―No, Stephen said, I call it A Pisgah Sight of Palestine or The Parable of The Plums .

―I see, the professor said.

He laughed richly.

―I see, he said again with new pleasure. Moses and the promised land. We gave him that idea, he added to J. J. O’Molloy.

Horatio Is Cynosure This Fair June Day

J. J. O’Molloy sent a weary sidelong glance towards the statue and held his peace.

―I see, the professor said.

He halted on sir John Gray’s pavement island and peered aloft at Nelson through the meshes of his wry smile.