![]() ![]() and long stained fingers through which he roll his cigarette" he doubts his father's exaggerated endorsement of Mike's qualifications. ![]() Flynn, according to Stephen's father, has put "some of the best runners of modern times through his hands." Stephen has noticed Mike's "flabby stubblecovered face. He begins each day observing Uncle Charles as the old man in his tall hat, humming Irish tunes, leaves the house, smoking his foul-smelling "black twist" of tobacco and making ready to perform his morning defecation ritual in the "arbour" (the outhouse).Īfter the ritual, Uncle Charles and Stephen take their usual daily walk through the town marketplace their next stop is the park, where they meet, as usual, Mike Flynn, an old friend of Stephen's father's Mike is training Stephen to be a runner. Stephen enjoys being with his father and his great-uncle, Uncle Charles. The chapter opens with Stephen at home he is spending the summer with his family, who have moved from Bray to Blackrock, about five miles southeast of Dublin. ![]()
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