“In the United States” he said [Father Flood] “there would be plenty of work for someone like you and with good pay”… “in Brooklyn, where my parish is, there would be office work for someone who was hard-working and educated and honest”.
“It’s very far away, thought” her mother said “that’s the only thing”.
“Parts of Brooklyn” Father Flood replied “are just like Ireland. They are full of Irish…it would be a great opportunity, especially if you were young” Father Flood said finally.
Eilis felt like a child when the doctor would came to the house, her mother listening with cowed respect.