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  Beaming。LydiaforLidwellsqueakscarcelyhearsoladylikethemuseunsqueakedarayofhope。

  Marthaitis。Coincidence。Justgoingtowrite。Lionel’ssong。

  Lovelynameyouhave。Can’twrite。Acceptmylittlepres。Playonherheartstringspursestringstoo。She’sa。Icalledyounaughtyboy。Stillthename:Martha。

  Howstrange!Today。

  ThevoiceofLionelreturned,weakerbutunwearied。ItsangagaintoRichiePoldyLydiaLidwellalsosangtoPatopenmouthearwaiting,towait。Howfirsthesawthatformendearing,howsorrowseemedtopart,howlook,form,wordcharmedhimGouldLidwell,wonPatBloom’sheart。

  WishIcouldseehisface,though。Explainbetter。WhythebarberinDrago’salwayslookedmyfacewhenIspokehisfaceintheglass。Stillhearitbetterherethaninthebarthoughfarther。

  Eachgracefullook……

  FirstnightwhenfirstIsawheratMatDillon’sinTerenure。Yellow,blacklaceshewore。Musicalchairs。Wetwothelast。Fate。Afterher。

  Fate。Roundandroundslow。Quickround。Wetwo。Alllooked。Halt。Downshesat。Alloustedlooked。Lipslaughing。Yellowknees。

  Charmedmyeye……

  Singing。Waitingshesang。Iturnedhermusic。Fullvoiceofperfumeofwhatperfumedoesyourlilactrees。BosomIsaw,bothfull,throatwarbling。FirstIsaw。Shethankedme。Whydidsheme?Fate。Spanishyeyes。

  UnderapeartreealonepatiothishourinoldMadridonesideinshadowDoloresshedolores。Atme。Luring。Ah,alluring。

  Martha!Ah,Martha!

  QuittingalllanguorLionelcriedingrief,incryofpassiondominanttolovetoreturnwithdeepeningyetwithrisingchordsofharmony。Incryoflionellonelinessthatsheshouldknow,mustMarthafeel。Foronlyherhewaited。Where?Heretheretrythereherealltrywhere。Somewhere。

  Co-me,thoulostone!

  Co-methoudearone!

  Alone。Onelove。Onehope。Onecomfortme。Martha,chestnote,return。

  Come!

  Itsoared,abird,ithelditsflight,aswiftpurecry,soarsilverorbitleapedserene,speeding,sustained,tocome,don’tspinitouttoolonglongbreathhebreathlonglife,soaringhigh,highresplendent,aflame,crowned,highintheeffulgencesymbolistic,high,oftheetherealbosom,high,ofthehighvastirradiationeverywhereallsoaringallaroundabouttheall,theendlessnessnessness……

  Tome!

  Siopold!

  Consumed。

  Come。Wellsung。Allclapped。Sheoughtto。Come。Tome,tohim,toher,youtoo,me,us。

  Bravo!Clapclap。Goodman,Simon。Clappyclapclap。Encore!Clapclipclap。

  Soundasabell。Bravo,Simon!Clapclopclap。Encore,enclap,said,cried,clappedall,BenDollard,LydiaDouce,GeorgeLidwell,Pat,Mina,twogentlemenwithtwotankards,Cowley,firstgentwithtankandbronzeMissDouceandgoldMissMina。

  BlazesBoylan’ssmarttanshoescreakedonthebarfloor,saidbefore。

  JinglebymonumentsofsirJohnGray,HoratioonehandledNelson,reverendfatherTheobaldMatthew,jauntedassaidbeforejustnow。Atrot,inheat,heatseated。Cloche。Sonnezla。Cloche。Sonnezla。SlowerthemarewentupthehillbytheRotunda,Rutlandsquare。TooslowforBoylan,blazesBoylan,impatienceBoylan,joggledthemare。

  AnafterclangofCowley’schordsclosed,diedontheairmadericher。

  AndRichieGouldingdrankhisPowerandLeopoldBloomhisciderdrank,LidwellhisGuinness,secondgentlemansaidtheywouldpartakeoftwotankardsifshedidnotmind。MissKennedysmirked,disserving,corallips,atfirst,atsecond。Shedidnotmind。

  Sevendaysinjail,BenDollardsaid,onbreadandwater。Thenyou’dsing,Simon,likeagardenthrush。

  LionelSimon,singer,laughed。FatherBobCowleyplayed。MinaKennedyserved。Secondgentlemanpaid。TomKernanstruttedin;Lydia,admired,admired。ButBloomsangdumb。

  Admiring。

  Richie,admiring,descantedonthatman’sgloriousvoice。Herememberedonenightlongago。Neverforgetthatnight。Sisang’Twasrankandfame:inNedLambert’s’twas。GoodGodheneverheardinallhislifeanotelikethatheneverdidthenfalseonewehadbetterpartsoclearsoGodheneverheardsincelovelivesnotaclinkingvoiceaskLamberthecantellyoutoo。

  Goulding,aflushstrugglinginhispale,toldMrBloom,faceofthenight,SiinNedLambert’s,Dedalus’house,sang’Twasrankandfame……

  He,MrBloom,listenedwhilehe,RichieGoulding,toldhim,MrBloomofthenighthe,Richie,heardhim,SiDedalus,sing’Twasrankandfameinhis,NedLambert’shouse。

  Brothers-in-law:relations。Weneverspeakaswepassby。RiftintheluteIthink。Treatshimwithscorn。See。Headmireshimallthemore。

  ThenightsSisang。Thehumanvoice,twotinysilkycords。Wonderful,morethanalltheothers。

  Thatvoicewasalamentation。Calmernow。It’sinthesilenceyoufeelyouhear。Vibrations。Nowsilentair。

  Bloomungyvedhiscrisscrossedhandsandwithslackfingerspluckedtheslendercatgutthong。Hedrewandplucked。Itbuzzed,ittwanged。WhileGouldingtalkedofBarraclough’svoiceproduction,whileTomKernan,harkingbackinaretrospectivesortofarrangement,talkedtolisteningFatherCowleywhoplayedavoluntary,whonoddedasheplayed。WhilebigBenDollardtalkedwithSimonDedaluslighting,whonoddedashesmoked,whosmoked。

  Thoulostone。Allsongsonthattheme。YetmoreBloomstretchedhisstring。Cruelitseems。Letpeoplegetfondofeachother:lurethemon。

  Thentearasunder。Death。Explos。Knockonthehead。Outtohelloutofthat。

  Humanlife。Dignam。Ugh,thatrat’stailwriggling!FivebobIgave。Corpusparadisum。Corncrakecroaker:bellylikeapoisonedpup。Gone。Theysing。Forgotten。Itoo。Andonedayshewith。Leaveher:gettired。Sufferthen。Snivel。BigSpanishyeyesgogglingatnothing。Herwavyavyeavyheavyeavyevyevyhairuncomb:’d。

  Yettoomuchhappybores。Hestretchedmore,more。Areyounothappyinyour?Twang。Itsnapped。

  JingleintoDorsetstreet。

  MissDoucewithdrewhersatinyarm,reproachful,pleased。

  Don’tmakehalfsofree,saidshe,tillwearebetteracquainted。

  GeorgeLidwelltoldherreallyandtruly:butshedidnotbelieve。

  FirstgentlemantoldMinathatwasso。Sheaskedhimwasthatso。Andsecondtankardtoldherso。Thatthatwasso。

  MissDouce,MissLydia,didnotbelieve:MissKennedy,Mina,didnotbelieve:GeorgeLidwell,no:MissDoudidnot:thefirst,thefirst:gentwiththetank:believe,no,no:didnot,MissKenn:Lidlydiawell:thetank。

  Betterwriteithere。Quillsinthepostofficechewedandtwisted。

  BaldPatatasigndrewnigh。Apenandink。Hewent。Apad。Hewent。

  Apadtoblot。Heheard,deafPat。

  Yes,MrBloomsaid,teasingthecurlingcatgutfine。Itcertainlyis。Fewlineswilldo。Mypresent。AllthatItalianfloridmusicis。Whoisthiswrote?Knowthenameyouknowbetter。Takeoutsheetnotepaper,envelope:unconcerned。It’ssocharacteristic。

  Grandestnumberinthewholeopera,Gouldingsaid。

  Itis,Bloomsaid。

  Numbersitis。Allmusicwhenyoucometothink。Twomultipliedbytwodividedbyhalfistwiceone。Vibrations:chordsthoseare。Oneplustwoplussixisseven。Doanythingyoulikewithfiguresjuggling。Alwaysfindoutthisequaltothat,symmetryunderacemeterywall。Hedoesn’tseemymourning。Callous:allforhisowngut。Musemathematics。Andyouthinkyou’relisteningtotheethereal。Butsupposeyousaiditlike:Martha,seventimesnineminusxisthirtyfivethousand。Fallquiteflat。It’sonaccountofthesoundsitis。

  Instancehe’splayingnow。Improvising。Mightbewhatyouliketillyouhearthewords。Wanttolistensharp。Hard。Beginallright:thenhearchordsabitoff:feellostabit。Inandoutofsacksoverbarrels,throughwirefences,obstaclerace。Timemakesthetune。Questionofmoodyou’rein。Stillalwaysnicetohear。Exceptscalesupanddown,girlslearning。

  Twotogethernextdoorneighbours。Oughttoinventdummypianosforthat。BlumenliedIboughtforher。Thename。Playingitslow,agirl,nightIcamehome,thegirl。DoorofthestablesnearCeciliastreet。Millynotaste。QueerbecausewebothImean。

  BalddeafPatbroughtquiteflatpadink。Patsetwithinkpenquiteflatpad。Pattookplatedishknifefork。Patwent。

  ItwastheonlylanguageMrDedalussaidtoBen。HeheardthemasaboyinRingabella,Crosshaven,Ringabella,singingtheirbarcaroles。QueenstownharbourfullofItalianships。Walking,youknow,Ben,inthemoonlightwiththoseearthquakehats。Blendingtheirvoices。God,suchmusic,Ben。

  Heardasaboy。CrossRingabellahavenmooncarole。

  Sourpiperemovedheheldashieldofhandbesidehislipsthatcooedamoonlightnightcall,clearfromanear,acallfromafar,replying。

  DowntheedgeofhisFreemanbatonrangedBloom’syourothereye,scanningforwheredidIseethat。Callan,Coleman,DignamPatrick。

  Heigho!Heigho!Fawcett。Aha!JustIwaslooking……

  Hopehe’snotlooking,cuteasarat。HeheldunfurledhisFreeman。

  Can’tseenow。RememberwriteGreekees。Bloomdipped,Bloomur:dearsir。

  DearHenrywrote:dearMady。Gotyourlettandflow。HelldidIput?Somepockoroth。Itisutterlimposs。Underlineimposs。Towritetoday。

  Borethis。BoredBloomtambourinedgentlywithIamjustreflectingfingersonflatpadPatbrought。

  On。KnowwhatImean。No,changethatee。Acceptmypoorlittlepresenclos。Askhernoansw。Holdon。FiveDig。Twoabouthere。Pennythegulls。

  Elijahiscom。SevenDavyByrne’s。Iseightabout。Sayhalfacrown。Mypoorlittlepres:p。o。twoandsix。Writemealong。Doyoudespise?Jingle,haveyouthe?Soexcited。Whydoyoucallmenaught?Younaughtytoo?O,Mairylostthepinofher。Byefortoday。Yes,yes,willtellyou。Wantto。Tokeepitup。Callmethatother。Otherworldshewrote。Mypatienceareexhaust。Tokeepitup。Youmustbelieve。Believe。Thetank。It。Is。

  True。

  FollyamIwriting?Husbandsdon’t。That’smarriagedoes,theirwives。

  BecauseI’mawayfrom。Suppose。Buthow?Shemust。Keepyoung。Ifshefoundout。Cardinmyhighgradeha。No,nottellall。Uselesspain。Iftheydon’tsee。Woman。Sauceforthegander。

  Ahackneycar,numberthreehundredandtwentyfour,driverBartonJamesofnumberoneHarmonyavenue,Donnybrook,onwhichsatafare,ayounggentleman,stylishlydressedinanindigobluesergesuitmadebyGeorgeRobertMesias,tailorandcutter,ofnumberfiveEdenquay,andwearingastrawhatverydressy,boughtofJohnPlastoofnumberoneGreatBrunswickstreet,hatter。Eh?Thisisthejinglethatjoggledandjingled。ByDlugacz’

  porkshopbrighttubesofAgendathtrottedagallantbuttockedmare。

  Answeringanad?keenRichie’seyesaskedBloom。

  Yes,MrBloomsaid。Towntraveller。Nothingdoing,Iexpect。

  Bloommur:bestreferences。ButHenrywrote:itwillexciteme。Youknownow。Inhaste。Henry。Greekee。Betteraddpostscript。Whatisheplayingnow?Improvisingintermezzo。P。S。Therumtumtum。Howwillyoupun?Youpunishme?Crookedskirtswinging,whackby。TellmeIwantto。

  Know。O。CourseifIdidn’tIwouldn’task。Lalalaree。Trailsofftheresadinminor。Whyminorsad?SignH。Theylikesadtailatend。P。P。S。

  Lalalaree。Ifeelsosadtoday。Laree。Solonely。Dee。

  HeblottedquickonpadofPat。Envel。Address。Justcopyoutofpaper。

  Murmured:MessrsCallan,ColemanandCo,limited。Henrywrote:MissMarthaCliffordc/oP。O。

  Dolphin’sbarnlaneDublin。Blotovertheothersohecan’tread。Right。Ideaprizetitbit。Somethingdetectivereadoffblottingpad。Paymentattherateofguineapercol。

  Matchamoftenthinksthelaughingwitch。PoorMrsPurefoy。U。p。:up。

  Toopoeticalthataboutthesad。Musicdidthat。MusichathcharmsShakespearesaid。Quotationseverydayintheyear。Tobeornottobe。Wisdomwhileyouwait。

  InGerard’sroseryofFetterlanehewalks,greyed-auburn。Onelifeisall。Onebody。Do。Butdo。

  Doneanyhow。Postalorderstamp。Postofficelowerdown。Walknow。Enough。

  BarneyKiernan’sIpromisedtomeetthem。Dislikethatjob。Houseofmourning。

  Walk。Pat!Doesn’thear。Deafbeetleheis。

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