第45章
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  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

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