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place always only the usual girls nonsense and giggling that
Conny Connolly writing to her in white ink on black paper
sealed with sealingwax though she clapped when the cur-
tain 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 a 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 fa-
ther must have been a bit queer to go and poison himself
after her still poor old man I suppose he felt lost shes always
making love to my things too the few old rags I have want-
ing to put her hair up at I S 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 go-
ing 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 pre-
tended 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 exas-
perated 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