All I want is a little time.
He looked with vague hope up and down the quay, a big apple bulging in his neck.
―I know, Mr Dedalus said, nodding. Poor old bockedy Ben! He’s always doing a good turn for someone. Hold hard!
He put on his glasses and gazed towards the metal bridge an instant.
―There he is, by God, he said, arse and pockets.
Ben Dollard’s loose blue cutaway and square hat above large slops crossed the quay in full gait from the metal bridge. He came towards them at an amble, scratching actively behind his coattails.
As he came near Mr Dedalus greeted:
―Hold that fellow with the