A WORD ABOUT 'TIS

THE GREATEST CHAPTER IN ANY MEMOIR FROM THE LAST HALF OF THE 20TH C IS ALSO THE SHORTEST.

IT IS ONE WORD LONG.

THE WORD IS '' 'TIS".

THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER - THE PENULTIMATE CHAPTER - IS ABOUT THE HERO'S FIRST NIGHT IN THE USA: A NIGHT OF ... HMMM... SHALL WE SAY... UNFETTERED FUN.

THE HERO - AN IRISHMAN WHOSE LIFE UNTIL THEN HAD BEEN ONE IRISH HARDSHIP AFTER ANOTHER - WAS ASKED THE FOLLOWING BY A SHIPMATE WHO HAD ALSO ENJOYED THAT NIGHT'S... THRILLS:

“Isn’t it a great country altogether?”

AND THE NEXT CHAPTER HAS BUT ONE WORD.

THAT WORD.

'TIS.

STILL IS.

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