Excercise

Try punctuating these paragraphs adapted from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce.

the slide was shot back the penitent emerged from the side of the bos the farther side was drawn a woman entered quietly and deftly where the first penitent had knelt the faint murmur began again

he could still leave the chapel he could stand up put one foot before the other and walk out softly and then run run run swiftly through the dark streets he could still escape from the shame had it been any terrible crime but that one sin had it been murder little fiery flakes fell and touched him at all points shameful thoughts shameful words shameful acts shame covered him wholly like fine glowing ashes falling continually to say it in words his soul stiflin and helpless would cease to be

the slide was shot back a penitent emerged from the farther side of the box the near side was drawn a penitent entered where the other penitent had come out a soft whispering noise floated in vaporous cloudlets out of the box it was the woman soft whispering cloudlets soft whispering vapour whispering and vanishing