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round with him shopping buying those things in a new city
better leave this ring behind want to keep turning and turn-
ing to get it over the knuckle there or they might bell it
round the town in their papers or tell the police on me but
theyd think were married O let them all go and smother
themselves for the fat lot I care he has plenty of money and
hes not a marrying man so somebody better get it out of
him if I could find out whether he likes me I looked a bit
washy of course when I looked close in the handglass pow-
dering a mirror never gives you the expression besides
scrooching down on me like that all the time with his big
hipbones hes heavy too with his hairy chest for this heat al-
ways having to lie down for them better for him put it into
me from behind the way Mrs Mastiansky told me her hus-
band made her like the dogs do it and stick out her tongue
as far as ever she could and he so quiet and mild with his
tingating cither can you ever be up to men the way it takes
them lovely stuff in that blue suit he had on and stylish tie
and socks with the skyblue silk things on them hes certain-
ly well off I know by the cut his clothes have and his heavy
watch but he was like a perfect devil for a few minutes after
he came back with the stoppress tearing up the tickets and
swearing blazes because he lost 20 quid he said he lost over
that outsider that won and half he put on for me on account
of Lenehans tip cursing him to the lowest pits that sponger
he was making free with me after the Glencree dinner com-
ing back that long joult over the featherbed mountain after
the lord Mayor looking at me with his dirty eyes Val Dillon
that big heathen I first noticed him at dessert when I was