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  Viragtruculent,hisjowlset,staresatthelamp。GraveBloomregardsZoe’sneck。Henrygallantturnswithpendentdewlaptothepiano。

  STEPHENTohimself。Playwithyoureyesshut。Imitatepa。Fillingmybellywithhusksofswine。Toomuchofthis。Iwillariseandgotomy。Expectthisisthe。Steve,thouartinaparlousway。MustvisitoldDeasyortelegraph。Ourinterviewofthismorninghasleftonmeadeepimpression。Thoughourages。Willwritefullytomorrow。I’mpartiallydrunk,bytheway。Hetouchesthekeysagain。Minorchordcomesnow。

  Yes。Notmuchhowever。

  AlmidanoArtifoniholdsoutabatonrollofmusicwithvigorousmoustachework。

  ARTIFONICirifletta。Leirovinatutto。

  FLORRYSingussomething。Love’soldsweetsong。

  STEPHENNovoice。Iamamostfinishedartist。Lynch,didIshowyoutheletteraboutthelute?

  FLORRYSmirking。Thebirdthatcansingandwon’tsing。

  TheSiamesetwins,PhilipDrunkandPhilipSobertwoOxforddonswithlawnmowers,appearinthewindowembrasure。BotharemaskedwithMatthewArnold’sface。

  PHILIPSOBERTakeafool’sadvice。Allisnotwell。Workitoutwiththebuttendofapencil,likeagoodyoungidiot。Threepoundstwelveyougot,twonotes,onesovereign,twocrowns,ifyouthbutknew。Mooney’senville,Mooney’ssurmer,theMoira,Larchet’s,Hollesstreethospital,Burke’s。Eh?Iamwatchingyou。

  PHILIPDRUNKImpatiently。Ah,bosh,man。Gotohell!Ipaidmyway。IfIcouldonlyfindoutaboutoctaves。Reduplicationofpersonality。

  Whowasittoldmehisname?

  Hislawnmowerbeginstopurr。Aha,yes。Zoemousasagapo。

  HaveanotionIwasherebefore。WhenwasitnotAtkinsonhiscardIhavesomewhere?Macsomebody。UnmackIhaveit。Hetoldmeabout,holdon,Swinburne,wasit,no?

  FLORRYAndthesong?

  STEPHENSpiritiswillingbutthefleshisweak。

  FLORRYAreyououtofMaynooth?You’relikesomeoneIknewonce。

  STEPHENOutofitnow。Tohimself。Clever。

  PHILIPDRUNKANDPHILIPSOBERTheirlawnmowerspurringwitharigadoonofgrasshalms。Cleverever。Outofit。Outofit。Bythebyhaveyouthebook,thething,theashplant?Yes,thereit,yes。Clevereveroutofitnow。

  Keepincondition。Dolikeus。

  ZOETherewasapriestdownheretwonightsagotodohisbitofbusinesswithhiscoatbuttonedup。Youneedn’ttrytohide,Isaystohim。Iknowyou’veaRomancollar。

  VIRAGPerfectlylogicalfromhisstandpoint。Fallofman。Harshly,hispupilswaxing。Tohellwiththepope!Nothingnewunderthesun。

  IamtheViragwhodisclosedthesexsecretsofmonksandmaidens。WhyIlefttheChurchofRome。ReadthePriest,theWomanandtheConfessional。

  Penrose。FlippertyJippert。Hewriggles。Woman,undoingwithsweetpudorherbeltofrushrope,offersherallmoistyonitoman’slingam。Shorttimeaftermanpresentswomanwithpiecesofjunglemeat。Womanshowsjoyandcoversherselfwithfeatherskins。Manlovesheryonifiercelywithbiglingam,thestiffone。Hecries。Coactusvolui。Thengiddywomanwillrunabout。Strongmangraspswoman’swrist。Womansqueals,bites,spucks。Man,nowfierceangry,strikeswoman’sfatyadgana。Hechaseshistail。Piffpaff!Popo!Hestops,sneezes。Pchp!Heworrieshisbutt。Prrrrrht!

  LYNCHIhopeyougavethegoodfatherapenance。Ninegloriasforshootingabishop。

  ZOESpoutswalrussmokethroughhernostrils。Hecouldn’tgetaconnection。Only,youknow,sensation。Adryrush。

  BLOOMPoorman!

  ZOELightly。Onlyforwhathappenedhim。

  BLOOMHow?

  VIRAGAdiabolicrictusofblackluminositycontractinghisvisage,craneshisscraggyneckforward。Heliftsamooncalfnozzleandhowls。

  VerfluchteGoim!Hehadafather,fortyfathers。Heneverexisted。

  PigGod!Hehadtwoleftfeet。HewasJudasIacchias,aLibyaneunuch,thepope’sbastard。Heleansoutontorturedforepaws,elbowsbentrigid,hiseyeagonisinginhisflatskullneckandyelpsoverthemuteworld。Asonofawhore。Apocalypse。

  KITTYAndMaryShortallthatwasinthelockwiththepoxshegotfromJimmyPidgeoninthebluecapshadachildoffhimthatcouldn’tswallowandwassmotheredwiththeconvulsionsinthemattressandweallsubscribedforthefuneral。

  PHILIPDRUNKGravely。Quivousamisdanscettefichueposition,Philippe?

  PHILIPSOBERGaily。C’étaitlesacrépigeon,Philippe。

  Kittyunpinsherhatandsetsitdowncalmly,pattingherhennahair。Andaprettier,adaintierheadofwinsomecurlswasneverseenonawhoresshoulders。Lynchputsonherhat。Shewhipsitoff。

  LYNCHLaughs。AndtosuchdelightshasMetchnikoffinoculatedanthropoidapes。

  FLORRYNods。Locomotorataxy。

  ZOEGaily。O,mydictionary。

  LYNCHThreewisevirgins。

  VIRAGAgueshaken,profuseyellowspawnfoamingoverhisbonyepilepticlips。Shesoldlovephiltres,whitewax,orangeflower。Panther,theRomancenturion,pollutedherwithhisgenitories。Hesticksoutaflickeringphosphorescentscorpiontongue,hishandonhisfork。Messiah!

  Hebursthertympanum。Withgibberingbaboon’scrieshejerkshishipsinthecynicalspasm。Hik!Hek!Hak!Hok!Huk!Kok!Kuk!

  BenJumboDollard,rubicund,musclebound,hairynostrilled,hugebearded,cabbageeared,shaggychested,shockmaned,fatpapped,standsforth,hisloinsandgenitalstightenedintoapairofblackbathingbagslops。

  BENPOLLARDNakkeringcastanetbonesinhishugepaddedpaws,yodelsjoviallyinbasebarreltone。Whenloveabsorbsmyardentsoul。

  Thevirgins,NurseCallanandNurseQuigley,burstthroughtheringkeepersandtheropesandmobhimwithopenarms。

  THEVIRGINSGushingly。BigBen!BenMacChree!

  AVOICEHoldthatfellowwiththebadbreeches。

  BENDOLLARDSmiteshisthighinabundantlaughter。Holdhimnow。

  HENRYCaressingonhisbreastaseveredfemalehead,murmurs。

  Thineheart,minelove。Hepluckshislutestrings。WhenfirstIsaw。

  VIRAGSloughinghisskins,hismultitudinousplumagemoulting。

  Rats!Heyawns;showingacoalblackthroatandcloseshisjawsbyanupwardpushofhisparchmentroll。AfterhavingsaidwhichItookmydeparture。Farewell。Faretheewell。Dreck!

  HenryFlowercombshismoustacheandbeardrapidlywithapocketcombandgivesacowslicktohishair。Steeredbyhisrapier,heglidestothedoorhiswildhadslungbehindhim。Viragreachesthedoorintwoungainlystilthops,histailcocked,anddeftlyclapssidewaysonthewallapusyellowflybill,buttingitwithhishead。

  THEFLYBILLK。11。postnobills。Strictlyconfidential。DrHyFranks。

  HENRYAllislostnow。

  Viragunscrewshisheadinatriceandholdsitunderhisarm。

  VIRAG’SHEADQuack!

  Exeuntseverally。

  STEPHENOverhisshouldertoZoe。Youwouldhavepreferredthefightingparsonwhofoundedtheprotestanterror。ButbewareAntisthenes,thedogsage,andthelastendofAnusHeresiarchus。Theagonyinthecloset。

  LYNCHAlloneandthesameGodtoher。

  STEPHENDevoutly。AndSovereignLordofallthings。

  FLORRYToStephen。I’msureyouareaspoiledpriest。Oramonk。

  LYNCHHeis。ACardinal’sson。

  STEPHENCardinalsin。Monksofthescrew。

  HisEminence,SimonStephenCardinalDedalus,PrimateofallIreland,appearsinthedoorway,dressedinredsoutane,sandalsandsocks。Sevendwarfsimianacolytes,alsoinred,cardinalsins,upholdhistrain,peepingunderit。Hewearsabatteredsilkhatsidewaysonhishead。Histhumbsarestuckinhisarmpitsandhispalmsoutspread。Roundhisneckhangsarosaryofcorksendingonhisbreastinacorkscrewcross。Releasinghisthumbs,heinvokesgracefromonhighwithlacewavegesturesandproclaimswithbloatedpomp。

  THECARDINALConservioliescaptured。

  HeliesinthelowestdungeonWithmanaclesandchainsaroundhislimbsWeighingupwardsofthreetons。Helooksatallforamoment,hisrighteyeclosedtight,hisleftcheekpuffedout。Then,unabletorepresshismerriment,herockstoandfro,adsakimbo,andsingswithbroadrollickinghumour。O,thepoorlittlefellowHi-hi-hi-hi-hislegstheywereyellowHewasplump,fatandheavyandbriskasasnakeButsomebloodysavageTograizehiswhitecabbageHemurderedNellFlaherty’sducklovingdrake。

  Amultitudeofmidgesswarmsoverhisrobe。Hescratcheshimselfwithcrossedarmsathisribs,grimacing,andexclaims。I’msufferingtheagonyofthedamned。Bythehokyfiddle,thanksbetoJesusthosefunnylittlechapsarenotunanimous。Iftheywerethey’dwalkmeoffthefaceofthebloodyglobe。

  Hisheadaslant,heblessescurtlywithforeandmiddlefingers,impartstheEasterkissanddoubleshufflesoffcomically,swayinghishatfromsidetoside,shrinkingquicklytothesizeofhistrainbearers。

  Thedwarfacolytes,giggling,peeping,nudging,ogling,Easterkissing,zigzagbehindhim。Hisvoiceisheardmellowfromafar,merciful,male,melodious。Shallcarrymyhearttothee,Shallcarrymyhearttothee,AndthebreathofthebalmynightShallcarrymyhearttothee。

  Thetrickdoorhandleturns。

  THEDOORHANDLETheeee。

  ZOEThedevilisinthatdoor。

  Amaleformpassesdownthecreakingstaircaseandisheardtakingthewaterproofandhatfromtherack。Bloomstartsforwardinvoluntarilyand,halfclosingthedoorashepasses,takesthechocolatefromhispocketandoffersitnervouslytoZoe。

  ZOESniffshishairbriskly。Hum。Thankyourmotherfortherabbits。I’mveryfondofwhatIlike。

  BLOOMHearingamalevoiceintalkwiththewhoresonthedoorstep,prickshisears。Ifitwerehe?After?Orbecausenot?Orthedoubleevent?

  ZOETearsopenthesilverfoil。Fingerswasmadebeforeforks。

  Shebreaksoffandnibblesapiece,givesapiecetoKittyRickettsandthenturnskittenishlytoLynch。NoobjectiontoFrenchlozenges?

  Henods。Shetauntshim。Haveitnoworwaittillyougetit?

  Heopenshismouth,hisheadcocked。Shewhirlstheprizeinleftcircle。

  Hisheadfollows。Shewhirlsitbackinrightcircle。Heeyesher。

  Catch。

  Shetossesapiece。Withanadroitsnaphecatchesitandbitesitthroughwithacrack。

  KITTYChewing。TheengineerIwaswithatthebazaardoeshavelovelyones。Fullofthebestliqueurs。Andtheviceroywastherewithhislady。ThegaswehadontheToft’shobbyhorses。I’mgiddystill。

  BLOOMInSvengali’sfurovercoat,withfoldedarmsandNapoleonicforelock,frownsinventriloquialexorcismwithpiercingeagleglancetowardsthedoor。Then,rigid,withleftfootadvanced,hemakesaswiftpasswithimpellingfingersandgivesthesignofpastmaster,drawinghisrightarmdownwardsfromhisleftshoulder。Go,go,go,Iconjureyou,whoeveryouare。

  Amalecoughandtreadareheardpassingthroughthemistoutside。

  Bloomsfeaturesrelax。Heplacesahandinhiswaistcoat,posingcalmly。

  Zoeoffershimchocolate。

  BLOOMSolemnly。Thanks。

  ZOEDoasyou’rebid。Here。

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