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Wilson
O’Casey, along with his partner Wilson, is investigating the murder of Thaddeus Matthews. O’Casey is slightly junior to Wilson and somewhat more reserved; however, like Wilson, he is warm towards Tom and even hugs him after he and Wilson tell Tom that he likely won’t be charged for Matthews’s murder. He and Wilson are very close friends, with Wilson laughing good-naturedly when O’Casey gets food poisoning at Tom’s flat.
O’Casey Quotes in Old God’s Time
The Old God’s Time quotes below are all either spoken by O’Casey or refer to O’Casey. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 16
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Even the man highest up thought he should take early retirement, but something deep in him needed to go on to the end. Then the little party and the sombre words and the happy words. Then his niche in Queenstown Castle. His wicker chair, the characterful sea, and the stolid island. And then, those quiet nine months not only of new silence, but also—what could he call it? A sort of blossoming sense of relief, maybe, that the wretched Fates had done with him. Had noticed his great happiness long ago, and emblem by emblem taken it away from him. Then the day that Wilson and O’Casey came to him like Mormons, with the old rhododendron aflame at their backs. The screeching of the door and the whole thing cranked up again, like a Model T Ford.
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O’Casey Quotes in Old God’s Time
The Old God’s Time quotes below are all either spoken by O’Casey or refer to O’Casey. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 16
Quotes
Even the man highest up thought he should take early retirement, but something deep in him needed to go on to the end. Then the little party and the sombre words and the happy words. Then his niche in Queenstown Castle. His wicker chair, the characterful sea, and the stolid island. And then, those quiet nine months not only of new silence, but also—what could he call it? A sort of blossoming sense of relief, maybe, that the wretched Fates had done with him. Had noticed his great happiness long ago, and emblem by emblem taken it away from him. Then the day that Wilson and O’Casey came to him like Mormons, with the old rhododendron aflame at their backs. The screeching of the door and the whole thing cranked up again, like a Model T Ford.
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