when the curtain came down because he looked so handsome then we had Martin
Harvey for breakfast dinner and supper I thought to myself afterwards it must
be real love if a man gives up his life for her that way for nothing I suppose
there are few men like that left its hard to believe in it though unless it really
happened to me the majority of them with not a particle of love in their
natures to find two people like that nowadays full up of each other that
would feel the same way as you do theyre usually a bit foolish in the head his
father must have been a bit queer to go and poison himself after her still poor old
man I suppose he felt lost always making love to my things too the few old rags
I have wanting to put her hair up at 15 my powder too only ruin her skin on
her shes time enough for that all her life after of course shes restless knowing
shes pretty with her lips so red a pity they wont stay that way I was too but
theres no use going to the fair with the thing answering me like a fishwoman
when I asked to go for a half a stone of potatoes the day we met Mrs Joe Gallaher
at the trottingmatches and she pretended not to see us in her trap with Friery
the solicitor we werent grand enough till I gave her 2 damn fine cracks
across the ear for herself take that now for answering me like that and that
for your impudence she had me that exasperated of course contradicting
I was badtempered too because how was it there was a weed in the tea or
I didnt sleep the night before cheese I ate was it and I told her over and
over again not to leave knives crossed like that because she has nobody
to command her as she said herself well if he doesnt correct her faith
I will that was the last time she turned on the teartap I was just like that
myself they darent order me about the place its his fault of course having
the two of us slaving here instead of getting in a woman long ago am I
ever going to have a proper servant again of course then shed see him coming
Id have to let her know or shed revenge it arent they a nuisance that old
Mrs Flemming you have to be walking round after her putting the things into her
hands sneezing and farting into the pots well of course shes old she cant help
it a good job I found that rotten old smelly dishcloth that got lost behind the
dresser I knew there was something and opened the window to let out the
smell bringing in his friends to entertain them like the night he walked
home with a dog if you please that might have been mad especially Simon
Dedalus son his father such a criticiser with his glasses up with his tall hat
on him at the cricket match and a great big hole in his sock one thing
laughing at the other and his son that got all those prizes for whatever
he won them in the intermediate imagine climbing over the railings if
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