The narrator talks about being a part of the group of boys who play in the street. He then introduces Mangan’s sister, agirl who captivates his imagination even though he rarely, if ever, speaks with her. He does stare at her from his windowand follow her on the street, however, often thinking of her “even in places the most hostile to romance.” While in themarketplace on Saturday nights, for example, he uses her image to guide him through the thronging crowd who yell their sales pitches and sing patriotic Irish ballads. He becomes misty-eyed just at the thought of her and retreats to the priest’sdark room in order to deprive himself of other senses and think only of her