Dyck Calhoun Returns to Dublin After Prison
Dyck Calhoun, an Irish gentleman of the revolutionary era, returns home to Dublin after four years in prison for a killing. He reunites with loyal friends Michael Clones and Christopher Dogan, faces a changed world, and plans a modest meal before deciding his next move. Sheila Llyn, a seventeen year old neighbor, appears in the background as tensions and loyalties unfold.
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Dyck Calhoun
Sheila Llyn
Sheila
Irris Boone
Dyck
Fres‘om
Michael Clowes
Christopher Dogan
Christopher
Erris Boyne
Harts
Michael
Playmore
Heaven
Hell
Ireland
King’s Army
Meyra
Whither Now in England Amid War and Unrest
In a Britain riven by war with France and social distress, adventurers flood London as chapters of unrest unfold. Dyck Calhoun and Michael Clowes flee Ireland to seek a footing in the capital, Dyck hoping for purpose while Clowes remains a guiding, if dominant, companion. They lodge in Soho and glimpse a future amid a city of poverty, press-gangs, and shifting ministries.
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England
France
King’s
Seven Dials
Admiralty
Mercantile Marine
London
Dyck Calhoun
Michael Clowes
Ireland
Dyck
Holyhead
Hendon
Hampstead
Edeware Road
Michael
Soho
Letter from Sheila Lyn Offers Virginia Escape in Debt
Dyck reads a letter from Sheila Lyn promising help and travel funds to Virginia after his release. She urges him to flee Ireland and England for a fresh start, noting a Welsh or American path with land and credit. He and Michael Clones face poverty and the lure of new life while a firm in Dublin holds money for transport.
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Sheila
Dublin
Dyck
Livyn
Liyn
America
London
Dyrk
Ireland
Bryan Llyn
Virginia
Sheila Lyn
Sar
Weir
England
Heaven
Sheila Llyn
Isyck
Michael Clones
Michael
Michael Notded
Sye
Hour Before the Mutiny on the Ariadne
On the Ariadne forecastle Michael and Dyck recall how they joined the navy after a pawned watch and a letter from Virginia. Four men recruited them for forty pounds each, sealing their fate as three years of service, with talk of promotion and peril ahead.
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Michel
Dyck
Ariadne
Michael
Virginia
Watch Pd
Navy
To Be Continued: Wit and Wallop in Humorous Aphorisms
A string of quips on gender and social expectations. It includes lines about ease of virtue, tears, complexion, and a man’s weakness after courting. The tone is ironic, aimed at social manners and courtship with compact, playful bite.
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Leogard Mallow
Lord Maldow
Miles Calhoun
Tere Malow
Kirris Moyne
Higland
Boyne
Bayne
Haynes
Chael
Gilbert St Parker
the Seays OF the Mighty Onine
Orie
S Rigilbert Parker
Jack
King's Navy
Amer
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Donovans
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