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—Come on up, Martin Cunningham said to the subsheriff.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Martin Cunningham spoke by turns, twirling the peak of his beard, to the assistant town clerk and the subsheriff, while John Wyse Nolan held his peace.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James