Paragraph 14
“The blue fuse burns deadly between hands and burns clear.”
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Stephen remembers the ageing Irish revolutionary Kevin Egan telling stories of Fenian conspiracies, disguises, escapes and violence. Egan once imagined himself a handsome young revolutionary and lover, but decades later he lives an obscure and lonely existence in Paris. His
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