Aliquidofwombofwomaneyeballgazedunderafenceoflashes,calmly,hearing。Seerealbeautyoftheeyewhenshenotspeaks。Onyonderriver。
Ateachslowsatinyheavingbosom’swaveherheavingembonredroseroseslowly,sankredrose。Heartbeatsherbreath:breaththatislife。Andallthetinytinyfernfoilstrembledofmaidenhair。
Butlook。Thebrightstarsfade。Orose!Castille。Themorn。Ha。Lidwell。
Forhimthennotfor。Infatuated。Ilikethat?Seeherfromherethough。
Poppedcorks,splashesofbeerfroth,stacksofempties。
OnthesmoothjuttingbeerpulllaidLydiahandlightly,plumply,leaveittomyhands。Alllostinpityforcroppy。Fro,to:to,fro:overthepolishedknobsheknowshiseyes,myeyes,hereyesherthumbandfingerpassedinpity:passed,repassedand,gentlytouching,thenslidsosmoothly,slowlydown,acoolfirmwhiteenamelbatonprotrudingthroughtheirslidingring。
Withacockwithacarra。
Tap。Tap。Tap。
Iholdthishouse。Amen。Hegnashedinfury。Traitorsswing。
Thechordsconsented。Verysadthing。Buthadtobe。
Getoutbeforetheend。Thanks,thatwasheavenly。Where’smyhat。Passbyher。CanleavethatFreeman。LetterIhave。Supposeshewerethe?No。Walk,walk,walk。LikeCashelBoyloConnoroCoyloTisdallMauriceTisntdallFarrell,Waaaaaaalk。
Well,Imustbe。Areyouoff?Yrfmstbyes。Blmstup。O’erryehighblue。
Bloomstoodup。Ow。Soapfeelingratherstickybehind。Musthavesweated:
music。Thatlotion,remember。Well,solong。Highgrade。Cardinside,yes。
BydeafPatinthedoorway,strainingear,Bloompassed。
AtGenevabarrackthatyoungmandied。AtPassagewashisbodylaid。
Dolor!O,hedolores!Thevoiceofthemournfulchantercalledtodolorousprayer。
Byrose,bysatinybosom,bythefondlinghand,byslops,byempties,bypoppedcorks,greetingingoing,pasteyesandmaidenhair,bronzeandfaintgoldindeepseashadow,wentBloom,softBloom,IfeelsolonelyBloom。
Tap。Tap。Tap。
Prayforhim,prayedthebassofDollard。Youwhohearinpeace。Breatheaprayer,dropatear,goodmen,goodpeople。Hewasthecroppyboy。
ScaringeavesdroppingbootscroppybootsboyBloomintheOrmondhallwayheardgrowlsandroarsofbravo,fatback-slapping,theirbootsalltreading,bootsnotthebootstheboy。Generalchorusoffforaswilltowashitdown。GladIavoided。
Comeon,Ben,SimonDedalussaid。ByGod,you’reasgoodaseveryouwere。
Better,saidTomginKernan。Mosttrenchantrenditionofthatballad,uponmysoulandhonouritis。
Lablache,saidFatherCowley。
BenDollardbulkilycachuchadtowardsthebar,mightilypraisefedandallbigroseate,onheavyfootedfeet,hisgoutyfingersnakkeringcastagnettesintheair。
BigBenadenDollard。BigBenben。BigBenben。
Rrr。
Anddeepmovedall,Simontrumpingcompassionfromfoghornnose,alllaughing,theybroughthimforth,BenDollard,inrightgoodcheer。
You’relookingrubicund,GeorgeLidwellsaid。
MissDoucecomposedherrosetowait。
Benmachree,saidMrDedalus,clappingBen’sfatbackshoulderblade。
Fitasafiddle,onlyhehasalotofadiposetissueconcealedabouthisperson。
Rrrrrrsss。
Fatofdeath,Simon,BenDollardgrowled。
Richieriftinthelutealonesat:Goulding,Collis,Ward。Uncertainlyhewaited。UnpaidPattoo。
Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。
MissMinaKennedybroughtnearherlipstoearoftankardone。
MrDollard,theymurmuredlow。
Dollard,murmuredtankard。
Tankonebelieved:MissKennwhenshe:thatdollhewas:shedoll:thetank。
Hemurmuredthatheknewthename。Thenamewasfamiliartohim,thatistosay。ThatwastosayhehadheardthenameofDollard,wasit?Dollard,yes。
Yes,herlipssaidmoreloudly,MrDollard。Hesangthatsonglovely,murmuredMina。AndThelastroseofsummerwasalovelysong。Minalovedthatsong。TankardlovedthesongthatMina。
’TisthelastroseofsummerDollardleftBloomfeltwindwoundroundinside。
Gassythingthatcider:bindingtoo。Wait。PostofficenearReubenJ’soneandeightpencetoo。Getshutofit。DodgeroundbyGreekstreet。WishIhadn’tpromisedtomeet。Freerinair。Music。Getsonyournerves。Beerpull。
Herhandthatrocksthecradlerulesthe。BenHowth。Thatrulestheworld。
Far。Far。Far。Far。
Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。
UpthequaywentLionelleopold,naughtyHenrywithletterforMady,withsweetsofsinwithfrilliesforRaoulwithmethimpikehoseswentPoldyon。
Tapblindwalkedtappingbythetapthecurbstonetapping,tapbytap。
Cowley,hestuntshimselfwithit;kindofdrunkenness。Bettergivewayonlyhalfwaythewayofamanwithamaid。Instanceenthusiasts。Allears。Notloseademisemiquaver。Eyesshut。Headnoddingintime。Dotty。
Youdaren’tbudge。Thinkingstrictlyprohibited。Alwaystalkingshop。Fiddlefaddleaboutnotes。
Allakindofattempttotalk。Unpleasantwhenitstopsbecauseyouneverknowexac。OrganinGardinerstreet。OldGlynnfiftyquidayear。
Queerupthereinthecockloftalonewithstopsandlocksandkeys。Seatedalldayattheorgan。Maunderonforhours,talkingtohimselfortheotherfellowblowingthebellows。Growlangry,thenshriekcursingwanttohavewaddingorsomethinginhisnodon’tshecried,thenallofasoftsuddenweelittleweelittlepippywind。
Pwee!Aweelittlewindpipedeeee。InBloom’slittlewee。
Washe?MrDedalussaid,returning,withfetchedpipe。IwaswithhimthismorningatpoorlittlePaddyDignam’s……
Ay,theLordhavemercyonhim。
Bythebythere’satuningforkinthereonthe……
Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。
Thewifehasafinevoice。Orhad。What?Lidwellasked。
O,thatmustbethetuner,LydiasaidtoSimonlionelfirstIsaw,forgotitwhenhewashere。
BlindhewasshetoldGeorgeLidwellsecondIsaw。Andplayedsoexquisitely,treattohear。Exquisitecontrast:bronzelidminagold。
Shout!BenDollardshouted,pouring。Singout!
’lldo!criedFatherCowley。
Rrrrrr。
IfeelIwant……
Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。
Very,MrDedalussaid,staringhardataheadlesssardine。
Underthesandwichbelllayonabierofbreadonelast,onelonely,lastsardineofsummer。Bloomalone。
Very,hestared。Thelowerregister,forchoice。
Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。Tap。
BloomwentbyBarry’s。WishIcould。Wait。ThatwonderworkerifIhad。
Twentyfoursolicitorsinthatonehouse。Litigation。Loveoneanother。
Pilesofparchment。MessrsPickandPockethavepowerofattorney。Goulding,Collis,Ward。
Butforexamplethechapthatwallopsthebigdrum。Hisvocation:MickyRooney’sband。Wonderhowitfirststruckhim。Sittingathomeafterpig’scheekandcabbagenursingitinthearmchair。Rehearsinghisbandpart。
Pom。Pompedy。Jollyforthewife。Asses’skins。Weltthemthroughlife,thenwallopafterdeath。Pom。Wallop。SeemstobewhatyoucallyashmakorImeankismet。Fate。
Tap。Tap。Astripling,blind,withatappingcane,cametaptaptappingbyDaly’swindowwhereamermaid,hairallstreamingbuthecouldn’tsee,blewwhiffsofamermaidblindcouldn’t,mermaidcoolestwhiffofall。
Instruments。Abladeofgrass,shellofherhands,thenblow。Evencombandtissuepaperyoucanknockatuneoutof。MollyinhershiftinLombardstreetwest,hairdown。Isupposeeachkindoftrademadeitsown,don’tyousee?Hunterwithahorn。Haw。Haveyouthe?Cloche。Sonnezla!Shepherdhispipe。Policemanawhistle。Locksandkeys!Sweep!Fouro’clock’sall’swell!Sleep!Allislostnow。Drum?Pompedy。Wait,Iknow。Towncrier,bumbailiff。LongJohn。Wakenthedead。Pom。Dignam。Poorlittlenominedomine。
Pom。Itismusic,Imeanofcourseit’sallpompompomverymuchwhattheycalldacapo。Stillyoucanhear。Aswemarchwemarchalong,marchalong。Pom。
Imustreally。Fff。NowifIdidthatatabanquet。JustaquestionofcustomshahofPersia。Breatheaprayer,dropatear。Allthesamehemusthavebeenabitofanaturalnottoseeitwasayeomancap。Muffledup。Wonderwhowasthatchapatthegraveinthebrownmackin。O,thewhoreofthelane!
AfrowsywhorewithblackstrawsailorhataskewcameglazilyinthedayalongthequaytowardsMrBloom。Whenfirsthesawthatformendearing。
Yes,itis。Ifeelsolonely。Wetnightinthelane。Horn。Whohadthe?
Heehaw。Shesaw。Offherbeathere。Whatisshe?Hopeshe。Psst!Anychanceofyourwash。KnewMolly。Hadmedecked。Stoutladydoesbewithyouinthebrowncostume。Putyouoffyourstroke。Thatappointmentwemade。Knowingwe’dnever,wellhardlyever。Toodeartooneartohomesweethome。Seesme,doesshe?Looksafrightintheday。Facelikedip。Damnher!O,well,shehastoliveliketherest。Lookinhere。
InLionelMarks’santiquesaleshopwindowhaughtyHenryLionelLeopolddearHenryFlowerearnestlyMrLeopoldBloomenvisagedcandlestickmelodeonoozingmaggotyblowbags。Bargain:sixbob。Mightlearntoplay。Cheap。
Letherpass。Courseeverythingisdearifyoudon’twantit。That’swhatgoodsalesmanis。Makeyoubuywhathewantstosell。ChapsoldmetheSwedishrazorheshavedmewith。Wantedtochargemefortheedgehegaveit。She’spassingnow。Sixbob。
Mustbetheciderorperhapstheburgund。
Nearbronzefromanearneargoldfromafartheychinkedtheirclinkingglassesall,brighteyedandgallant,beforebronzeLydia’stemptinglastroseofsummer,roseofCastille。FirstLid,De,Cow,Ker,Doll,afifth:
Lidwell,SiDedalus,BobCowley,KernanandBigBenDollard。
Tap。AyouthenteredalonelyOrmondhall。
BloomviewedagallantpicturedheroinLionelMarks’swindow。RobertEmmet’slastwords。Sevenlastwords。OfMeyerbeerthatis。
Truemenlikeyoumen。
Ay,ay,Ben。
Willliftyourglasswithus。
Theylifted。
Tschink。Tschunk。
Tip。Anunseeingstriplingstoodinthedoor。Hesawnotbronze。Hesawnotgold。NorBennorBobnorTomnorSinorGeorgenortanksnorRichienorPat。Heeheeheehee。Hedidnotsee。
Seabloom,greaseabloomviewedlastwords。Softly。Whenmycountrytakesherplaceamong。
Prrprr。
Mustbethebur。
Fff。Oo。Rrpr。
Nationsoftheearth。No-onebehind。She’spassed。Thenandnottillthen。Tram。Kran,kran,kran。Goodoppor。Coming。Krandlkrankran。
I’msureit’stheburgund。Yes。One,two。Letmyepitaphbe。Karaaaaaaa。Written。Ihave。