10 Ulysses
now the lumpy old jingly bed always reminds me of old Co-
hen I suppose he scratched himself in it often enough and
he thinks father bought it from Lord Napier that I used to
admire when I was a little girl because I told him easy piano
O I like my bed God here we are as bad as ever after 16 years
how many houses were we in at all Raymond terrace and
Ontario terrace and Lombard street and Holles street and
he goes about whistling every time were on the run again
his huguenots or the frogs march pretending to help the
men with our 4 sticks of furniture and then the City Arms
hotel worse and worse says Warden Daly that charming
place on the landing always somebody inside praying then
leaving all their stinks after them always know who was in
there last every time were just getting on right something
happens or he puts his big foot in it Thoms and Helys and
Mr Cuffes and Drimmies either hes going to be run into
prison over his old lottery tickets that was to be all our sal-
vations or he goes and gives impudence well have him
coming home with the sack soon out of the Freeman too
like the rest on account of those Sinner Fein or the freema-
sons then well see if the little man he showed me dribbling
along in the wet all by himself round by Coadys lane will
give him much consolation that he says is so capable and
sincerely Irish he is indeed judging by the sincerity of the
trousers I saw on him wait theres Georges church bells wait
3 quarters the hour l wait 2 oclock well thats a nice hour of
the night for him to be coming home at to anybody climb-
ing down into the area if anybody saw him Ill knock him off
that little habit tomorrow first Ill look at his shirt to see or