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wanted back, waiting. It never comes. One must go first:
alone, under the ground: and lie no more in her warm bed.
—How are you, Simon? Ned Lambert said softly, clasp-
ing hands. Haven’t seen you for a month of Sundays.
—Never better. How are all in Cork’s own town?
—I was down there for the Cork park races on Easter
Monday, Ned Lambert said. Same old six and eightpence.
Stopped with Dick Tivy.
—And how is Dick, the solid man?
—Nothing between himself and heaven, Ned Lambert
answered.
—By the holy Paul! Mr Dedalus said in subdued wonder.
Dick Tivy bald?
—Martin is going to get up a whip for the youngsters,
Ned Lambert said, pointing ahead. A few bob a skull. Just to
keep them going till the insurance is cleared up.
—Yes, yes, Mr Dedalus said dubiously. Is that the eldest
boy in front?
—Yes, Ned Lambert said, with the wife’s brother. John
Henry Menton is behind. He put down his name for a
quid.
—I’ll engage he did, Mr Dedalus said. I often told poor
Paddy he ought to mind that job. John Henry is not the
worst in the world.
—How did he lose it? Ned Lambert asked. Liquor, what?
—Many a good man’s fault, Mr Dedalus said with a
sigh.
They halted about the door of the mortuary chapel. Mr
Bloom stood behind the boy with the wreath looking down