How we cite our quotes: (Story.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Three small whiskies had gone to his head and Gallaher's strong cigar had confused his mind, for he was a delicate and abstinent person […] His arms trembled with anger and suddenly bending to the child's face he shouted
"Stop!" (A Little Cloud.87,113-14)
We're betting Little Chandler wishes Joyce had picked any other night of his life to write a story about him.
Quote #8
But as soon as his father-in-law was dead Mr Mooney began to go to the devil. He drank, plundered the till, ran headlong into debt. (The Boarding House.1)
He's lucky Mrs Mooney didn't take care of him with a butcher's knife. See, drinking problems don't just cause marital woes. They cause money woes, too. And while most of the characters in Dubliners aren't terribly poor, we're betting their pockets aren't too deep either.
Quote #9
The man listened to the clicking of the machine for a few minutes and then set to work to finish his copy. But his head was not clear and his mind wandered away to the glare and rattle of the public-house. It was a night for hot punches. (Counterparts.31)
Notice that Farrington's head isn't clear even before he starts drinking. Bad sign.