Ulysses
look at that Mrs Galbraith shes much older than me I saw
her when I was out last week her beautys on the wane she
was a lovely woman magnificent head of hair on her down
to her waist tossing it back like that like Kitty OShea in
Grantham street 1st thing I did every morning to look
across see her combing it as if she loved it and was full of it
pity I only got to know her the day before we left and that
Mrs Langtry the jersey lily the prince of Wales was in love
with I suppose hes like the first man going the roads only
for the name of a king theyre all made the one way only a
black mans Id like to try a beauty up to what was she 45
there was some funny story about the jealous old husband
what was it at all and an oyster knife he went no he made her
wear a kind of a tin thing round her and the prince of Wales
yes he had the oyster knife cant be true a thing like that like
some of those books he brings me the works of Master Fran-
cois Somebody supposed to be a priest about a child born
out of her ear because her bumgut fell out a nice word for
any priest to write and her a—e as if any fool wouldnt know
what that meant I hate that pretending of all things with
that old blackguards face on him anybody can see its not
true and that Ruby and Fair Tyrants he brought me that
twice I remember when I came to page 5 o the part about
where she hangs him up out of a hook with a cord flagellate
sure theres nothing for a woman in that all invention made
up about he drinking the champagne out of her slipper after
the ball was over like the infant Jesus in the crib at Inchicore
in the Blessed Virgins arms sure no woman could have a
child that big taken out of her and I thought first it came out