Dubliners Suffering Quotes

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Quote #7

As the light failed and his memory began to wander he thought her hand touched his. The shock which had first attacked his stomach was now attacking his nerves. He put on his overcoat and hat quickly and went out. (A Painful Case.30)

In some ways, Mr Duffy is just about the saddest Dubliner of them all. Just this little tiny moment (which, we'd like to point out, could have actually been quite sweet and romantic) sends everything spiraling into a horrible cycle of awfulness, which ends with a girl dead on some train tracks. Yeah, we think he needs some touch therapy, stat.