Yes,begad。Iremembertheolddrummajor。
MrDedalusstruck,whizzed,lit,puffedsavourypuffafter。
Irish?Idon’tknow,faith。Isshe,Simon?
Puffafterstiff,apuff,strong,savoury,crackling。
Buccinatormuscleis……What?……Bitrusty……O,sheis……MyIrishMolly,O。
Hepuffedapungentplumyblast。
FromtherockofGibraltar……alltheway。
Theypinedindepthofoceanshadow,goldbythebeerpull,bronzebymaraschino,thoughtfulalltwo,MinaKennedy,4Lismoreterrace,DrumcondrawithIdolores,aqueen,Dolores,silent。
Patserveduncovereddishes。Leopoldcutliverslices。Assaidbeforeheatewithrelishtheinnerorgans,nuttygizzards,friedcods’roeswhileRichieGoulding,Collis,Wardatesteakandkidney,steakthenkidney,bitebybiteofpieheateBloomatetheyate。
BloomwithGoulding,marriedinsilence,ate。Dinnersfitforprinces。
ByBachelor’swalkjogjauntyjingledBlazesBoylan,bachelor,insun,inheat,mare’sglossyrumpatrot,withflickofwhip,onboundingtyres:
sprawled,warmseated,Boylanimpatience,ardentbold。Horn。Haveyouthe?
Horn。Haveyouthe?Hawhawhorn。
OvertheirvoicesDollardbassoonedattack,boomingoverbombardingchords:
Whenloveabsorbsmyardentsoul……
RollofBensoulbenjaminrolledtothequiveryloveshiveryroof-panes。
War!War!criedFatherCowley。You’rethewarrior。
SoIam,BenWarriorlaughed。Iwasthinkingofyourlandlord。Loveormoney。
Hestopped。Hewaggedhugebeard,hugefaceoverhisblunderhuge。
Sure,you’dburstthetympanumofherear,man,MrDedalussaidthroughsmokearoma,withanorganlikeyours。
InbeardedabundantlaughterDollardshookuponthekeyboard。Hewould。
Nottomentionanothermembrane,FatherCowleyadded。Halftime,Ben。Amorosomanontroppo。Letmethere。
MissKennedyservedtwogentlemenwithtankardsofcoolstout。Shepassedaremark。Itwasindeed,firstgentlemansaid,beautifulweather。Theydrankcoolstout。Didsheknowwherethelordlieutenantwasgoing?Andheardsteelhoofsringhoofring。No,shecouldn’tsay。Butitwouldbeinthepaper。O,sheneedn’ttrouble。Notrouble。ShewavedaboutheroutspreadIndependent,searching,thelordlieutenant,herpinnaclesofhairslowmoving,lordlieuten。Toomuchtrouble,firstgentlemansaid。O,notintheleast。Wayhelookedthat。Lordlieutenant。Goldbybronzeheardironsteel……myardentsoulIcarenotfororthemorrow。
InlivergravyBloommashedmashedpotatoes。Loveandwarsomeoneis。
BenDollard’sfamous。Nightheranroundtoustoborrowadresssuitforthatconcert。Trouserstightasadrumonhim。Musicalporkers。Mollydidlaughwhenhewentout。Threwherselfbackacrossthebed,screaming,kicking。
Withallhisbelongingsonshow。O,saintsabove,I’mdrenched!O,thewomeninthefrontrow!O,Ineverlaughedsomany!Well,ofcourse,that’swhatgiveshimthebasebarreltone。Forinstanceeunuchs。Wonderwho’splaying。Nicetouch。MustbeCowley。Musical。Knowswhatevernoteyouplay。
Badbreathhehas,poorchap。Stopped。
MissDouce,engaging,LydiaDouce,bowedtosuavesolicitor,GeorgeLidwell,gentleman,entering。Goodafternoon。Shegavehermoist,alady’s,handtohisfirmclasp。Afternoon。Yes,shewasback。Totheolddingdongagain。
Yourfriendsareinside,MrLidwell。
GeorgeLidwell,suave,solicited,heldalydiahand。
Bloomatelivassaidbefore。Cleanhereatleast。ThatchapintheBurton,gummywithgristle。No-onehere:GouldingandI。Cleantables,flowers,mitresofnapkins。Pattoandfro,baldPat。Nothingtodo。BestvalueinDub。
Pianoagain。Cowleyitis。Wayhesitsintoit,likeonetogether,mutualunderstanding。Tiresomeshapersscrapingfiddles,eyeonthebowend,sawingthe’cello,remindyouoftoothache。Herhighlongsnore。Nightwewereinthebox。Tromboneunderblowinglikeagrampus,betweentheacts,otherbrasschapunscrewing,emptyingspittle。Conductor’slegstoo,bagstrousers,jiggedyjiggedy。Dorighttohidethem。
Jiggedyjinglejauntyjaunty。
Onlytheharp。Lovelygoldgloweringlight。Girltouchedit。Poopofalovely。Gravy’srathergoodfitfora。Goldenship。Erin。Theharpthatonceortwice。Coolhands。BenHowth,therhododendrons。Wearetheirharps。
I。He。Old。Young。
Ah,Icouldn’t,man,MrDedalussaid,shy,listless。
Strongly。
Goon,blastyou,BenDollardgrowled。GetitoutinbitsM’appari,Simon,FatherCowleysaid。
Downstagehestrodesomepaces,grave,tallinaffliction,hislongarmsoutheld。Hoarselytheappleofhisthroathoarsedsoftly。Softlyhesangtoadustyseascapethere:ALastFarewell。Aheadland,aship,asailuponthebillows。Farewell。Alovelygirl,herveilawaveuponthewindupontheheadland,windaroundher。
Cowleysang:
M’apparituttamor;
Ilmiosguardol’incontr……
Shewaved,unhearingCowley,herveiltoonedeparting,dearone,towind,love,speedingsail,return。
Goon,Simon。
Ah,suremydancingdaysaredone,Ben……Well……
MrDedaluslaidhispipetorestbesidethetuningforkand,sitting,touchedtheobedientkeys。
No,Simon,FatherCowleyturned。PlayitintheoriginalOneflat。
Thekeys,obedient,rosehigher,told,faltered,confessed,confused。
UpstagestrodeFatherCowley。
Here,Simon。I’llaccompanyyou,hesaid。Getup。
ByGrahamLemon’spineapplerock,byElvery’selephantjinglejogged。
Steak,kidney,liver,mashedatmeatfitforprincessatprincesBloomandGoulding。PrincesatmeattheyraisedanddrankPowerandcider。
Mostbeautifultenoraireverwritten,Richiesaid:Sonnambula。
HeheardJoeMaassingthatonenight。Ah,thatM’Guckin!Yes。Inhisway。
Choirboystyle。Maaswastheboy。Massboy。Alyricaltenorifyoulike。
Neverforgetit。Never。
TenderlyBloomoverliverlessbaconsawthetightenedfeaturesstrain。
Backachehe。Bright’sbrighteye。Nextitemontheprogramme。Payingthepiper。Pills,poundedbread,worthaguineaabox。Staveitoffawhile。
Singstoo:Downamongthedeadmen。Appropriate。Kidneypie。Sweetstothe。Not-makingmuchhandofit。Bestvaluein。Characteristicofhim。
Power。Particularabouthisdrink。Flawintheglass,freshVartrywater。
Feckingmatchesfromcounterstosave。Thensquanderasovereignindribsanddrabs。Andwhenhe’swantednotafarthing。Screwedrefusingtopayhisfare。Curioustypes。
NeverwouldRichieforgetthatnight。Aslongashelived,never。InthegodsoftheoldRoyalwithlittlePeake。Andwhenthefirstnote。
SpeechpausedonRichie’slips。
Comingoutwithawhoppernow。Rhapsodiesaboutdamnall。Believeshisownlies。Doesreally。Wonderfulliar。Butwantagoodmemory。
Whichairisthat?askedLeopoldBloom。
Allislostnow……
Richiecockedhislipsapout。Alowincipientnotesweetbansheemurmuredall。Athrush。Athrostle。Hisbreath,birdsweet,goodteethhe’sproudof,flutedwithplaintivewoe。Islost。Richsound。Twonotesinonethere。
BlackbirdIheardinthehawthornvalley。Takingmymotiveshetwinedandturnedthem。Allmosttoonewcallislostinall。Echo。Howsweettheanswer。Howisthatdone?Alllostnow。Mournfulhewhistled。Fall,surrender,lost。
Bloombentleopoldear,turningafringeofdoyleydownunderthevase。
Order。Yes,Iremember。Lovelyair。Insleepshewenttohim。Innocenceinthemoon。Stillholdherback。Brave,don’tknowtheirdanger。Callname。Touchwater。Jinglejaunty。Toolate。Shelongedtogo。That’swhy。
Woman。Aseasystopthesea。Yes:allislost。
Abeautifulair,saidBloomlostLeopold。Iknowitwell。
NeverinallhislifehadRichieGoulding。
Heknowsitwelltoo。Orhefeels。Stillharpingonhisdaughter。Wisechildthatknowsherfather,Dedalussaid。Me?
Bloomaskanceoverliverlesssaw。Faceoftheallislost。RollickingRichieonce。Jokesoldstalenow。Wagginghisear。Napkinringinhiseye。
Nowbegginglettershesendshissonwith。CrosseyedWaltersirIdidsir。
Wouldn’ttroubleonlyIwasexpectingsomemoney。Apologise。
Pianoagain。SoundsbetterthanlasttimeIheard。Tunedprobably。Stoppedagain。
DollardandCowleystillurgedthelingeringsingeroutwithit。
Withit,Simon。
It,Simon。
Ladiesandgentlemen,Iammostdeeplyobligedbyyourkindsolicitations。
It,Simon。
IhavenomoneybutifyouwilllendmeyourattentionIshallendeavourtosingtoyouofaheartboweddown。
Bythesandwichbellinscreeningshadow,Lydiaherbronzeandrose,alady’sgrace,gaveandwithheld:asincoolglaucouseaudeNilMinatotankardstwoherpinnaclesofgold。
Theharpingchordsofpreludeclosed。Achordlongdrawn,expectantdrewavoiceaway。
WhenfirstIsawthatformendearing。
Richieturned。
SiDedalus’voice,hesaid。
Braintipped,cheektouchedwithflame,theylistenedfeelingthatflowendearingflowoverskinlimbshumanheartsoulspine。BloomsignedtoPat,baldPatisawaiterhardofhearing,tosetajarthedoorofthebar。Thedoorofthebar。So。Thatwilldo。Pat,waiter,waited,waitingtohear,forhewashardofhearbythedoor。
Sorrowfrommeseemedtodepart。
Throughthehushofairavoicesangtothem,low,notrain,notleavesinmurmur,likenovoiceofstringsofreedsorwhatdoyoucallthemdulcimers,touchingtheirstillearswithwords,stillheartsoftheireachhisrememberedlives。Good,goodtohear:sorrowfromthemeachseemedtofrombothdepartwhenfirsttheyheard。Whenfirsttheysaw,lostRichie,Poldy,mercyofbeauty,heardfromapersonwouldn’texpectitintheleast,herfirstmercifullovesoftoftlovedword。
Lovethatissinging:love’soldsweetsong。Bloomunwoundslowlytheelasticbandofhispacket。Love’soldsweetsonnezlagold。Bloomwoundaskeinroundfourforkfingers,stretchedit,relaxed,andwounditroundhistroubleddouble,fourfold,inoctave,gyvedthemfast。
Fullofhopeandalldelighted……
Tenorsgetwomenbythescore。Increasetheirflow。Throwflowerathisfeetwhenwillwemeet?Myheaditsimply。Jinglealldelighted。Hecan’tsingfortallhats。Yourheaditsimplyswurls。Perfumedforhim。
Whatperfumedoesyourwife?Iwanttoknow。Jing。Stop。Knock。Lastlookatmirroralwaysbeforesheanswersthedoor。Thehall。There?Howdoyou?
Idowell。There?What?Or?Philaofcachous,kissingcomfits,inhersatchel。
Yes?Handsfeltfortheopulent。
Alas!Thevoicerose,sighing,changed:loud,full,shining,proud。
Butalas,’twasidledreaming……
Glorioustonehehasstill。Corkairsofteralsotheirbrogue。Sillyman!Couldhavemadeoceansofmoney。Singingwrongwords。Woreouthiswife:nowsings。Buthardtotell。Onlythetwothemselves。Ifhedoesn’tbreakdown。Keepatrotfortheavenue。Hishandsandfeetsingtoo。Drink。
Nervesoverstrung。Mustbeabstemioustosing。JennyLindsoup:stock,sage,raweggs,halfpintofcream。Forcreamydreamy。
Tendernessitwelled:slow,swelling。Fullitthrobbed。That’sthechat。
Ha,give!Take!Throb,athrob,apulsingprouderect。
Words?Music?No:it’swhat’sbehind。
Bloomlooped,unlooped,noded,disnoded。
Bloom。Floodofwarmjimjamlickitupsecretnessflowedtoflowinmusicout,indesire,darktolickflow,invading。Tippingherteppinghertappinghertoppingher。Tup。Porestodilatedilating。Tup。Thejoythefeelthewarmthe。Tup。Topouro’ersluicespouringgushes。Flood,gush,flow,joygush,tupthrop。Now!Languageoflove……rayofhope