Dubliners by James Joyce Chapter 8 Page 22

houses on the Continent and described some of the practices which were fashionable in high society and ended by telling, with details, a story about an English duchess — a story which he knew to be true. Little Chandler was astonished.

“Ah, well,” said Ignatius Gallaher, “here we are in old jog-along Dublin where nothing is known of such things.”

“How dull you must find it,” said Little Chandler, “after all the other places you’ve seen!”

“Well,” said Ignatius Gallaher, “it’s a relaxation to come over here, you know.

And, after all, it’s the old country, as they say, isn’t it? You can’t help having a certain feeling for it. That’s