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The barrow turned into a side lane. A portly man, ambushed among the grasses, raised his hat in homage. The gravediggers touched their caps.

maybe?

— John O'Connell, Mr Power said, pleased. He never forgets a friend.

John Killeen O'Connell, 58yo (30yo Daniel was one of 11 kids living at home??)

Mr O'Connell shook all their hands in silence. Mr Dedalus said:



— I am come to pay you another visit.



— My dear Simon, the caretaker answered in a low voice. I don't want your custom at all.



Saluting Ned Lambert and John Henry Menton he walked on at Martin Cunningham's side, puzzling two long keys at his back.



— Did you hear that one, he asked them, about Mulcahy from the Coombe?



— I did not, Martin Cunningham said.



They bent their silk hats in concert and Hynes inclined his ear. The caretaker hung his thumbs in the loops of his gold watch chain and spoke in a discreet tone to their vacant smiles.



— They tell the story, he said, that two drunks came out here one foggy evening to look for the grave of a friend of theirs. They asked for Mulcahy from the Coombe and were told where he was buried. After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave, sure enough. One of the drunks spelt out the name: Terence Mulcahy. The other drunk was blinking up at a statue of Our Saviour the widow had got put up.

(if you can find the grave of 'Owen Patrick Farrelly, 45 Middle Gardiner St, who departed this life 11th September 1892, aged 44 years' it's supposedly a pretty close match)



The caretaker blinked up at one of the sepulchres they passed. He resumed:



— And, after blinking up at the sacred figure, Not a bloody bit like the man, says he. That's not Mulcahy, says he, whoever done it.



Rewarded by smiles he fell back and spoke with Corny Kelleher, accepting the dockets given him, turning them over and scanning them as he walked.

CK is taking care of future business


— That's all done with a purpose, Martin Cunningham explained to Hynes.


— I know, Hynes said. I know that.


— To cheer a fellow up, Martin Cunningham said. It's pure goodheartedness: damn the thing else.

heart motif

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Mr Bloom admired the caretaker's prosperous bulk. All want to be on good terms with him. Decent fellow, John O'Connell, real good sort. Keys: like Keyes's ad: no fear of anyone getting out, no passout checks. Habeas corpus. I must see about that ad after the funeral. Did I write Ballsbridge on the envelope I took to cover when she disturbed me writing to Martha? Hope it's not chucked

"passout checks" = like ticket stubs to get back in free

who disturbed him when??

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