Rose of Tralee
“Ahead of him loomed the technical school and beyond it the free library, huge, impersonal places when compared with the homely Dublin streets, always crowded with people and warmer, to his mind, than the streets of this great, imposing city.
He had been away for two weeks, but it seemed a great deal longer, and he could not help reflecting that he was coming back to hard work and a lonely bed. Yet he knew, really, that he would soon settle down again, get into the habit of writing to Eileen and... the child, slip back into his responsible job and his way of life without too much pain. But right now, at this very minute, with the wind following him up Dale Street and nipping spitefully at the back of his neck, he felt completely alien and simply wanted to be back in Dublin, walking the Quays, crossing Halfpenny Bridge, admiring the Custom House and the Law Courts, and believing them to be the biggest and best buildings in the world – until he saw the Liver Building for the first time, that was.MoreLess
He had been away for two weeks, but it seemed a great deal longer, and he could not help reflecting that he was coming back to hard work and a lonely bed. Yet he knew, really, that he would soon settle down again, get into the habit of writing to Eileen and... the child, slip back into his responsible job and his way of life without too much pain. But right now, at this very minute, with the wind following him up Dale Street and nipping spitefully at the back of his neck, he felt completely alien and simply wanted to be back in Dublin, walking the Quays, crossing Halfpenny Bridge, admiring the Custom House and the Law Courts, and believing them to be the biggest and best buildings in the world – until he saw the Liver Building for the first time, that was.MoreLess
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