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"
And
the
artistes
!
"
said
Mrs.
Kearney
.
"
Of
course
they
are
doing
their
best
,
but
really
they
are
not
good
.
"
Mr.
Holohan
admitted
that
the
artistes
were
no
good
but
the
committee
,
he
said
,
had
decided
to
let
the
first
three
concerts
go
as
they
pleased
and
reserve
all
the
talent
for
Saturday
night
.
Mrs.
Kearney
said
nothing
,
but
,
as
the
mediocre
items
followed
one
another
on
the
platform
and
the
few
people
in
the
hall
grew
fewer
and
fewer
,
she
began
to
regret
that
she
had
put
herself
to
any
expense
for
such
a
concert
.
There
was
something
she
did
n't
like
in
the
look
of
things
and
Mr.
Fitzpatrick
's
vacant
smile
irritated
her
very
much
.
However
,
she
said
nothing
and
waited
to
see
how
it
would
end
.
The
concert
expired
shortly
before
ten
,
and
everyone
went
home
quickly
.
The
concert
on
Thursday
night
was
better
attended
,
but
Mrs.
Kearney
saw
at
once
that
the
house
was
filled
with
paper
.
The
audience
behaved
indecorously
,
as
if
the
concert
were
an
informal
dress
rehearsal
.
Mr.
Fitzpatrick
seemed
to
enjoy
himself
;
he
was
quite
unconscious
that
Mrs.
Kearney
was
taking
angry
note
of
his
conduct
.
He
stood
at
the
edge
of
the
screen
,
from
time
to
time
jutting
out
his
head
and
exchanging
a
laugh
with
two
friends
in
the
corner
of
the
balcony
.
In
the
course
of
the
evening
,
Mrs.
Kearney
learned
that
the
Friday
concert
was
to
be
abandoned
and
that
the
committee
was
going
to
move
heaven
and
earth
to
secure
a
bumper
house
on
Saturday
night
.
When
she
heard
this
,
she
sought
out
Mr.
Holohan
.
She
buttonholed
him
as
he
was
limping
out
quickly
with
a
glass
of
lemonade
for
a
young
lady
and
asked
him
was
it
true
.
Yes
.
it
was
true
.
"
But
,
of
course
,
that
does
n't
alter
the
contract
,
"
she
said
.
"
The
contract
was
for
four
concerts
.
"
Mr.
Holohan
seemed
to
be
in
a
hurry
;
he
advised
her
to
speak
to
Mr.
Fitzpatrick
.
Mrs.
Kearney
was
now
beginning
to
be
alarmed
.
She
called
Mr.
Fitzpatrick
away
from
his
screen
and
told
him
that
her
daughter
had
signed
for
four
concerts
and
that
,
of
course
,
according
to
the
terms
of
the
contract
,
she
should
receive
the
sum
originally
stipulated
for
,
whether
the
society
gave
the
four
concerts
or
not
.
Mr.
Fitzpatrick
,
who
did
not
catch
the
point
at
issue
very
quickly
,
seemed
unable
to
resolve
the
difficulty
and
said
that
he
would
bring
the
matter
before
the
committee
.
Mrs.
Kearney
's
anger
began
to
flutter
in
her
cheek
and
she
had
all
she
could
do
to
keep
from
asking
:
"
And
who
is
the
Cometty
pray
?
"
But
she
knew
that
it
would
not
be
ladylike
to
do
that
:
so
she
was
silent
.
Little
boys
were
sent
out
into
the
principal
streets
of
Dublin
early
on
Friday
morning
with
bundles
of
handbills
.
Special
puffs
appeared
in
all
the
evening
papers
,
reminding
the
music
loving
public
of
the
treat
which
was
in
store
for
it
on
the
following
evening
.
Mrs.
Kearney
was
somewhat
reassured
,
but
be
thought
well
to
tell
her
husband
part
of
her
suspicions
.
He
listened
carefully
and
said
that
perhaps
it
would
be
better
if
he
went
with
her
on
Saturday
night
.
She
agreed
.
She
respected
her
husband
in
the
same
way
as
she
respected
the
General
Post
Office
,
as
something
large
,
secure
and
fixed
;
and
though
she
knew
the
small
number
of
his
talents
she
appreciated
his
abstract
value
as
a
male
.
She
was
glad
that
he
had
suggested
coming
with
her
.
She
thought
her
plans
over
.
