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It
was
always
a
great
affair
,
the
Misses
Morkan
's
annual
dance
.
Everybody
who
knew
them
came
to
it
,
members
of
the
family
,
old
friends
of
the
family
,
the
members
of
Julia
's
choir
,
any
of
Kate
's
pupils
that
were
grown
up
enough
,
and
even
some
of
Mary
Jane
's
pupils
too
.
Never
once
had
it
fallen
flat
.
For
years
and
years
it
had
gone
off
in
splendid
style
,
as
long
as
anyone
could
remember
;
ever
since
Kate
and
Julia
,
after
the
death
of
their
brother
Pat
,
had
left
the
house
in
Stoney
Batter
and
taken
Mary
Jane
,
their
only
niece
,
to
live
with
them
in
the
dark
,
gaunt
house
on
Usher
's
Island
,
the
upper
part
of
which
they
had
rented
from
Mr.
Fulham
,
the
corn-factor
on
the
ground
floor
.
That
was
a
good
thirty
years
ago
if
it
was
a
day
.
Mary
Jane
,
who
was
then
a
little
girl
in
short
clothes
,
was
now
the
main
prop
of
the
household
,
for
she
had
the
organ
in
Haddington
Road
.
She
had
been
through
the
Academy
and
gave
a
pupils
'
concert
every
year
in
the
upper
room
of
the
Antient
Concert
Rooms
.
Many
of
her
pupils
belonged
to
the
better-class
families
on
the
Kingstown
and
Dalkey
line
.
Old
as
they
were
,
her
aunts
also
did
their
share
.
Julia
,
though
she
was
quite
grey
,
was
still
the
leading
soprano
in
Adam
and
Eve
's
,
and
Kate
,
being
too
feeble
to
go
about
much
,
gave
music
lessons
to
beginners
on
the
old
square
piano
in
the
back
room
.
Lily
,
the
caretaker
's
daughter
,
did
housemaid
's
work
for
them
.
Though
their
life
was
modest
,
they
believed
in
eating
well
;
the
best
of
everything
:
diamond-bone
sirloins
,
three-shilling
tea
and
the
best
bottled
stout
.
But
Lily
seldom
made
a
mistake
in
the
orders
,
so
that
she
got
on
well
with
her
three
mistresses
.
They
were
fussy
,
that
was
all
.
But
the
only
thing
they
would
not
stand
was
back
answers
.
Of
course
,
they
had
good
reason
to
be
fussy
on
such
a
night
.
And
then
it
was
long
after
ten
o'clock
and
yet
there
was
no
sign
of
Gabriel
and
his
wife
.
Besides
they
were
dreadfully
afraid
that
Freddy
Malins
might
turn
up
screwed
.
They
would
not
wish
for
worlds
that
any
of
Mary
Jane
's
pupils
should
see
him
under
the
influence
;
and
when
he
was
like
that
it
was
sometimes
very
hard
to
manage
him
.
Freddy
Malins
always
came
late
,
but
they
wondered
what
could
be
keeping
Gabriel
:
and
that
was
what
brought
them
every
two
minutes
to
the
banisters
to
ask
Lily
had
Gabriel
or
Freddy
come
.
"
O
,
Mr.
Conroy
,
"
said
Lily
to
Gabriel
when
she
opened
the
door
for
him
,
"
Miss
Kate
and
Miss
Julia
thought
you
were
never
coming
.
Good-night
,
Mrs.
Conroy
.
"
"
I
'll
engage
they
did
,
"
said
Gabriel
,
"
but
they
forget
that
my
wife
here
takes
three
mortal
hours
to
dress
herself
.
"
He
stood
on
the
mat
,
scraping
the
snow
from
his
goloshes
,
while
Lily
led
his
wife
to
the
foot
of
the
stairs
and
called
out
:
"
Miss
Kate
,
here
's
Mrs.
Conroy
.
"
Kate
and
Julia
came
toddling
down
the
dark
stairs
at
once
.
Both
of
them
kissed
Gabriel
's
wife
,
said
she
must
be
perished
alive
,
and
asked
was
Gabriel
with
her
.
"
Here
I
am
as
right
as
the
mail
,
Aunt
Kate
!
Go
on
up
.
I
'll
follow
,
"
called
out
Gabriel
from
the
dark
.
