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  DoyoueverseeanythingofMrsBeaufoy,MrBloomasked。

  MinaPurefoy?shesaid。

  PhilipBeaufoyIwasthinking。Playgoers’club。Matchamoftenthinksofthemasterstroke。DidIpullthechain?Yes。Thelastact。

  Yes。

  Ijustcalledtoaskonthewayinissheoverit。She’sinthelying-inhospitalinHollesstreet。DrHornegotherin。She’sthreedaysbadnow。

  O,MrBloomsaid。I’msorrytohearthat。

  Yes,MrsBreensaid。Andahousefulofkidsathome。It’saverystiffbirth,thenursetoldme。

  O,MrBloomsaid。

  Hisheavypityinggazeabsorbedhernews。Histongueclackedincompassion。

  Dth!Dth!

  I’msorrytohearthat,hesaid。Poorthing!Threedays!That’sterribleforher。

  MrsBreennodded。

  ShewastakenbadontheTuesday……

  MrBloomtouchedherfunnybonegently,warningher。

  Mind!Letthismanpass。

  Abonyformstrodealongthecurbstonefromtheriver,staringwitharaptgazeintothesunlightthroughaheavystringedglass。Tightasaskullpieceatinyhatgrippedhishead。Fromhisarmafoldeddustcoat,astickandanumbrelladangledtohisstride。

  Watchhim,MrBloomsaid。Healwayswalksoutsidethelampposts。

  Watch!

  Whoisheifit’safairquestion,MrsBreenasked。Ishedotty?

  HisnameisCashelBoyleO’ConnorFitzmauriceTisdallFarrell,MrBloomsaid,smiling。Watch!

  Hehasenoughofthem,shesaid。Deniswillbelikethatoneofthesedays。

  Shebrokeoffsuddenly。

  Thereheis,shesaid。Imustgoafterhim。Goodbye。RemembermetoMolly,won’tyou?

  Iwill,MrBloomsaid。

  Hewatchedherdodgethroughpasserstowardstheshop-fronts。DenisBreeninskimpyfrockcoatandbluecanvasshoesshuffledoutofHarrison’shuggingtwoheavytomestohisribs。Blowninfromthebay。Likeoldtimes。

  Hesufferedhertoovertakehimwithoutsurpriseandthrusthisdullgreybeardtowardsher,hisloosejawwaggingashespokeearnestly。

  Meshuggah。Offhischump。

  MrBloomwalkedonagaineasily,seeingaheadofhiminsunlightthetightskullpiece,thedanglingstick,umbrella,dustcoat。Goingthetwodays。Watchhim!Outhegoesagain。Onewayofgettingonintheworld。

  Andthatotheroldmoseylunaticinthoseduds。Hardtimeshemusthavewithhim。

  U。P。:up。I’lltakemyoaththat’sAlfBerganorRichieGoulding。WroteitforalarkintheScotchhouse,Ibetanything。RoundtoMenton’soffice。

  Hisoystereyesstaringatthepostcard。Beafeastforthegods。

  HepassedtheIrishTimes。Theremightbeotheranswerslyingthere。Liketoanswerthemall。Goodsystemforcriminals。Code。Attheirlunchnow。Clerkwiththeglassestheredoesn’tknowme。O,leavethemtheretosimmer。Enoughbotherwadingthroughforty-fourofthem。Wantedsmartladytypisttoaidgentlemaninliterarywork。IcalledyounaughtydarlingbecauseIdonotlikethatotherworld。Pleasetellmewhatisthemeaning。Pleasetellmewhatperfumedoesyourwife。Tellmewhomadetheworld。Thewaytheyspringthosequestionsonyou。AndtheotheroneLizzieTwigg。MyliteraryeffortshavehadthegoodfortunetomeetwiththeapprovaloftheeminentpoetA。E。MrGeoRussell。Notimetodoherhairdrinkingsloppyteawithabookofpoetry。

  Bestpaperbylongchalksforasmallad。Gottheprovincesnow。Cookandgeneral,exccuisine,housemaidkept。Wantedlivemanforspiritcounter。

  RespgirlR。C。wishestohearofpostinfruitorporkshop。JamesCarlislemadethat。Sixandahalfpercentdividend。MadeabigdealonCoates’sshares。Ca’canny。CunningoldScotchhunks。Allthetoadynews。Ourgraciousandpopularvicereine。BoughttheIrishFieldnow。LadyMountcashelhasquiterecoveredafterherconfinementandrodeoutwiththeWardUnionstaghoundsattheenlargementyesterdayatRathoath。Uneatablefox。Pothunterstoo。Fearinjectsjuicesmakeittenderenoughforthem。Ridingastride。

  Sitherhorselikeaman。Weightcarryinghuntress。Nosidesaddleorpillionforher,notforJoe。Firsttothemeetandinatthedeath。Strongasabroodmaresomeofthosehorseywomen。Swaggeraroundliverystables。

  Tossoffaglassofbrandyneatwhileyou’dsayknife。ThatoneattheGrosvenorthismorning。Upwithheronthecar:wishwish。Stonewallorfivebarredgateputhermounttoit。Thinkthatpugnoseddriverdiditoutofspite。Whoisthisshewaslike?Oyes?MrsMiriamDandradethatsoldmeheroldwrapsandblackunderclothesintheShelbournehotel。DivorcedSpanishAmerican。Didn’ttakeafeatheroutofhermyhandlingthem。AsifIwasherclotheshorse。SawherintheviceregalpartywhenStubbstheparkrangergotmeinwithWhelanoftheExpress。Scavengingwhatthequalityleft。Hightea。MayonnaiseIpouredontheplumsthinkingitwascustard。Herearsoughttohavetingledforafewweeksafter。Wanttobeabullforher。Borncourtesan。Nonurseryworkforher,thanks。

  PoorMrsPurefoy!Methodisthusband。Methodinhismadness。Saffronbunandmilkandsodalunchintheeducationaldairy。Eatingwithastopwatch,thirtytwochewstotheminute。Stillhismuttonchopwhiskersgrew。Supposedtobewellconnected。Theodore’scousininDublinCastle。Onetonyrelativeineveryfamily。Hardyannualshepresentsherwith。SawhimoutattheThreeJollyTopersmarchingalongbareheadedandhiseldestboycarryingoneinamarketnet。Thesquallers。Poorthing!Thenhavingtogivethebreastyearafteryearallhoursofthenight。Selfishthoset。t’sare。

  Doginthemanger。Onlyonelumpofsugarinmytea,ifyouplease。

  HestoodatFleetstreetcrossing。LuncheonintervalasixpennyatRowe’s?

  Mustlookupthatadinthenationallibrary。AneightpennyintheBurton。

  Better。Onmyway。

  HewalkedonpastBolton’sWestmorelandhouse。Tea。Tea。Tea。IforgottotapTomKernan。

  Sss。Dth,dth,dth!Threedaysimaginegroaningonabedwithavinegaredhandkerchiefroundherforehead,herbellyswollenout!Phew!Dreadfulsimply!Child’sheadtoobig:forceps。Doubledupinsidehertryingtobuttitswayoutblindly,gropingforthewayout。Killmethatwould。

  LuckyMollygotoverherslightly。Theyoughttoinventsomethingtostopthat。Lifewithhardlabour。Twilightsleepidea:queenVictoriawasgiventhat。Nineshehad。Agoodlayer。Oldwomanthatlivedinashoeshehadsomanychildren。Supposehewasconsumptive。Timesomeonethoughtaboutitinsteadofgassingaboutthewhatwasitthepensivebosomofthesilvereffulgence。Flapdoodletofeedfoolson。Theycouldeasilyhavebigestablishments。

  Wholethingquitepainlessoutofallthetaxesgiveeverychildbornfivequidatcompoundinterestuptotwentyone,fivepercentisahundredshillingsandfivetiresomepounds,multiplybytwentydecimalsystem,encouragepeopletoputbymoneysavehundredandtenandabittwentyoneyearswanttoworkitoutonpapercometoatidysum,morethanyouthink。

  Notstillbornofcourse。Theyarenotevenregistered。Troublefornothing。

  Funnysighttwoofthemtogether,theirbelliesout。MollyandMrsMoisel。

  Mothers’meeting。Phthisisretiresforthetimebeing,thenreturns。Howflattheylookafterallofasudden!Peacefuleyes。Weightofftheirminds。

  OldMrsThorntonwasajollyoldsoul。Allmybabies,shesaid。Thespoonofpapinhermouthbeforeshefedthem。O,that’snyumyum。GotherhandcrushedbyoldTomWall’sson。Hisfirstbowtothepublic。Headlikeaprizepumpkin。SnuffyDrMurren。Peopleknockingthemupatallhours。

  ForGod’sakedoctor。WifeInherthroes。Thenkeepthemwaitingmonthsfortheirfee。Toattendanceonyourwife。Nogratitudeinpeople。Humanedoctors,mostofthem。

  BeforethehugehighdooroftheIrishhouseofparliamentaflockofpigeonsflew。Theirlittlefrolicaftermeals。Whowillwedoiton?I

  pickthefellowinblack。Heregoes。Here’sgoodluck。Mustbethrillingfromtheair。Apjohn,myselfandOwenGoldbergupinthetreesnearGoosegreenplayingthemonkeys。Mackereltheycalledme。

  AsquadofconstablesdebouchedfromCollegestreet,marchinginIndianfile。Goosestep。Foodheatedfaces,sweatinghelmets,pattingtheirtruncheons。

  Aftertheirfeedwithagoodloadoffatsoupundertheirbelts。Policeman’slotisoftahappyone。Theysplitupintogroupsandscattered,salutingtowardstheirbeats。Letouttograze。Bestmomenttoattackoneinpuddingtime。Apunchinhisdinner。Asquadofothers,marchingirregularly,roundedTrinityrailings,makingforthestation。Boundfortheirtroughs。Preparetoreceivecavalry。Preparetoreceivesoup。

  HecrossedunderTommyMoore’sroguishfinger。Theydidrighttoputhimupoveraurinal:meetingofthewaters。Oughttobeplacesforwomen。

  Runningintocakeshops。Settlemyhatstraight。Thereisnotinthiswideworldavallee。GreatsongofJuliaMorkan’s。Kepthervoiceuptotheverylast。PupilofMichaelBalfe’swasn’tshe?

  Hegazedafterthelastbroadtunic。Nastycustomerstotackle。JackPowercouldataleunfold:fatheraGman。Ifafellowgavethemtroublebeinglaggedtheylethimhaveithotandheavyinthebridewell。Can’tblamethemafterallwiththejobtheyhaveespeciallytheyounghornies。

  ThathorsepolicemanthedayJoeChamberlainwasgivenhisdegreeinTrinityhegotarunforhismoney。Mywordhedid!Hishorse’shoofsclatteringafterusdownAbbeystreet。LuckIhadthepresenceofmindtodiveintoManning’sorIwassouped。Hedidcomeawallop,byGeorge。Musthavecrackedhisskullonthecobblestones。Ioughtn’ttohavegotmyselfsweptalongwiththosemedicals。AndtheTrinityjibsintheirmortar-boards。Lookingfortrouble。StillIgottoknowthatyoungDixonwhodressedthatstingformeintheMaterandnowhe’sinHollesstreetwhereMrsPurefoy。Wheelswithinwheels。Policewhistleinmyearsstill。Allskedaddled。Whyhefixedonme。Givemeincharge。Righthereitbegan。

  UptheBoers!

  ThreecheersforDeWet!

  We’llhangJoeChamberlainonasourappletree。

  Sillybillies:mobofyoungcubsyellingtheirgutsout。Vinegarhill。

  TheButterexchangeband。Fewyears’timehalfofthemmagistratesandcivilservants。Warcomeson:intothearmyhelterskelter:samefellowsusedtowhetheronthescaffoldhigh。

  Neverknowwhoyou’retalkingto。CornyKelleherhehasHarveyDuffinhiseye。LikethatPeterorDenisorJamesCareythatblewthegaffontheinvincibles。Memberofthecorporationtoo。Eggingrawyouthsontogetintheknow。Allthetimedrawingsecretservicepayfromthecastle。

  Drophimlikeahotpotato。Whythoseplainclothesmenarealwayscourtingslaveys。Easilytwigamanusedtouniform。Square-pushingupagainstabackdoor。Maulherabit。Thenthenextthingonthemenu。Andwhoisthegentlemandoesbevisitingthere?Wastheyoungmastersayinganything?

  PeepingTomthroughthekeyhole。Decoyduck。Hotbloodedyoungstudentfoolingroundherfatarmsironing。

  Arethoseyours,Mary?

  Idon’twearsuchthings……StoporI’lltellthemissusonyou。

  Outhalfthenight。

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