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Ulysses

such a face youd run miles away from I couldnt rest easy
till I bolted all the doors and windows to make sure but its
worse again being locked up like in a prison or a
madhouse they ought to be all shot or the cat of nine tails

a big brute like that that would attack a poor old woman
to murder her in her bed Id cut them off him so I would
not that hed be much use still better than nothing the
night I was sure I heard burglars in the kitchen and he
went down in his shirt with a candle and a poker as if he
was looking for a mouse as white as a sheet frightened out
of his wits making as much noise as he possibly could for
the burglars benefit there isnt much to steal indeed the
Lord knows still its the feeling especially now with Milly
away such an idea for him to send the girl down there to
learn to take photographs on account of his grandfather
instead of sending her to Skerrys academy where shed
have to learn not like me getting all IS at school only hed
do a thing like that all the same on account of me and
Boylan thats why he did it Im certain the way he plots and
plans everything out I couldnt turn round with her in the
place lately unless I bolted the door first gave me the
fidgets coming in without knocking first when I put the
chair against the door just as I was washing myself there
below with the glove get on your nerves then doing the

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