walked on at Martin Cunningham’s side, puzzling two keys at his back.

―Did you hear that one, he asked them, about Mulcahy from the Coombe?

―I did not, Martin Cunningham said.