Quotation from: Dubliners

Written by: James Joyce

As the piano had twice begun the prelude to the first figure Mary
Jane led her recruits quickly from the room. They had hardly gone
when Aunt Julia wandered slowly into the room, looking behind
her at something.

"What is the matter, Julia?" asked Aunt Kate anxiously. "Who is
it?"

Julia, who was carrying in a column of table-napkins, turned to her
sister and said, simply, as if the question had surprised her: