THE ‘BOYS’ IN THE BOYS’ night out, consisting of Rafferty, his two brothers, Mickey and Patrick Sean, Cyrus, Louis and cousin Nigel, all met up, as planned, in the Horse and Groom, Rafferty’s new local.
After introducing the two Americans to the family, Rafferty introduced them to the concept of having a kitty and they both coughed up without a murmur. There was some discussion about who was going to hold the money, there being no non-drinking and ever-scrupulous Llewellyn in the party, but eventually, after much humming and hawing, Cyrus was elected to the office of cash holder, it being thought that, as a man of God, he could be trusted not to dip into the kitty for extra drinks for himself.
As he took the money, Cyrus confided to Rafferty, he had hopes of converting the barmaid he had
