Dubliners by James Joyce Chapter 5 Page 10

Hungarian, who was beginning to have a sharp desire for his dinner.

The dinner was excellent, exquisite. S�gouin, Jimmy decided, had a very refined taste. The party was increased by a young Englishman named Routh whom Jimmy had seen with S�gouin at Cambridge. The young men supped in a snug room lit by electric candle-lamps. They talked volubly and with little reserve. Jimmy, whose imagination was kindling, conceived the lively youth of the Frenchmen twined elegantly upon the firm framework of the Englishman’s manner. A graceful image of his, he thought, and a just one. He admired the dexterity with which their host directed the conversation.

The five young men had various tastes and their tongues had been loosened. Villona, with immense respect, began to discover to the mildly