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Would he never have a home of his own?
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imagined
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imagined that
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He thought how pleasant it would be to have a warm fire to sit by and a good dinner to sit down to.
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that
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that i
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He had walked the streets long enough with friends and with girls.
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i
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i saw
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He knew what those friends were worth: he knew the girls too.
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saw
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saw again
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Experience had embittered his heart against the world.
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again
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again the
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But all hope had not left him.
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the
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the heavy
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He felt better after having eaten than he had felt before, less weary of his life, less vanquished in spirit.
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heavy
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heavy grey
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He might yet be able to settle down in some snug corner and live happily if he could only come across some good simple-minded girl with a little of the ready.
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grey
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grey face
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He paid twopence halfpenny to the slatternly girl and went out of the shop to begin his wandering again.
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face
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face of
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He went into Capel Street and walked along towards the City Hall.
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of
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of the
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Then he turned into Dame Street.
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the
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the paralytic
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At the corner of George’s Street he met two friends of his and stopped to converse with them.
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paralytic
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paralytic i
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He was glad that he could rest from all his walking.
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i
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i drew
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His friends asked him had he seen Corley and what was the latest.
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drew
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drew the
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He replied that he had spent the day with Corley.
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the
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the blankets
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His friends talked very little.
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blankets
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blankets over
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They looked vacantly after some figures in the crowd and sometimes made a critical remark.
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over
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over my
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One said that he had seen Mac an hour before in Westmoreland Street.
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my
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my head
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At this Lenehan said that he had been with Mac the night before in Egan’s.
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head
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head and
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The young man who had seen Mac in Westmoreland Street asked was it true that Mac had won a bit over a billiard match.
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and
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and tried
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Lenehan did not know: he said that Holohan had stood them drinks in Egan’s.
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tried
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tried to
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He left his friends at a quarter to ten and went up George’s Street.
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to
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to think
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He turned to the left at the City Markets and walked on into Grafton Street.
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think
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think of
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The crowd of girls and young men had thinned and on his way up the street he heard many groups and couples bidding one another good-night.
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of
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of christmas
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He went as far as the clock of the College of Surgeons: it was on the stroke of ten.
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christmas
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christmas but
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He set off briskly along the northern side of the Green hurrying for fear Corley should return too soon.
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but
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but the
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When he reached the corner of Merrion Street he took his stand in the shadow of a lamp and brought out one of the cigarettes which he had reserved and lit it.
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the
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the grey
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He leaned against the lamp-post and kept his gaze fixed on the part from which he expected to see Corley and the young woman return.
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grey
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grey face
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His mind became active again.
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face
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face still
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He wondered had Corley managed it successfully.
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still
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still followed
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He wondered if he had asked her yet or if he would leave it to the last.
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followed
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followed me
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He suffered all the pangs and thrills of his friend’s situation as well as those of his own.
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me
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me it
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But the memory of Corley’s slowly revolving head calmed him somewhat: he was sure Corley would pull it off all right.
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it
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it murmured
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All at once the idea struck him that perhaps Corley had seen her home by another way and given him the slip.
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murmured
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murmured and
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His eyes searched the street: there was no sign of them.
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and
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and i
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Yet it was surely half-an-hour since he had seen the clock of the College of Surgeons.
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i
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i understood
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Would Corley do a thing like that?
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understood
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understood that
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He lit his last cigarette and began to smoke it nervously.
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that
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that it
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He strained his eyes as each tram stopped at the far corner of the square.
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it
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it desired
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They must have gone home by another way.
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desired
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desired to
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The paper of his cigarette broke and he flung it into the road with a curse.
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to
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to confess
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Suddenly he saw them coming towards him.
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confess
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confess something
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He started with delight and, keeping close to his lamp-post, tried to read the result in their walk.
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something
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something i
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They were walking quickly, the young woman taking quick short steps, while Corley kept beside her with his long stride.
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i
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i felt
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They did not seem to be speaking.
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felt
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felt my
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An intimation of the result pricked him like the point of a sharp instrument.
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my
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my soul
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He knew Corley would fail; he knew it was no go.
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soul
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soul receding
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They turned down Baggot Street and he followed them at once, taking the other footpath.
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receding
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receding into
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When they stopped he stopped too.
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into
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into some
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They talked for a few moments and then the young woman went down the steps into the area of a house.
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some
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some pleasant
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Corley remained standing at the edge of the path, a little distance from the front steps.
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pleasant
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pleasant and
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Some minutes passed.
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and
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and vicious
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Then the hall-door was opened slowly and cautiously.
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vicious
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vicious region
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A woman came running down the front steps and coughed.
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region
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region and
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Corley turned and went towards her.
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and
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and there
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His broad figure hid hers from view for a few seconds and then she reappeared running up the steps.
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there
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there again
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The door closed on her and Corley began to walk swiftly towards Stephen’s Green.
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again
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again i
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Lenehan hurried on in the same direction.
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i
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i found
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Some drops of light rain fell.
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found
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found it
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He took them as a warning and, glancing back towards the house which the young woman had entered to see that he was not observed, he ran eagerly across the road.
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it
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it waiting
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Anxiety and his swift run made him pant.
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waiting
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waiting for
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He called out: “Hallo, Corley!” Corley turned his head to see who had called him, and then continued walking as before.
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for
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for me
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Lenehan ran after him, settling the waterproof on his shoulders with one hand.
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me
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me it
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“Hallo, Corley!” he cried again.
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it
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it began
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He came level with his friend and looked keenly in his face.
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began
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began to
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He could see nothing there.
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to
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to confess
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“Well?” he said.
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confess
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confess to
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“Did it come off?” They had reached the corner of Ely Place.
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to
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to me
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Still without answering, Corley swerved to the left and went up the side street.
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me
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me in
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His features were composed in stern calm.
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in
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in a
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Lenehan kept up with his friend, breathing uneasily.
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a
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a murmuring
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He was baffled and a note of menace pierced through his voice.
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murmuring
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murmuring voice
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“Can’t you tell us?” he said.
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voice
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voice and
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“Did you try her?” Corley halted at the first lamp and stared grimly before him.
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and
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and i
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Then with a grave gesture he extended a hand towards the light and, smiling, opened it slowly to the gaze of his disciple.
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i
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i wondered
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A small gold coin shone in the palm.
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wondered
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wondered why
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THE BOARDING HOUSE Mrs Mooney was a butcher’s daughter.
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why
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why it
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She was a woman who was quite able to keep things to herself: a determined woman.
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it
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it smiled
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She had married her father’s foreman and opened a butcher’s shop near Spring Gardens.
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smiled
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smiled continually
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But as soon as his father-in-law was dead Mr Mooney began to go to the devil.
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continually
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continually and
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He drank, plundered the till, ran headlong into debt.
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and
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and why
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It was no use making him take the pledge: he was sure to break out again a few days after.
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why
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why the
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By fighting his wife in the presence of customers and by buying bad meat he ruined his business.
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the
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the lips
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One night he went for his wife with the cleaver and she had to sleep in a neighbour’s house.
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lips
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lips were
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After that they lived apart.
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were
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were so
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She went to the priest and got a separation from him with care of the children.
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so
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so moist
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She would give him neither money nor food nor house-room; and so he was obliged to enlist himself as a sheriff’s man.
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moist
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moist with
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He was a shabby stooped little drunkard with a white face and a white moustache and white eyebrows, pencilled above his little eyes, which were pink-veined and raw; and all day long he sat in the bailiff’s room, waiting to be put on a job.
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with
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with spittle
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Mrs Mooney, who had taken what remained of her money out of the butcher business and set up a boarding house in Hardwicke Street, was a big imposing woman.
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spittle
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spittle but
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Her house had a floating population made up of tourists from Liverpool and the Isle of Man and, occasionally, artistes from the music-halls.
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but
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but then
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Its resident population was made up of clerks from the city.
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then
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then i
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She governed her house cunningly and firmly, knew when to give credit, when to be stern and when to let things pass.
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i
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i remembered
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All the resident young men spoke of her as The Madam.
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remembered
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remembered that
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Mrs Mooney’s young men paid fifteen shillings a week for board and lodgings (beer or stout at dinner excluded).
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that
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that it
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They shared in common tastes and occupations and for this reason they were very chummy with one another.
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it
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it had
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They discussed with one another the chances of favourites and outsiders.
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had
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had died
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Jack Mooney, the Madam’s son, who was clerk to a commission agent in Fleet Street, had the reputation of being a hard case.
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died
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died of
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He was fond of using soldiers’ obscenities: usually he came home in the small hours.
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of
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of paralysis
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When he met his friends he had always a good one to tell them and he was always sure to be on to a good thing—that is to say, a likely horse or a likely artiste.
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paralysis
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paralysis and
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He was also handy with the mits and sang comic songs.
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and
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and i
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