- History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
From the playfield the boys raised a shout. A whirring whistle: goal. What if that nightmare gave you back a kick?
- The ways of the creator are not our ways, Mr Deasy said. All human history moves towards one great goal, the manifestation of God.
Sthephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying:
- That is God. Hoorray! Ay! Whrrwhee!
- What? Mr Deasy asked.
- A shout in the street.
