deirdre , deirdre , deirdre , the ribbons soundlessly crying her mother 's name , while the ladies in the pretty dresses drank white wine from stemmed glasses , and the little girl with the hair ribbon stared at her , and a nun , even a nun in a dark blue dress and white veil and black stockings , sat bent over her cane , on the edge of a chair , with a man speaking into her ear , her head cocked , her small beak of a nose gleaming in the light , and little girls gathered around her .