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‘My dear Stephen, have you gone completely mad?'
They were walking in Phoenix Park and Billy had stopped, leaned on his cane and given his friend a disbelieving stare. It was the Saturday after the ball and Stephen still bore the scars. His nose was swollen and tender, and his left eye was at the centre of an enormous bruise that was starting to go yellow around the edges.