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  Hecaughthimselfintheact:lookedatall:refrained。

  Anattendantfromthedoorwaycalled:

  MrLyster!FatherDineenwants……

  O!FatherDineen!Directly。

  Swiftlyrectlycreakingrectlyrectlyhewasrectlygone。

  JohnEglintontouchedthefoil。

  Come,hesaid。LetushearwhatyouhavetosayofRichardandEdmund。

  Youkeptthemforthelast,didn’tyou?

  InaskingyoutorememberthosetwonoblekinsmennuncleRichieandnuncleEdmund,Stephenanswered,IfeelIamaskingtoomuchperhaps。A

  brotherisaseasilyforgottenasanumbrella。

  Lapwing。

  Whereisyourbrother?Apothecaries’hall。Mywhetstone。Him,thenCranly,Mulligan:nowthese。Speech,speech。Butact。Actspeech。Theymocktotryyou。Act。Beactedon。

  Lapwing。

  Iamtiredofmyvoice,thevoiceofEsau。Mykingdomforadrink。

  On。

  Youwillsaythosenameswerealreadyinthechroniclesfromwhichhetookthestuffofhisplays。Whydidhetakethemratherthanothers?

  Richard,awhoresoncrookback,misbegotten,makeslovetoawidowedAnnwhat’sinaname?,woosandwinsher,awhoresonmerrywidow。Richardtheconqueror,thirdbrother,cameafterWilliamtheconquered。Theotherfouractsofthatplayhanglimplyfromthatfirst。OfallhiskingsRichardistheonlykingunshieldedbyShakespeare’sreverence,theangeloftheworld。WhyistheunderplotofKingLearinwhichEdmundfiguresliftedoutofSidney’sArcadiaandspatchcockedontoaCelticlegendolderthanhistory?

  ThatwasWill’sway,JohnEglintondefended。WeshouldnotnowcombineaNorsesagawithanexcerptfromanovelbyGeorgeMeredith。Quevoulez-vous?Moorewouldsay。HeputsBohemiaontheseacoastandmakesUlyssesquoteAristotle。

  Why?Stephenansweredhimself。BecausethethemeofthefalseortheusurpingortheadulterousbrotherorallthreeinoneistoShakespeare,whatthepoorisnot,alwayswithhim。Thenoteofbanishment,banishmentfromtheheart,banishmentfromhome,soundsuninterruptedlyfromTheTwoGentlemenofVeronaonwardtillProsperobreakshisstaff,buriesitcertainfathomsintheearthanddrownshisbook。Itdoublesitselfinthemiddleofhislife,reflectsitselfinanother,repeatsitself,protasis,epitasis,catastasis,catastrophe。Itrepeatsitselfagainwhenheisnearthegrave,whenhismarrieddaughterSusan,chipoftheoldblock,isaccusedofadultery。Butitwastheoriginalsinthatdarkenedhisunderstanding,weakenedhiswillandleftinhimastronginclinationtoevil。ThewordsarethoseofmylordsbishopsofMaynooth:anoriginalsinand,likeoriginalsin,committedbyanotherinwhosesinhetoohassinned。Itisbetweenthelinesofhislastwrittenwords,itispetrifiedonhistombstoneunderwhichherfourbonesarenottobelaid。Agehasnotwitheredit。Beautyandpeacehavenotdoneitaway。Itisininfinitevarietyeverywhereintheworldhehascreated,inMuchAdoaboutNothing,twiceinAsyoulikeIt,inTheTempest,inHamlet,inMeasureforMeasure,andinalltheotherplayswhichIhavenotread。

  Helaughedtofreehismindfromhismind’sbondage。JudgeEglintonsummedup。

  Thetruthismidway,heaffirmed。Heistheghostandtheprince。

  Heisallinall。

  Heis,Stephensaid。Theboyofactoneisthematuremanofactfive。Allinall。InCymbeline,inOthelloheisbawdandcuckold。Heactsandisactedon。Loverofanidealoraperversion,likeJoséhekillstherealCarmen。HisunremittingintellectisthehornmadIagoceaselesslywillingthatthemoorinhimshallsuffer。

  Cuckoo!Cuckoo!CuckMulligancluckedlewdly。Owordoffear!

  Darkdomereceived,reverbed。

  AndwhatacharacterisIago!undauntedJohnEglintonexclaimed。

  WhenallissaidDumasfilsorisitDumaspère?

  isright。AfterGodShakespearehascreatedmost。

  Mandelightshimnotnorwomanneither,Stephensaid。Hereturnsafteralifeofabsencetothatspotofearthwherehewasborn,wherehehasalwaysbeen,manandboy,asilentwitnessandthere,hisjourneyoflifeended,heplantshismulberrytreeintheearth。Thendies。Themotionisended。GravediggersburyHamletpéreandHamletfils。Akingandaprinceatlastindeath,withincidentalmusic。

  And,whatthoughmurderedandbetrayed,beweptbyallfrailtenderheartsfor,DaneorDubliner,sorrowforthedeadistheonlyhusbandfromwhomtheyrefusetobedivorced。Ifyouliketheepiloguelooklongonit:prosperousProspero,thegoodmanrewarded,Lizzie,grandpa’slumpoflove,andnuncleRichie,thebadmantakenoffbypoeticjusticetotheplacewherethebadniggersgo。Strongcurtain。Hefoundintheworldwithoutasactualwhatwasinhisworldwithinaspossible。Maeterlincksays:IfSocratesleavehishousetodayhewillfindthesageseatedonhisdoorstep。IfJudasgoforthtonightitistoJudashisstepswilltend。Everylifeismanydays,dayafterday。Wewalkthroughourselves,meetingrobbers,ghosts,giants,oldmen,youngmen,wives,widows,brothers-in-love。Butalwaysmeetingourselves。TheplaywrightwhowrotethefolioofthisworldandwroteitbadlyHegaveuslightfirstandthesuntwodayslater,thelordofthingsastheyarewhomthemostRomanofcatholicscalldioboia,hangmangod,isdoubtlessallinallinallofus,ostlerandbutcher,andwouldbebawdandcuckoldtoobutthatintheeconomyofheaven,foretoldbyHamlet,therearenomoremarriages,glorifiedman,anandrogynousangel,beingawifeuntohimself。

  Eureka!BuckMulligancried。Eureka!

  SuddenlyhappiedhejumpedupandreachedinastrideJohnEglinton’sdesk。

  MayI?hesaid。TheLordhasspokentoMalachi。

  Hebegantoscribbleonaslipofpaper。

  Takesomeslipsfromthecountergoingout。

  Thosewhoaremarried,MrBest,douceherald,said,allsaveone,shalllive。Therestshallkeepastheyare。

  Helaughed,unmarried,atEglintonJohannes,ofartsabachelor。

  Unwed,unfancied,wareofwiles,theyfingerpondernightlyeachhisvariorumeditionofTheTamingoftheShrew。

  Youareadelusion,saidroundlyJohnEglintontoStephen。YouhavebroughtusallthiswaytoshowusaFrenchtriangle。Doyoubelieveyourowntheory?

  No,Stephensaidpromptly。

  Areyougoingtowriteit?MrBestasked。Yououghttomakeitadialogue,don’tyouknow,likethePlatonicdialoguesWildewrote。

  JohnEclecticondoublysmiled。

  Well,inthatcase,hesaid,Idon’tseewhyyoushouldexpectpaymentforitsinceyoudon’tbelieveityourself。DowdenbelievesthereissomemysteryinHamletbutwillsaynomore。HerrBleibtreu,themanPipermetinBerlin,whoisworkingupthatRutlandtheory,believesthatthesecretishiddenintheStratfordmonument。Heisgoingtovisitthepresentduke,Pipersays,andprovetohimthathisancestorwrotetheplays。Itwillcomeasasurprisetohisgrace。Buthebelieveshistheory。

  Ibelieve,OLord,helpmyunbelief。Thatis,helpmetobelieveorhelpmetounbelieve?Whohelpstobelieve?Egomen。Whotounbelieve?

  Otherchap。

  YouaretheonlycontributortoDanawhoasksforpiecesofsilver。ThenIdon’tknowaboutthenextnumber。FredRyanwantsspaceforanarticleoneconomics。

  Fraidrine。Twopiecesofsilverhelentme。Tideyouover。Economics。

  Foraguinea,Stephensaid,youcanpublishthisinterview。

  BuckMulliganstoodupfromhislaughingscribbling,laughing:andthengravelysaid,honeyingmalice:

  IcalleduponthebardKinchathissummerresidenceinupperMecklenburghstreetandfoundhimdeepinthestudyoftheSummacontraGentilesinthecompanyoftwogonorrhealladies,FreshNellyandRosalie,thecoalquaywhore。

  Hebrokeaway。

  Come,Kinch。Come,wandering&Aelig;ngusofthebirds。

  Come,Kinch,youhaveeatenallweleft。Ay,Iwillserveyouyourortsandoffals。

  Stephenrose。

  Lifeismanydays。Thiswillend。

  Weshallseeyoutonight,JohnEglintonsaid。NotreamiMooresaysMalachiMulliganmustbethere。

  BuckMulliganflauntedhisslipandpanama。

  MonsieurMoore,hesaid,lectureronFrenchletterstotheyouthofIreland。I’llbethere。Come,Kinch,thebardsmustdrink。Canyouwalkstraight?

  Laughinghe……

  Swilltilleleven。Irishnights’entertainment。

  Lubber……

  Stephenfollowedalubber……

  Onedayinthenationallibrarywehadadiscussion。Shakes。AfterhislubbackIfollowed。Igallhiskibe。

  Stephen,greeting,thenallamort,followedalubberjester,awellkempthead,newbarbered,outofthevaultedcellintoashatteringdaylightofnothoughts。

  WhathaveIlearned?Ofthem?Ofme?

  WalklikeHainesnow。

  Theconstantreaders’room。Inthereaders’bookCasheBoyleO’ConnorFitzmauriceTisdallFarrellparafeshispolysyllables。Item:wasHamletmad?Thequaker’spategodlilywithapriesteeninbooktalk。

  Opleasedo,sir……Ishallbemostpleased……

  AmusedBuckMulliganmusedinpleasantmurmurwithhimself,selfnodding:

  Apleasedbottom。

  Theturnstile。

  Isthat?……Blueribbonedhat……Idlywriting……What?Looked?……

  Thecurvingbalustrade;smoothslidingMincius。

  PuckMulligan,panamahelmeted,wentstepbystep,iambing,trolling:JohnEglinton,myjo,John。

  Whywon’tyouwedawife?Hesputteredtotheair:

  O,thechinlessChinaman!ChinChonEgLinTon。Wewentovertotheirplaybox,HainesandI,theplumbers’hall。OurplayersarecreatinganewartforEuropeliketheGreeksorM。Maeterlinck。Abbeytheatre!Ismellthepublicsweatofmonks。

  Hespatblank。

  Forgot:anymorethanheforgotthewhippinglousyLucygavehim。Andleftthefemmedetrenteans。Andwhynootherchildrenborn?Andhisfirstchildagirl?

  Afterwit。Goback。

  Thedourreclusestilltherehehashiscakeandthedouceyoungling,minionofpleasure,Phedo’stoyablefairhair。

  Eh……Ijusteh……wanted……Iforgot……he……

  LongworthandM’CurdyAtkinsonwerethere……IhardlyhearthepurlieucryOraTommytalkasIpassonebyBeforemythoughtsbegintorunOnF。M’CurdyAtkinson,ThesamethathadthewoodenlegAndthatfilibusteringfillibegThatneverdaredtoslakehisdrouth,Mageethathadthechinlessmouth。

  BeingafraidtomarryonearthTheymasturbatedforalltheywereworth。Jeston。Knowthyself。

  Haltedbelowme,aquizzerlooksatme。Ihalt。

  Mournfulmummer,BuckMulliganmoaned。Syngehasleftoffwearingblacktobelikenature。Onlycrows,priestsandEnglishcoalareblack。

  Alaughtrippedoverhislips。

  Longworthisawfullysick,hesaid,afterwhatyouwroteaboutthatoldhakeGregory。Oyouinquisitionaldrunkenjewjesuit!ShegetsyouajobonthepaperandthenyougoandslateherdriveltoJaysus。Couldn’tyoudotheYeatstouch?

  Hewentonanddown,mopping,chantingwithwavinggracefularms:

  Themostbeautifulbookthathascomeoutofourcountryinmytime。

  OnethinksofHomer。

  Hestoppedatthestairfoot。

  Ihaveconceivedaplayforthemummers,hesaidsolemnly。

  ThepillaredMoorishhall,shadowsentwined。Gonetheninemen’smorricewithcapsofindices。

  InsweetlyvaryingvoicesBuckMulliganreadhistablet:EverymanHisownWifeorAHoneymoonintheHandanationalimmoralityinthreeorgasms

  byBallockyMulliganHeturnedahappypatch’ssmirktoStephen,saying:

  Thedisguise,Ifear,isthin。Butlisten。

  Heread,marcato:

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