^|2Good Jaunty^{2| |2}hardworking^{2| |2}Shaun Jaun^2|, as ^|2I was we were^2| shortly before that made aware, next halted to ^|2take fetch^2| his breath & to loosen ^|2(let God's son now be ^|agood to looking down on^a| the poor ^|afellow preambler^a|!)^2| both bruised ^|2boots brogues^2| at the weir by Lazar's Walk ^|2for he was widely noted for his humane treatment of ^|aboots any kind of abused footgear^{a|2| |2}about a matter of perhaps^2| 9 score or so barrelhours' distance as truly he merited to do. He was there, ^|2I we^2| cd see, ^|2|awhen we had a better look at him,^a| altered for the better though still the graven image of himself,^2| perspiring but happy, propped ^|2restant^2| up against a slumbering warden of the peace, 1 comestabulish Sigurdsen, who had fallen ^|2asleep on sleep^{2| |2}on night duty^2| at the curing station in the embraces of a ^|2confiscated monopolised^2| bottle. Now, there were as many as 29 daughters out of the national hedgeschool (for ^|2I we^2| seem to remember how ^|2I was we were^2| in a look before you leap year) learning their lesson of life there, seated as they were ^|2ante meridiem^2|, upon the brink, attracted to the sight of the 1^st human landmark, paddling away with their 8 & 50 ^|2pedals pedalettes^{2| |2}all barely in their teens^2| in charming concert to the snores of the log who looked stuck to the sod as ever & anon he murmoaned,
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^|2in his Dutchener's native^2| visibly unmoved, over his treasure trove for the crown: Dotter deadbedstead mean smuggy ^|2sort ^|aditty jetty^a|2| flasky!

Shaun (after he had 1^{st |2}doffed hat &^2| bowed to all the others in that chorus of praise of goodwill girls, ^|2while, who they were all making a tremendous fuss ^|aabout of^a| him & his ^|arosy rosyposy^a| smile ^|a& smelling his nice perfume for he was just the killingest ladykiller now you,^a|2| asking kindly after their healths ^|2& those of their dollies, ^|aunread remarked he went on to make a few ^|bwi_unread^b| stray remarks anent^a| on their appearance & the taste displayed in their short frocks & all, of course^2|, out of pure human respect for he was the most purely human creature that was ever called man) easily recognised made out the features of his dear sister Izzy nor cd he ever after forget her as he was, besides that, her godfather as well ^|2after all and heaven knows he thought the world & all of her^2|.

— Sister dearest, ^|2Shaun Jaun^2| delivered himself ^|2express^2|, as he began to take leave of her ^|2express^2| with fondest ^|2affection cordiality^2|, ^|2I we^2| honestly believe you ^|2will sorely sorely will^2| miss us ^|2the moment we exit^2| yet we feel, as a martyr to the discharge of duty, that it is about time we wd go ^|2on our last long journey^2|. This is the ^|2result results^2| of your teachings in which we were raised, you, Sis, ^|2our pet of the whole family,^2| that used to write to us the ^|2exceeding^2| nice letters and be telling us your oldworld tales of ^|2homespinning and^2| derringdo, ^|2the tales that whisked our heart as narrated by you, ^|athe time we were in bed ^|bfull well do we recall to mind^b| with Parrish's syrup, & we shared affections^{a|2| |2}when we were restless in bed^2| you ^|2our the^2| angel ^|2and the mainsay of^2| in our house. During
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our brief absence. B ^|2be true adhere^2| to as many of the 10 commandments as possible. R Never miss your last mass. Never eat bad eatº of a good Friday. Never let a hog of the hill trample down your lily of the valley. Never play ladies' games on the Lord's day. ^|2Make a point of not singing risky songs at smokers such as ^|awhitelegs Whitelegs^{a| |a}& blackballs & funnyballs^{a| |a}they never show ^|bthey're ever so they never stop^b|a| teasing^2| Especially beware please of being a party to any demoralising home life. It saps a chap. ^|2No Remember the perils that beset ^|ayoung green^a| girls^2| lowcut shirtwaists. ^|2Unbare not ^|aLay not Do not lay^a| bare your heart to the ^|afirst^a| man in the street.^2| Don't ^|2on any account^2| acquire a penchant for the fag habit ^|2in halldoorways between night & morning^2|. ^|2Raw spirits is the root of all evil. ^|aPut the lid on that jazz craze. If you want healthy exercise so as to move yr bowels go out & skip.^a|2| Have your eye out for furnished lodgers paying for meals on tally with company and piano music, the too friendly friend type ^|2who may prove your undoing, ^|ashould you ^|bwhile I am from, whilst I am from home,^{b| |b}get grow^b| accu accustomed to sitting on his knee ^|bat petting parties with him ^|cfumbling you &^c| going on ^|cevery time you gave him the chance^{c| |c}silly doing his idiot^c| about your glad neck ^|c& prying into your past lives^c|b|a|2|. ^|2It wd be a terrible thing ^|aaltogether^a| if you were ^|ato become ^|bsoon^b| flummuxedº by becoming^a| a companykeeper. ^|aOnce for all I'll have no college swanker ^|b(you k see I know those ^|cchaps nightwalkers & their intentions^c|)^b| playing around your danger zone in the danger years.^a|2| Dip into the lives of the saints in fortnightly instalments for the betterment of your mind. Keep cool as a cucumber your preserved chastity. Rather than part with that vestalite emerald of the first importance ^|2to our family^2| which you ^|2have treasure ^|aup^a| so much in the sanctuary^2| where your nether extremities meet, ^|2rather^2| let the entire ekumene universe perish to pot first in a pitfall first a 1000 times over. ^|2Guard that gem, dear sister, there is nothing on this earth of ours to touch it.^{2| |2|x}The jewel dear ll you're cracked about there's very few of them gets it for there's nothing now but sable stoles a runabout to catch it. With a Sing him a ring, touch me low.^x|2| O be careful during this lenten pastoral season^|2, I mean to say,^2| when the spring is in the bubbling. Divulge^|2, shouted out Shawn, clenching his manlies^2| the name & address of any lapwhelp ^|2I don't care a 2d hang who ^|ahe the mucky^a| is^2| that speaks to you on the ^|2street road^{2| |2}after dark and ^|aoffers volunteers^a| to trifle with your roundlings^2| without a proper letter of introduction and as
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sure as ^|2|aI we^a| value the very name of ^|amy our^a| sister as soon as^2| back ^|2I we^2| come ^|2from east the sea^2| with the gravel spinning from beneath ^|2my our^2| feet & rest assured ^|2it will be worse for him. And why do I say that? Because I'll soon show you how^2| I'll break his face for him ^|2for making up to you before he took the measurements of your finger^2|. No, ^|2I'll we'll^2| tell you what ^|2I'll we'll^2| do instead. ^|2I'll We'll^2| burst his mouth: that's what ^|2I'll we'll^2| do. ^|2|aand then wipe the street with him. ^|b& ^|cI won't be complete until I^c| ½ kill him especially shd he prove to be a fancy man about town of about 40 or so with a large family to support.^{b|a| |a}Bad luck to me if I don't^{a| |a}And Moreover^a| after that I'll think strongly about giving him into custody ^|ato the first policewoman I wd meet^{a| |a}and or^a| for that matter I might even take it into my head to swing for him I don't So you better keep in the straight ^|a& give a good a/c of yrself^a|, do you hear me, or I'll ^|aI'll be all over you myself^a| give you ^|atoo, my ^|bbeauty ^|cdamsel bulling heifer^c|b|,^a| such a ^|aone^a| puck it into you ^|a|bin the & bring the blush of shame to your^b| crupper you won't obliterate for 9 months^{a| |a}that I'll bottle your beauty for you for the better part of a year for it's I that has the pair of arms that carry a wallop.^a|2| Times and oft shall ^|2I we^2| think of you ^|2in our bosom shrine^{2| |2}through the empty years^2| far away on your pillow whilst amid the music of the double doorknockers. ^|2The poet puts it better^2| Little girl from Liffeyside you fill a big corner in ^|2my heart our ^|aheart's seat of affection^a| inside^2|. O, heaven, how ^|2I we^2| shall kiss you, if ^|2I we but^2| live, ^|2as we are hoping,^2| put ^|2my our^2| arm in yours and ^|2positively^{2| |2}kiss you cover your ^|atwo^a| pure cheeks with my kisses ^|asome one^a| of those days when you will kiss me back, ^|a& swap smug for smug,^a|2| when cherries next come back immediately following ^|2my our^2| safe return ^|2from my destination^2| to ignorance and bliss when we shall show our kindness by adopting all the ^|2sick^2| poorest babes possible. We will render social service and help clean up things. Look at the ^|2mud muck^2| of Harrington street. Bear in mind all the banana peels along Henry, Moore, Earl & Talbot streets. Stand on, say, Aston's Quay & take a good ^|2longing^2| gaze into any adjacent shopwindow you choose & in about 20 minutes' time turn round ^|2towards the causeway^2| & you will see you will be coated with slush occasioned by the traffic in transit. Ask any disgusted lady cyclist who happened to be
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proceeding ^|2from her suburban groove^2| or returning from her devotions at Adam and Eve's ^|2on her Dunlop roadster in a cartrut^2| during the bank holiday gale & downpour when slates came freely off the ^|v2best better^v2| part of our grand old tenements & even pedestrianism was even difficult what her laundry bill came up to on last Monday. Don't wait for the answer for if you were to do such a thing what wd be the answer which would ^|2meet greet^2| your ears? Both. When will the longsuffering face of our beloved city get that longpromised wash? Or, better still account to me for the fact that ^|2if shd^2| you purchase any fish and vegetables you fancy ^|2at the moment^2| from the same perambulator and, having deposited the mackerel, let us say, as well as the cauliflower upon either of the edges of the two sidewalks, you take your stand in some nearby hallway to carefully note the result the restingplaces selected are visited in rotation ^|2with such celerity^2| by so many members of the canine tribe. ^|2One of these days I will refuse to walk altogether ^|auntil such time as smthg is done^a| for it is about the limit.^2|

Sis dearest, ^|2is this the end? I'd ask no kinder fate than to stay where I am at this moment ^|a|bby local option^{b| |b}in the birds' lodging^b| until well into the night the pheasants among^a| catching trophies of sturgeon by the armful and what ^|asmall money^a| I'd ^|amake I'd be possessed of^a| by poaching I'd put ^|ait at 1^st cost^a| into the poteen & ^|aI bet you what you like I'm the boy that'd make it pay like fun & ^|bI'd come tophole^{b| |b}You back me!^b|a| before you knew where I was I'd be ^|astaggering humanity^{a| |a}royally^a| rolling over in tons of cash ^|adown^{a| |a}I'd never cry crack ^|bof Cyclops^b| till I'd run my shoestring into near a million as a 1^st class dealer & everything^a| but I'd be anxious about the terrible cold in the ^|aair amstophere^a| that wd perish the Danes to be atramental to my half health.^{2| |2}it It^2| is ^|2my our^2| grief to go on this benedictine
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errand ^|2even shd we forfeit our life^2| but ^|2the most glorious mission in our history^2| it is grand to be going to meet a king, not a king merely by surname, ^|2no, by gannies,^2| but the ^|2great over^2| king of Greater Dublin. ^|2We feel all serene, never you fret, as regards our cask.^{2| |2}I We^2| only wish everyone was as sure of anything in this present world as ^|2I am we are^2| of everything in the one to come. Tell mother that. ^|2A ^|agreat^a| big hearty laugh ^|acame from hopped out of^a| him at the mere thought. ^|aBut & all of them were just starting to yell with the laughing, when —^a| then he faced about & his eyes blazed ^|arather sternly^a|2| And now let ye create no scenes^|2, Shaun added^2|. ^|2Just a plain ^|achair shays by the fire^a| for absenter ^|aShaun Jaun^a|.^2| Cheer up all round, let ye ^|2all^2|, ^|2and let ye not be getting grief ^|afrom it^a| over my head^2| till the grim reaper comes ^|2along nigh^2| as a blessing in disguise. ^|2I enjoyed your ^|apick of^a| dinner fine.^2| No lonesome stuff! Drink it off, ladies, please^|2, the last stirrup cup^2|. Parting's fun. ^|2The end of ^|aall of our life this our passing life^a| is now not far distant^{2| |2}Some time ^|anone too^{a|2| |2}Soon Very shortly^2| shall we be dead & happy together as you all know in the land of lost of time. ^|2There's no squ ^|apetty^a| family squabbles ^|aup^a| there, I ^|acan^a| tell you. It's prayer all the time in the suburbs of the heavenly gardens. What is our miserable today compared beside the pleasure of the morrow ^|awhen life begins properly speaking!^{a|2| |2|x}Devil a hair of ^|ame I us we^a| care. When ^|aI we^a| roll off now presently ^|anow on my ^|busual^b| rounds ^|bagain^b| for to draw Terminus Lower and Killadown ^|bthe big house at Castletown^b| & try & collect the arrears ^|bof extra fees^b| owing to me by Kelly there on ^|bundesirable^b| printed matter^a| I'll give you my ^|apair of two high galloper's^a| heels in the face.^x|2| One or two tears are all there is to it & then in a click of the clock off we pop en route for His Blessed Majesty, our longlived Lord.

— ^|2Of course, Izzy said^2| Listen, ^|2brother of mine benjamin brother^2|, ^|2Izzy said. ^|a|bgripping ^|cgrabbing flushing as she grabbed^c|b| her ^|bman male correspondent^b|.^a| Of course I'm ashamed of my life of the bit of nosepaper which is all I can call my own but all the same, listen^2| Accept this ^|2|afacetowel last minute gift from my hands,^a|2| in ^|2the^2| place of a handkerchief. ^|2It is indulgenced for 40 nights,^2| and, listen, bear it with you ever and always and^|2, of course,^2| when you ^|2make^2| use ^|2of^2| it, listen, think of one absent one ^|2the forsakenest, the ^|ablank one that was the romance in ^|byour the^b| bottle.^a| Of course^2| You can ^|2send please forward^2| it back by return in case anything happens to you so as I'll know ^|2if I don't hear from you^2|. Listen, I
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will follow you ^|2publicly^2| with all my eyes ^|2& will always show you in private the greatest proof of my constancy. Never, either, will I give you away here I'll wait ^|aon you, by Xmas,^a| in pensive grey till you remember me & every night about this time I swear to you I'll look under the bed for males^2|. Teach me how to tumble, brother, and, listen, warn me whom to love.º