Which sentence from "araby" contains deatails that describes the setting

The first sentence of the book "Araby" gives details that describe the setting. The sentence states: " North Richmond Street, being blind was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free". Richmond Street was set in Dublin, Ireland around 1905. It was written by James Joyce and is the third story in a collection of literary pieces. 

So the passage is about the comic mask is ugly