Now gode

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Nauw goed (Dutch): (literally) now good, used as opening words to a sentence similarly to "Well," or "OK," in English, or "Enfin" in French.

From this point in the book, for about three pages, Joyce has worked in a high proportion of Dutch words and phrases.

  • goad: to push someone to do something they may not want to do