The indelicate clacking of the men's heels and the shuffling of their soles reminded him that their grade of culture differed from his.
James Joyce, The Dead, Viking Press Inc., 1947, p.6.
TIME: 1900
PLACE: Dublin
There was a great deal of confusion and laughter and noise, the noise of orders and counter-orders, of knives and forks, of corks and glass-stoppers.
James Joyce, The Dead, Viking Press Inc., 1947, p.23.
TIME:1900
PLACE: Dublin
Someone laughed once or twice, and then a few gentle men patted the table gently as a signal for silence.
James Joyce, The Dead, Viking Press Inc., 1947, p.27.
TIME: 1900
PLACE: Dublin
In the silence Gabriel could hear the falling of the molten wax into the tray, and the thumping of his own heart against his ribs.
James Joyce, The Dead, Viking Press Inc., 1947, p.51.
TIME: 1900
PLACE: Dublin
home