to look across see her combing it as if she loved it and was full of it pity I only
got to know her the day before we left and that Mrs Langtry the Jersey
Lily the prince of Wales was in love with I suppose hes like the first man
going the roads only for the name of a king theyre all made the one way
only a black mans Id like to try a beauty up to what was she 45 there
was some funny story about the jealous old husband what was it at all and an
oyster knife he went no he made her wear a kind of a tin thing around
her and the prince of Wales yes he had the oyster knife cant be true a thing
like that like some of those books he brings me the works of Master
Francois somebody supposed to be a priest about a child born out of her
ear because her bumgut fell out a nice word for any priest to write and her
a — e as if any fool wouldnt know what that meant I hate that pretending of
all things with the old blackguards face on him anybody can see its not true and
that Ruby and Fair Tyrants he brought me that twice I remember when I came
to page 50 the part about where she hangs him up out of a hook with a cord
flagellate sure theres nothing for a woman in that all invention made up about
he drinking the champagne out of her slipper after the ball was over like the infant
Jesus In the crib at Inchicore in the Blessed Virgins arms sure no woman could
have a child that big taken out of her and I thought first it came out of her
side because how could she go to the chamber when she wanted to and she a
rich lady of course she felt honoured H. R. H. he was in Gibraltar the year
I was born I bet he found lilies there too where he planted the tree he planted
more than that in his time he might have planted me too if hed come
a bit sooner then I wouldnt be here as I am he ought to chuck that Freeman
with the paltry few shillings he knocks out of it and go into an office or
something where hed get regular pay or a bank where they could put
him up on a throne to count the money all the day of course he prefers
plottering about the house so you cantstir with him any side whats your
programme today I wish hed even smoke a pipe like father to get the smell
of a man or pretending to be mooching about for advertisements when he
could have been in Mr Cuffes still only for what he did then sending me to
try and patch it up I could have got him promoted there to be the manager
he gave me a great mirada once or twice first he was as stiff as the
mischief really and truly Mrs Bloom only I felt rotten simply with the old
rubbishy dress that I lost the leads out of the tails with no cut in it but
theyre coming into fashion again I bought it simply to please him I knew it
was no good by the finish pity I changed my mind of going to Todd and
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