l-off boarder, and is determined to capitalize on Polly's affair with Mr. Doran to see that plan through. Mr. Doran has no choice but to marry Polly because he knows if anyone finds out of his premarital affair with her then he’d be in a lot of trouble. Some people have absolutely no desire to get married because they find no enjoyment in being tied down to one person. In “A Little Cloud” a man called Little Chandler thinks of his meeting to come with his charismatic bachelor friend Gallagher, who left Dublin under strained circumstances and went on to become a prominent London newspaperman. Excited, he goes to meet Gallagher at an expensive restaurant, Corless's, to where he has never been before but about which he has often fantasized. Little Chandler feels out of place amid the opulent surroundings of the bar at Corless's, but Gallagher soon puts him at ease with his genial manner and stories about the world's great cities. They discuss some of their old friends, and also discuss Little Chandler's recent marriage. Little Chandler tries to convince Gallagher to spend the evening at his home, but Gallagher has other plans, and says he is leaving Dublin tomorrow. Abruptly Chandler begins to feel somewhat envious of his friend, and he starts to act petulant, insisting that one day Gallagher will marry soon and change his rakish ways. Gallagher retorts by saying he will marry only for wealth, and that he imagines being tied to one woman would be stale. Little Chandler goes home, and feels vaguely dissatisfied with his wife Annie. She goes out to run an errand, leaving him with their infant son. Little Chandler tries to read poetry while the child was sleeping, but he wakes up and begins to cry. Chandler tries to calm him, but eventually yells at the child making it worse. Annie comes in and angrily takes the baby away from her husband, asking, "What have you done to him?" As she soothes their son, Little Chandler...
