101 Ulysses
father did down in Ennis like all the things he told father he
was going to do and me but I saw through him telling me all
the lovely places we could go for the honeymoon Venice by
moonlight with the gondolas and the lake of Como he had a
picture cut out of some paper of and mandolines and lan-
terns O how nice I said whatever I liked he was going to do
immediately if not sooner will you be my man will you car-
ry my can he ought to get a leather medal with a putty rim
for all the plans he invents then leaving us here all day youd
never know what old beggar at the door for a crust with his
long story might be a tramp and put his foot in the way to
prevent me shutting it like that picture of that hardened
criminal he was called in Lloyds Weekly news 20 years in
jail then he comes out and murders an old woman for her
money imagine his poor wife or mother or whoever she is
such a face youd run miles away from I couldnt rest easy till
I bolted all the doors and windows to make sure but its
worse again being locked up like in a prison or a madhouse
they ought to be all shot or the cat of nine tails a big brute
like that that would attack a poor old woman to murder her
in her bed Id cut them off him so I would not that hed be
much use still better than nothing the night I was sure I
heard burglars in the kitchen and he went down in his shirt
with a candle and a poker as if he was looking for a mouse
as white as a sheet frightened out of his wits making as
much noise as he possibly could for the burglars benefit
there isnt much to steal indeed the Lord knows still its the
feeling especially now with Milly away such an idea for him
to send the girl down there to learn to take photographs on