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  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。

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