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After a Dublin tea taster and salesmen named Tom Kernan loses consciousness while drunk, his friends Martin Cunningham, Jack Power, C.P. M'Coy, and Mr. Fogarty gather in his bedroom to gossip about the church and persuade him to attend a retreat that they hope will renew his faith. In the story's last scene, the men attend the retreat together.

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