Aseachangethis,browneyessaltblue。Seadeath,mildestofalldeathsknowntoman。OldFatherOcean。PrixdeParis:bewareofimitations。
Justyougiveitafairtrial。Weenjoyedourselvesimmensely。
Come。Ithirst。Cloudingover。Noblackcloudsanywhere,arethere?
Thunderstorm。Allbrighthefalls,proudlightningoftheintellect,Lucifer,dico,quinescitoccasum。No。Mycocklehatandstaffandhismysandalshoon。Where?Toeveninglands。Eveningwillfinditself。
Hetookthehiltofhisashplant,lungingwithitsoftly,dallyingstill。
Yes,eveningwillfinditselfinme,withoutme。Alldaysmaketheirend。
Bythewaynextwhenisit?Tuesdaywillbethelongestday。Ofallthegladnewyear,mother,therumtumtiddledytum。LawnTennyson,gentlemanpoet。Già;。Fortheoldhagwiththeyellowteeth。AndMonsieurDrumont,gentlemanjournalist。Già;。Myteethareverybad。
Why,Iwonder?Feel。Thatoneisgoingtoo。Shells。OughtIgotoadentist,Iwonder,withthatmoney?Thatone。ToothlessKinch,thesuperman。Whyisthat,Iwonder,ordoesitmeansomethingperhaps?
Myhandkerchief。Hethrewit。Iremember。DidInottakeitup?
Hishandgropedvainlyinhispockets。No,Ididn’t。Betterbuyone。
Helaidthedrysnotpickedfromhisnostrilonaledgeofrock,carefully。
Fortherestletlookwhowill。
Behind。Perhapsthereissomeone。
Heturnedhisfaceoverashoulder,rereregardant。Movingthroughtheairhighsparsofathreemaster,hersailsbraileduponthecrosstrees,homing,upstream,silentlymoving,asilentship。
JOYCE:Ulysses,CalypsoCalypsoMRLEOPOLDBLOOMATEWITHRELISHTHEINNERORGANSOFBEASTSandfowls。
Helikedthickgibletsoup,nuttygizzards,astuffedroastheart,liverslicesfriedwithcrustcrumbs,friedhencod’sroes。Mostofallhelikedgrilledmuttonkidneyswhichgavetohispalateafinetangoffaintlyscentedurine。
Kidneyswereinhismindashemovedaboutthekitchensoftly,rightingherbreakfastthingsonthehumpytray。Gelidlightandairwereinthekitchenbutoutofdoorsgentlesummermorningeverywhere。Madehimfeelabitpeckish。
Thecoalswerereddening。
Anothersliceofbreadandbutter:three,four:right。Shedidn’tlikeherplatefull。Right。Heturnedfromthetray,liftedthekettleoffthehobandsetitsidewaysonthefire。Itsatthere,dullandsquat,itsspoutstuckout。Cupofteasoon。Good。Mouthdry。Thecatwalkedstifflyroundalegofthetablewithtailonhigh。
Mkgnao!
O,thereyouare,MrBloomsaid,turningfromthefire。
Thecatmewedinanswerandstalkedagainstifflyroundalegofthetable,mewing。Justhowshestalksovermywriting-table。Prr。Scratchmyhead。Prr。
MrBloomwatchedcuriously,kindly,thelitheblackform。Cleantosee:
theglossofhersleekhide,thewhitebuttonunderthebuttofhertail,thegreenflashingeyes。Hebentdowntoher,hishandsonhisknees。
Milkforthepussens,hesaid。
Mrkgnao!thecatcried。
Theycallthemstupid。Theyunderstandwhatwesaybetterthanweunderstandthem。Sheunderstandsallshewantsto。Vindictivetoo。WonderwhatIlookliketoher。Heightofatower?No,shecanjumpme。
Afraidofthechickenssheis,hesaidmockingly。Afraidofthechookchooks。
Ineversawsuchastupidpussensasthepussens。
Cruel。Hernature。Curiousmiceneversqueal。Seemtolikeit。
Mrkrgnao!thecatsaidloudly。
Sheblinkedupoutofheravidshameclosingeyes,mewingplaintivelyandlong,showinghimhermilkwhiteteeth。Hewatchedthedarkeyeslitsnarrowingwithgreedtillhereyesweregreenstones。Thenhewenttothedresser,tookthejugHanlon’smilkmanhadjustfilledforhim,pouredwarmbubbledmilkonasaucerandsetitslowlyonthefloor。
Gurrhr!shecried,runningtolap。
Hewatchedthebristlesshiningwirilyintheweaklightasshetippedthreetimesandlickedlightly。Wonderisittrueifyouclipthemtheycan’tmouseafter。Why?Theyshineinthedark,perhaps,thetips。Orkindoffeelersinthedark,perhaps。
Helistenedtoherlickinglap。Hamandeggs,no。Nogoodeggswiththisdrouth。Wantpurefreshwater。Thursday:notagooddayeitherforamuttonkidneyatBuckley’s。Friedwithbutter,ashakeofpepper。BetteraporkkidneyatDlugacz’s。Whilethekettleisboiling。Shelappedslower,thenlickingthesaucerclean。Whyaretheirtonguessorough?Tolapbetter,allporousholes。Nothingshecaneat?Heglancedroundhim。No。
Onquietlycreakybootshewentupthestaircasetothehall,pausedbythebedroomdoor。Shemightlikesomethingtasty。Thinbreadandbuttershelikesinthemorning。Stillperhaps:onceinaway。
Hesaidsoftlyinthebarehall:
Iamgoingroundthecorner。Bebackinaminute。
Andwhenhehadheardhisvoicesayitheadded:
Youdon’twantanythingforbreakfast?
Asleepysoftgruntanswered:
Mn。
No。Shedidnotwantanything。Heheardthenawarmheavysigh,softer,assheturnedoverandtheloosebrassquoitsofthebedsteadjingled。
Mustgetthosesettledreally。Pity。AllthewayfromGibraltar。ForgottenanylittleSpanishsheknew。Wonderwhatherfathergaveforit。Oldstyle。
Ahyes,ofcourse。Boughtitatthegovernor’sauction。Gotashortknock。
Hardasnailsatabargain,oldTweedy。Yes,sir。AtPlevnathatwas。I
rosefromtheranks,sir,andI’mproudofit。Stillhehadbrainsenoughtomakethatcornerinstamps。Nowthatwasfarseeing。
Hishandtookhishatfromthepegoverhisinitialledheavyovercoat,andhislostpropertyofficesecondhandwaterproof。Stamps:stickybackpictures。Daresaylotsofofficersareintheswimtoo。Coursetheydo。
Thesweatedlegendinthecrownofhishattoldhimmutely:Plasto’shighgradeha。Hepeepedquicklyinsidetheleatherheadband。Whiteslipofpaper。Quitesafe。
Onthedoorstephefeltinhishippocketforthelatchkey。Notthere。
InthetrousersIleftoff。Mustgetit。PotatoIhave。Creakywardrobe。
Nousedisturbingher。Sheturnedoversleepilythattime。Hepulledthehalldoortoafterhimveryquietly,more,tillthefootleafdroppedgentlyoverthethreshold,alimplid。Lookedshut。AllrighttillIcomebackanyhow。
Hecrossedtothebrightside,avoidingtheloosecellarflapofnumberseventyfive。ThesunwasnearingthesteepleofGeorge’schurch。BeawarmdayIfancy。Speciallyintheseblackclothesfeelitmore。Blackconducts,reflectsrefractsisit?,theheat。ButIcouldn’tgointhatlightsuit。
Makeapicnicofit。Hiseyelidssankquietlyoftenashewalkedinhappywarmth。Boland’sbreadvandeliveringwithtraysourdailybutsheprefersyesterday’sloavesturnoverscrispcrownshot。Makesyoufeelyoung。Somewhereintheeast:earlymorning:setoffatdawn,travelroundinfrontofthesun,stealaday’smarchonhim。Keepitupforevernevergrowadayoldertechnically。Walkalongastrand,strangeland,cometoacitygate,sentrythere,oldrankertoo,oldTweedy’sbigmoustachesleaningonalongkindofaspear。Wanderthroughawnedstreets。Turbanedfacesgoingby。Darkcavesofcarpetshops,bigman,Turkotheterrible,seatedcrossleggedsmokingacoiledpipe。Criesofsellersinthestreets。Drinkwaterscentedwithfennel,sherbet。Wanderalongallday。Mightmeetarobberortwo。
Well,meethim。Gettingontosundown。Theshadowsofthemosquesalongthepillars:priestwithascrollrolledup。Ashiverofthetrees,signal,theeveningwind。Ipasson。Fadinggoldsky。Amotherwatchesfromherdoorway。Shecallsherchildrenhomeintheirdarklanguage。Highwall:
beyondstringstwanged。Nightskymoon,violet,colourofMolly’snewgarters。
Strings。Listen。Agirlplayingoneoftheseinstrumentswhatdoyoucallthem:dulcimers。Ipass。
Probablynotabitlikeitreally。Kindofstuffyouread:inthetrackofthesun。Sunburstonthetitlepage。Hesmiled,pleasinghimself。WhatArthurGriffithsaidabouttheheadpieceovertheFreemanleader:
ahomerulesunrisingupinthenorthwestfromthelanewaybehindthebankofIreland。Heprolongedhispleasedsmile。Ikeytouchthat:homerulesunrisingupinthenorthwest。
HeapproachedLarryO’Rourke’s。Fromthecellargratingfloateduptheflabbygushofporter。Throughtheopendoorwaythebarsquirtedoutwhiffsofginger,teadust,biscuitmush。Goodhouse,however:justtheendofthecitytraffic。ForinstanceM’Auley’sdownthere:n。g。asposition。OfcourseiftheyranatramlinealongtheNorthCircularfromthecattlemarkettothequaysvaluewouldgouplikeashot。
Baldheadovertheblind。Cuteoldcodger。Nousecanvassinghimforanad。Stillheknowshisownbusinessbest。ThereheIs,sureenough,myboldLarry,leaningagainstthesugarbininhisshirtsleeveswatchingtheapronedcurateswabupwithmopandbucket。SimonDedalustakeshimofftoateewithhiseyesscrewedup。DoyouknowwhatI’mgoingtotellyou?What’sthat,MrO’Rourke?Doyouknowwhat?TheRussians,they’donlybeaneighto’clockbreakfastfortheJapanese。
Stopandsayaword:aboutthefuneralperhaps。SadthingaboutpoorDignam,MrO’Rourke。
TurningintoDorsetstreethesaidfreshlyingreetingthroughthedoorway:
Goodday,MrO’Rourke。
Gooddaytoyou。
Lovelyweather,sir。
’Tisallthat。
Wheredotheygetthemoney?ComingupredheadedcuratesfromthecountyLeitrim,rinsingemptiesandoldmaninthecellar。Then,loandbehold,theyblossomoutasAdamFindlatersorDanTallons。Thenthinkofthecompetition。
Generalthirst。GoodpuzzlewouldbecrossDublinwithoutpassingapub。
Saveittheycan’t。Offthedrunksperhaps。Putdownthreeandcarryfive。
Whatisthat?Abobhereandthere,dribsanddrabs。Onthewholesaleordersperhaps。Doingadoubleshufflewiththetowntravellers。Squareitwiththebossandwe’llsplitthejob,see?
Howmuchwouldthattottoofftheporterinthemonth?Saytenbarrelsofstuff。Sayhegottenpercentoff。Omore。Ten。Fifteen。HepassedSaintJoseph’s,Nationalschool。Brats’clamour。Windowsopen。Freshairhelpsmemory。Oralilt。Ahbeeseedefeegeekelomenopeecuerustyouveedoubleyou。Boysarethey?Yes。Inishturk。Inishark。Inishboffin。Attheirjoggerfry。
Mine。SlieveBloom。
HehaltedbeforeDlugacz’swindow,staringatthehanksofsausages,polonies,blackandwhite。Fiftymultipliedby。Thefigureswhitenedinhismindunsolved:displeased,heletthemfade。Theshinylinkspackedwithforcemeatfedhisgazeandhebreathedintranquillythelukewarmbreathofcookedspicypig’sblood。
Akidneyoozedbloodgoutsonthewillowpatterneddish:thelast。Hestoodbythenextdoorgirlatthecounter。Wouldshebuyittoo,callingtheitemsfromaslipinherhand。Chapped:washingsoda。AndapoundandahalfofDenny’ssausages。Hiseyesrestedonhervigorouships。Woodshisnameis。Wonderwhathedoes。Wifeisoldfish。Newblood。Nofollowersallowed。Strongpairofarms。Whackingacarpetontheclothesline。Shedoeswhackit,byGeorge。Thewayhercrookedskirtswingsateachwhack。
Theferreteyedporkbutcherfoldedthesausageshehadsnippedoffwithblotchyfingers,sausagepink。Soundmeattherelikeastallfedheifer。
Hetookupapagefromthepileofcutsheets。ThemodelfarmatKinnerethonthelakeshoreofTiberias。Canbecomeidealwintersanatorium。MosesMontefiore。Ithoughthewas。Farmhouse,wallroundit,blurredcattlecropping。Heheldthepagefromhim:interesting:readitnearer,theblurredcroppingcattle,thepagerustling。Ayoungwhiteheifer。Thosemorningsinthecattlemarketthebeastslowingintheirpens,brandedsheep,flopandfallofdung,thebreedersinhobnailedbootstrudgingthroughthelitter,slappingapalmonaripemeatedhindquarter,there’saprimeone,unpeeledswitchesintheirhands。Heheldthepageaslantpatiently,bendinghissensesandhiswill,hissoftsubjectgazeatrest。Thecrookedskirtswingingwhackbywhackbywhack。
Theporkbutchersnappedtwosheetsfromthepile,wrappedupherprimesausagesandmadearedgrimace。
Now,mymiss,hesaid。
Shetenderedacoin,smilingboldly,holdingherthickwristout。
Thankyou,mymiss。Andoneshillingthreepencechange。Foryou,please?
MrBloompointedquickly。Tocatchupandwalkbehindherifshewentslowly,behindhermovinghams。Pleasanttoseefirstthinginthemorning。
Hurryup,damnit。Makehaywhilethesunshines。Shestoodoutsidetheshopinsunlightandsaunteredlazilytotheright。Hesigheddownhisnose:theyneverunderstand。Sodachappedhands。Crustedtoenailstoo。Brownscapularsintatters,defendingherbothways。Thestingofdisregardglowedtoweakpleasurewithinhisbreast。ForanotheraconstableoffdutycuddledherinEcclesLane。Theylikethemsizeable。Primesausage。Oplease,MrPoliceman,I’mlostinthewood。