Peep-o'Day-Boys
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The Peep-O'Day-Boys is the name given by its members to a curious club which meets regularly on the third Tuesday of every month at Wharton's coffee-house in Oxford-street. To be eligible as a member one must first be an upper servant at one of the grander houses in town: and, naturally, one must be male. The business of the Peep-O'Day-Boys is much the same as that of any other club - gossip, gambling and good company. Stephen Black is a member, as are his good friends Lord Castlereagh's valet and the Duke of Portland's coachman[19].
In the early days of Stephen's enchantment he is gloomily attending a gathering of the Peep-O'Day-Boys when he again encounters the gentleman with the thistle-down hair, who reveals to him openly that what he has previously dismissed as dreams - that he nightly attended balls at Lost-hope - is sober reality. Thus Stephen becomes aware for the first time that he is not merely deluded or depressed in spirits, but in the thrall of a terrible spell.
Although it shares their name, the club is not known to have any links with the violent gang of Irishmen described here in Wikipedia.
In the early days of Stephen's enchantment he is gloomily attending a gathering of the Peep-O'Day-Boys when he again encounters the gentleman with the thistle-down hair, who reveals to him openly that what he has previously dismissed as dreams - that he nightly attended balls at Lost-hope - is sober reality. Thus Stephen becomes aware for the first time that he is not merely deluded or depressed in spirits, but in the thrall of a terrible spell.
Although it shares their name, the club is not known to have any links with the violent gang of Irishmen described here in Wikipedia.