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But the sail ended triumphantly. Never before had Priscilla rounded up the Tortoise to her mooring buoy with such absolute precision. Never before had she so large an audience to witness her skill. Peter Walsh was waiting for her at the buoy in Bran-nigan's punt. Patsy the smith, quite sober but still yellow in the face, was standing on the slip.
Peter Walsh earns five shillings a week by watching over the Tortoise and the Blue Wanderer. Priscilla leaped off her bicycle at the door of Bran-nigan's shop. The men on the window sills took no notice of her. They were absorbed in watching the operation of warping round the head of a small steamer which lay far down the quay.
Patsy's face was yellow a witness to the fact that his liver was still in him and he was inclined to take a pessimistic view of life. Peter Walsh paid no attention to his prophecy. Sweeny looked anxious. The sergeant was standing outside the door of Bran-nigan's shop. He accosted Peter Walsh as soon as he caught sight of him.
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