![]() ![]() ![]() Unsurprisingly, Polly has a lot of energy and she's "very lively," so Mrs.Polly is a little bit of a temptress at age 19, singing "I'm a…naughty girl" to the men who live in her mother's rooms. Jack stays out late and amuses his boardinghouse friends with bets on the up-and-coming artists and horses.We've already met the parents, so now let's see the kids.That sounds sketchy, but we'll roll with it. Success! Mrs Mooney gained a lot of respect as the proprietor: "All the young men spoke of her as The Madam" (The Boarding House.2).On her own and without a drunk sapping all her dough, she opened a boarding house for Dublin's travelers, artists, and middle managers.Mooney got her groove back with a priest-approved separation from Mr. He was a raging drunk, stole money, fought with her in public, and bought bad meat. As a butcher's daughter, she knew what she was doing when she opened a butcher shop, but Mr Mooney got in the way bigtime.Mooney's biggest problem has always been Mr. ![]()
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