for edna , jack and ben table of contents the politics of middle age velanni a mother and sons prerogative marlows necklace the illusion of probability bullies and frogs the man who feared irony absence makes the heart white lies on booker street the pro and the lunatic my brothers keeper big money the old man and his daughter eight children on a checkered floor the tryst about timothy quinlan the politics of middle age they didnt rent the limousine often , at least not enough for russells taste .