26 DupLiners Didn't she say that? — She did. I heard her. —0, there’s a -» fi Observing me the young lady canie Ove and asked me did | wish to buy anything. The tone of her voice was not encour- emed to have spoken to me out of a sense of duty. | looked humbly at the great jars that stood like eastern guards Melther side of the dark entrance to her stall and murmured: 29, —No, thank you: ie The young lady changed the posit of one of the vases and went back to the two young men. They began to talk of the wine subject. Once of twice the Youns lady glanced at me over her shoulder. es T lingered before her stall, though I knew my stay was useless, to make my interest jin her wares seem the more real. Tee tamed away slowly and walked down the middle of the ser | Lallowed the two pennies to fall agains’ the sixpence* in d of the gallery that 215 ny pocket. I heard a voice call from ane ex Tee Might was out. The upper part of the hall was now com= pletely dark. to the darkness I saw aging: she se myself as a creature burned with anguish Gazing up int driven and derided by vanity: and my eyes and anger. 20 Eveline he evening invade the av She sat at the window watching # irc head was leaned against the window curtains and vs the odour of dusty cretonne.' She was tired. enue. of the last house passed on her nostrils Few people passed. The man out 199 —She did] ster 10205 her] srer 10 -four pence, sce there ate Fete sling or welve pence on admin Weel fave must Rave cost four pence. Ihe es i, he would ave ad only four ence © ter-—a very small sum. “4, Ifthe boy began with to shillings, he began with oventy twelve pence in a shilling. We know If he now has eight pence remaining, rather than walks the more than two miles hi Spend on the gift or souvenir for Mangan’s sist Copy tit: 1910 te proofs (10); Collated texts: The Irish Homestead oF SerTeMBen 19 1904 ) [sunstantive IH VaIIANTS ONLY ARE REPORTED IN THESE FOOTNOTES: fs (14P) iking edition int and 1914 first edition (14) |wentiry1v worn is RE! 14]; 1967 sod hing Cote Lacey petaing Gye ious TH 4 Few] No ranacnaru IH. 2 window curtains] window-curt 1. Strong printed cotton fabric used for curtains and upholstery.EvELINE his way home; she heard his footsteps clacking along the concrete pavement and afterwards crunching on the cinder path before the new red houses. One time there used to be a field there in which they used to play every evening with other people's children. Then a man from Belfast? bought the field and built houses in it—not like their little brown houses but bright brick houses with shining roofs. The children of the avenue used to play together in that field—the Devines, the Waters, the Dunns, little Keogh the cripple, she and her brothers and sisters. Ernest, however, never played: he was too grown up. Her father used often to hunt them in out of the field with his blackthorn stick’ but usually little Keogh used to keep nix‘ and call out when he saw her father coming. Still they seemed (o have been rather happy then. Her father was not so bad then, and besides her mother was alive. That was a long e ago; she and her brothers and sisters were all grown up; her mother was dead. Tizzie Dunn was dead, too, and the Waters had gone back to England. Everything changes. Now she was going to go away like the others, to leave her home. Home! She looked round the room reviewing all its familiar objects which she had dusted once a week for so many years, wondering where on earth all the dust came from. Perhaps she would never see again those familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of being divided. And yet during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yellowing photograph hung on the wall above the broken harmonium’ beside the coloured print of the promises made to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque.* He had been a school friend of her father’s. Whenever he showed the photograph to a visitor her father used to pass it with a casual word: 27 2s 8 every] in the IH 17 nis] ster 1021 Tuzie} 14; Mrs. 1H; Mrs, 10; This 14P 23 yeny-athers] away, IH 24 reviewing) passing in scviw TH 25-28 objec aided cjects How tany times she hal dase it, nce a week at the fom, but i scemed to secrete dust everywhere, She had known the room for ten yer tmore—twelve yearend knew everything int. Now she was go ‘Ascralian priest 30 wall wall just TH 31-32 harmon way. TH 29" priest] lacoque harmonium, IH 32-43 schook-father’,) friend of her father's—s school friend. 1H 33, Whenever] When IH 34 visitor] fiend, IH 2 Roe Rent ea i 4 Aslang term used as an exclamation of warning. s Asthien kangen a’ Stcred Heart of Jesus. Aivine visitation had dsclo ‘Christ to the faithful who honored him. The first five prom end was produced by vibrating a reed or wha fostered deveton tthe cf aher tele promises” ma sere {1 il ge them irpouce in thes mes, oe eet scene refuge in if, and above28 DupLINERs He is in Melbourne” now. Tie ad eonsented to go away, to leave her home. Was that wise» She tried to weigh each side of the question. In het home jmway she had shelter and food: she had those whom she had ee Tt oar Mle uber aes Ok ees at toe pen che house and at bosiness. What would they si oiler ee to on vores! when they found out that she had run away witha Fling? Say she was a fool, perhaps: and her place would be filled up by advertisement. Miss Gavan would be glad. She had always had an edge on ly whenever there were people listening. pe Miss Hill, don't you see these ladi —Look lively, Miss Hill, please. ‘She would not ery many tears at leaving the stores. Bat im her new home, in a distant unknown country, it send mem es fen hit, ‘hee: ance: i-enmesicd ae, < % conve People would treat her with respect then. She would Eveline gated as her mother had been. Even now, though she aot ee cr nineteen, she sometimes felt herself in danger of her Hahevs violence. She knew it was that that had given her the aes” When they were growing up he had never gone 5 Tike he used to go for Harry and Ernest, because she latterly he had begun to threaten her and say her dead mother's sake. And Ernest was dead and was nearly 00 her, especial! s ies are waiting? palpitati for her, was a gith but | what he would do to her only for how she had nobody to protect her. Horry, who was in the church decorating busines: always down somewhere in the country. Besides, the invariable squabble for money on Saturday nights had begun to weary her tspeakably. She always gave her entire wages—seven shillings aethd Harry always sent up what he could but the trouble was 435 —He-now, "In Australia now—Melbourne:" IH 36-37 Was-wise?] Was it wise SF gun gen ering TL "137 38 hoe an hard] She had to work of course IH “0 ey oe um a on out} discovered IH ae ‘tun-fellow?} gone away? IH 2 ee al Think her 142-43 and-up] and fill up her place 43 woul Fo ble la She to, wold nt be ory to be out of Miss Gavan’ es Fe ey ertplie Gavan IH] 43-44 had-had had IHL 4 her) her, and used ep In rice pontion mereissy, IH 44 especially] particulary IH_ 46 —Miss-waitin It was--'Miss Hil, will you please attend to these TH. 47 —Look lively.) “A litle bit smarter, IH 47 please.| if you please." IH 48 She] No PARAGRAPH IH 49 But] 1b fanacgaen IH.” 49-50 ‘t-tha} surely she would be fee from such iii WP 3ST Then then, She would then be # maried woman--she, Eveline. She would be ge top 3 ben he ed 3 cen] no Shs ge ah an inte 3457 She~atterly) Latery 1H 57 her an wal her, saying IH 58 to her] ansenr 1H 58 only] were it not IH 62 nights] night 7. Melbourne, Australi, was a c Metoume, Asal cmmon destination for Irish immigrants inthe nineteenth yz and household goods. 4, Possibly Pim's retail store on Great George's Street; it sold elothiny brought on by stress, agitation, or disease. vas it honourable? 1H TAP. home at least LH; home, anyway, 10EvELINE 29 to get any money from her father. He said she us to squi I the money, that she had no head, that he wave gowntve oes her his hard earned money to throw about the streets and much more for he was usually fairly bad! of a Saturday night. In the end he would give her the money and ask her had she any intention of buying Sunday's dinner. Then she had to rush out 70 as quickly as she could and do her marketing, holding her black leather purse tightly in her hand as she elbowed her way through the crowds and returning home late under her load of provisions. She had hard work to keep the house together and to see that the two young children who had been left to her charge went to school regularly and got their meals regularly. It was hard work—a hard life—but now that she was about to leave it she did not find it a wholly undesirable life. She was about to explore another life with Frank. Frank was very kind, manly, openhearted. She was to go away with him so by the night boat® to be his wife and to live with him in Buenos Ayres where he had a home waiting for her. How well she remembered the first time she had seen him; he was lodging in a house on the main road where she used to visit. It seemed a few weeks ago. He was standing at the gate, his peaked cap ss pushed back on his head and his hair tumbled forward over a face of bronze. Then they had come to know each other. He used to meet her outside the stores every evening and see her home. He took her to see the Bohemian Girl' and she felt elated as she sat in an unaccustomed part of the theatre with him. He 90 was awfully fond of music and sang a little. People knew that they were courting and when he sang about the lass that loves a sailor’ she always felt pleasantly confused. He used to call her Poppens® out of fun. First of all it had been an excitement for her to have a fellow and then she had begun to like him. He 95 had tales of distant countries. He had started as a deck boy’ at a wg.) A few weeks ago it seemed. IH 91 aufully] very 1H 68 of a] on IH 84-85 ‘ansewt IH 95 fellow] young man, 1H 92 he] Frank IH 94 of & Rg den ship or ferry, possibly careying ma Dbl at night Many such ships topped in Liverpool, seas destinations could change tater ships. 3. The capital of Argentina in South America, # destination for lish immigrants seeking 1 pict and ter workmen chy Ald ar a wor the lish composer Michael Balle an brett by Ale Bunn. The story concerns «gi from a noble family who is kidnapped by gypsies but anid goods in alton to passengers, departing ed in lvrpol, mere passengers bound fr over rate that drunken sailors sing 1 Fc the anng os that plese the Feeney cee Thi tha goes, And the asta oes aor 6 Derved Rom “pop sein dol daring ordain person. Soa err emt ei the ce on ahp th men als and emands30 DupLinens p of the Allan line* going out to Canada pwtold her the names of the ships he had been on and the names of the different services. He had sailed through the Sate of Magellan’ and he told her stories of the terrible Patagonians.' He had fallen on his feet* in Buenos Ayres, he said, and had come over to the old country just for a holiday. Of aise, her father had found out the affair and had forbidden her to have anything to say to him: oT know these sailor chaps, he said. One day he had quarrelled with Frank and after that she had to meet her lover secretly. ‘The evening deepened in the avenue. The white of two | ters in her lap grew indistinct. One was to Harry, the other was to her father, Ernest had been her favourite but she liked Harry too. Her father was becoming old lately, she noticed; he would nigs her. Sometimes he could be very nice. Not long before, Wwhen she had been laid up for a day, he had read her out a host story and made toast for her at the fire. Another day, ‘shen their mother was alive, they had all gone for a picnic to the Hill of Howth.* She remembered her father putting on her mother's bonnet to make the children laugh. Her time was running out but she continued to sit by the window, leaning her head against the window curtain, inhaling the odour of dusty cretonne. Down far in the avenue she could hear a street organ* playing. She knew the air.° Strange that it should come that very night to remind her of the promise to her mother, her promise to keep the home together as long as she could. She remembered the last night of her mother's illness; She was again in the close dark room at the other side of the hall and outside she heard a melancholy air of Italy, The organ player had been ordered to go away and given sixpence. She femembered her father strutting back into the sickroom saying: pound a month on a shi 104 say to] do with IH 105 —I] “I No raracrapu IH 105 chaps, IH; chaps—10; chaps,’ 14105 he] her father IH 106 One~f father had quarrelled one day, IH 114° made] bad made TH 115 Gel] 14; ber IH, 105 the 14P 8. A steamship based in Liverpool, England, that made regular trips to 108-109 letters] 14P; letters. lying, IH 122 the} 14; her IH, uo 120 as J €:10, 145 fellows.” nk] Frank and her 10 the Pacific coasts of North and South America. lantie Ocean 9, Sea passage at the tip of South America allowing ships to pass from the Atl to the Pacific, named after the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. i 1 pens seo oie oF native tribes living at the tip of Argentina, who 2. Landed om hi Teet, achieved success. 3. A point of lan ‘point of land projecting into the sea just northeast of Dublin. The promontory over the 4, harbor has lovely ews and is therfore a favored spot for outing. 4: Avr im or reed organ generally played by itinerant musicians.re EVvELINE 31 Damned Italians! coming over here!® ‘As she mused the pitiful vision of her mother’s life laid its 130 spell on the very quick of her being—that life of commonplace secrifices closing in final craziness. She trembled as she heard gain her mother’s voice saying constantly with foolish insist= ence is Derevaun Seraun! Derevaun Seraun!? a She stood up in a sudden impulse of terror. Escape! She must escape! Frank would save her. He would give her life, perhaps Jove too. But she wanted to live. Why should she be unhappy? She had a right to happiness. Frank would take her in his arms, fold her in his arms. He would save her. Mo oe e She stood among the swaying crowd in the station at the North Wall.* He held her hand and she knew that he was speak= ing to her, saying something about the passage over and over again. ‘The station was full of soldiers with brown baggages. Through the wide doors of the sheds she caught a glimpse of 145 the black mass of the boat lying in beside the quay wall, with illumined portholes. She answered nothing. She felt her cheek pale and cold and out of a maze of distress she prayed to God fo direct her, to show her what was her duty. The boat blew a Jong mournful whistle into the mist. If she went, tomorrow she 150 would be on the sea with Frank, steaming towards Buenos Ayres. Their passage had been booked. Could she still draw back after all he had done for her? Her distress awoke a nausea in her body and she kept moving her lips in silent fervent prayer. ‘A bell clanged upon her heart. She felt him seize her hand: —Come! All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart. He was drawing her into them: he would drown her. She gripped with both hands at the iron railing. —Come! No! No! No! It was impossible. Her hands clutched the iron in frenzy. Amid the seas she sent a cry of anguish. 129 —Damned] no ranacnari TH 130 As] No panacnarn IH 135 —-Derevaun Ser- FE I 137 would(2)|coukd 1H 138 to live] fife. 145, doors~ Shee door IN "157 —Come!] No ranacnarst IH 161 —Come!] No ranacnare TH ofthe story, andvendors 6. Although there was no signfiant Italian immigration into Dublin at the ie foe econ to lrcand frequen held tnerant jobs astraelingatsans or performer. Sater om. Speculations include suggestions thatthe words, may be comupt Gaelic frie en of pleasures pain” othe end of songs madness 8. dock for ange ships onthe north side ofthe rier Liffey near whe ‘empties into the32 Due iners —Eveline! Evy! He rushed beyond the barrier and called to her to follow. He 46; & 5 was shouted at to go on put he still called to her. She set her Mhite face to him, passive, like a helpless animal. Her eyes gave him no sign of love oF farewell or recognition. ‘After the Race! owards Dublin, running evenly las Road.? At the crest of the .d in clumps to watch the ‘The cars came scudding in Tike pellets in the groove of the N Hill a Inchicore® sightseers had gathers cars careering homeward and through this channel of poverty cf inaction the continent sped its Avealth and industry. Now sind again the clumps of people raised the cheer of the grate~ fully oppressed. Their sympathy, Howe? was for the blue cary—the cars of their friends, the French. ‘The French, moreover, were virtual victo*, ‘Their team had finshed solidly; they had been placed sec ‘ond and third and the 10 river of the winning German car was reported a Belgian.‘ Each blue car? therefore, received a double round of welcome as it topped the crest of the bill and ‘cach cheer of welcome was ‘opp wledged with smiles and nods by those in the car. In one aes te trimly built cars was a party of four yours Trt whose spirits seemed to be at present well ‘above the level of successful wPilliciem:* in fact, these four young men were almost hilarious. 164 —Eveline! Evvyl] No panacrarut IHL cope wer Cle he Homestend or Decenven 17,1904 se: 1910 ate pot (1 pcr umes roorwores 1914 OMe Oke ee ein (14) eoewrry 1m nor ts meron 4814 NS Viking ition 1969 Viking Critical Library printing (67) Copy-text: 1910 lat 12 round) measure IH, 14 abil race that ook le splay the relative merits o er Erance, Germany. Great hundred miles Pars Ty papons a the race as to roe ea coe tetos jenatzy, was Belgian f France. Since the victors” by