'We looked at The Priory, you know. They were interrupted by frantic tapping on the window pane. Playing second fiddle, on the other hand, is not an easy part. When Declan was ten, his father broke his back falling from a tractor when drunk, and was thus rendered useless for heavy work, so the family moved back to Cork, his Protestant mother's home town.
'I'm not going to do anything about her. 'Don't be ridiculous,' snapped Declan. ''Just because he was bloody-minded at the ball,' said Declan scornfully. He whizzed past the ravishing stained-glass windows, the carved pillars and the breathtaking pictures as though he was riding against the clock.
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