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The two pages in question consisted of the short sketch " Roderick O ' Conor ", concerning the historic last king of Ireland cleaning up after guests by drinking the dregs of their dirty glasses.

Joyce completed another four short sketches in July and August 1923, while holidaying in Bognor.

The sketches, which dealt with different aspects of Irish history, are commonly known as " Tristan and Isolde ", " Saint Patrick and the Druid ," " Kevin's Orisons " and " Mamalujo ".

While these sketches would eventually be incorporated into Finnegans Wake in one form or another, they did not contain any of the main characters or plot points which would later come to constitute the backbone of the book.

The first signs of what would eventually become Finnegans Wake came in August 1923 when Joyce wrote the sketch " Here Comes Everybody ", which dealt for the first time with the book's protagonist HCE.