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  BLOOMGently。Givemebackthatpotato,willyou?ZoeForfeits,afinethingandasuperfinething。

  BLOOMWithfeeling。Itisnothing,butstillarelicofpoormamma。

  ZOEGiveathingandtakeitbackGod’llaskyouwhereisthatYou’llsayyoudon’tknowGod’llsendyoudownbelow。BLOOMThereisamemoryattachedtoit。Ishouldliketohaveit。

  STEPHENTohaveornottohave,thatisthequestion。

  ZOEHere。Shehaulsupareefofherslip,revealingherbarethighandunrollsthepotatofromthetopofherstocking。Thosethathidesknowswheretofind。

  BELLAFrowns。Here。Thisisn’tamusicalpeepshow。Anddon’tyousmashthatpiano。Who’spayinghere?

  Shegoestothepianola。Stephenfumblesinhispocketand,takingoutabanknotebyitscorner,handsittoher。

  STEPHENWithexaggeratedpoliteness。ThissilkenpurseImadeoutofthesow’searofthepublic。Madam,excuseme。Ifyouallowme。

  HeindicatesvaguelyLynchandBloom。Weareallinthesamesweepstake,KinchandLynch。Danscebordeloùtenonsnostreétat。

  LYNCHCallsfromthehearth。Dedalus!Giveheryourblessingforme。

  STEPHENHandsBellaacoin。Gold。Shehasit。

  BELLALooksatthemoney,thenatZoe,FlorryandKitty。Doyouwantthreegirls?It’stenshillingshere。

  STEPHENDelightedly。Ahundredthousandapologies。Hefumblesagainandtakesoutandhandshertwocrowns。Permit,brevimanu,mysightissomewhattroubled。

  BellagoestothetabletocountthemoneywhileStephentalkstohimselfinmonosyllables。Zoeboundsovertothetable。KittyleansoverZoe’sneck。Lynchgetsup,rightshiscapand,claspingKitty’swaist,addshisheadtothegroup。

  FLORRYStrivesheavilytorise。Ow!Myfoot’sasleep。Shelimpsovertothetable。Bloomapproaches。

  BELLA,ZOE。KITTY,LYNCH,BLOOMChatteringandsquabbling。

  Thegentleman……tenshillings……payingforthethreeallowmeamoment……

  thisgentlemanpaysseparatewho’stouchingit?……ow……mindwhoyou’repinching……areyoustayingthenightorashorttime?whodid?……you’realiar,excuseme……thegentlemanpaiddownlikeagentleman……drink……

  it’slongaftereleven。

  STEPHENAtthepianola,makingagestureofabhorrence。Nobottles!What,eleven?Ariddle。

  ZOELiftingupherpettigownandfoldingahalfsovereignintothetopofherstocking。Hardearnedontheflatofmyback。

  LYNCHLiftingKittyfromthetable。Come!

  KITTYWait。Sheclutchesthetwocrowns。

  FLORRYAndme?

  LYNCHHoopla!Heliftshercarriesherandbumpsherdownonthesofa。

  STEPHENThefoxcrew,thecocksflew,ThebellsinheavenWerestrikingeleven。’TistimeforherpoorsoulTogetoutofheaven。

  BLOOMQuietlylaysahalfsovereignonthetablebetweenBellaandFlorry。So。Allowme。Hetakesupthepoundnote。Threetimesten。We’resquare。

  BELLAAdmiringly。You’resuchaslyboots,oldcocky。Icouldkissyou。

  ZOEPoints。Hum?Deepasadrawwell。LynchbendsKittybackoverthesofaandkissesher。BloomgoeswiththepoundnotetoStephen。

  BLOOMThisisyours。

  STEPHENHowisthat?Ledistraitorabsentmindedbeggar。Hefumblesagaininhispocketanddrawsoutahandfulofcoins。Anobjectfalls。Thatfell。

  BLOOMStooping,picksupandhandsaboxofmatches。This。

  STEPHENLucifer。Thanks。

  BLOOMQuietly。Youhadbetterhandoverthatcashtometotakecareof。Whypaymore?

  STEPHENHandshimallhiscoins。Bejustbeforeyouaregenerous。

  BLOOMIwillbutisitwise?Hecounts。One,seven,eleven,andfive。Six。Eleven。Idon’tanswerforwhatyoumayhavelost。

  STEPHENWhystrikingeleven?Proparoxyton。MomentbeforethenextLessingsays。Thirstyfox。Helaughsloudly。Buryinghisgrandmother。

  Probablyhekilledher。

  BLOOMThatisonepoundsixandeleven。Onepoundseven,say。

  STEPHENDoesn’tmatteraramblingdamn。

  BLOOMNo,but……

  STEPHENComestothetable。Cigarette,please。Lynchtossesacigarettefromthesofatothetable。AndsoGeorginaJohnsonisdeadandmarried。Acigaretteappearsonthetable。Stephenlooksatit。Wonder。Parlourmagic。Married。Hm。Hestrikesamatchandproceedstolightthecigarettewithenigmaticmelancholy。

  LYNCHWatchinghim。Youwouldhaveabetterchanceoflightingitifyouheldthematchnearer。

  STEPHENBringsthematchnearerhiseye。Lynxeye。Mustgetglasses。Brokethemyesterday。Sixteenyearsago。Distance。Theeyeseesallflat。Hedrawsthematchaway。Itgoesout。Brainthinks。

  Near:far。Ineluctablemodalityofthevisible。Hefrownsmysteriously。

  Hm。Sphinx。Thebeastthathastwobacksatmidnight。Married。

  ZOEItwasacommercialtravellermarriedherandtookherawaywithhim。

  FLORRYNods。MrLambefromLondon。

  STEPHENLambofLondon,whotakestawaythesinsofourworld。

  LYNCHEmbracingKittyonthesofa,chantsdeeply。Donanobispacem。

  ThecigaretteslipsfromStephensfingers。Bloompicksitupandthrowsitintothegrate。

  BLOOMDon’tsmoke。Yououghttoeat。CurseddogImet。ToZoe。

  Youhavenothing?

  ZOEIshehungry?

  STEPHENExtendshishandtohersmilingandchantstotheairofthebloodoathintheDuskoftheGods。HangendeHunger,FragendeFrau,Machtunsallekaput。ZOETragically。Hamlet,Iamthyfather’sgimlet!Shetakeshishand。Blueeyedbeauty,I’llreadyourhand。Shepointstohisforehead。Nowit,nowrinkles。Shecounts。Two,three,Mars,that’scourage。Stephenshakeshishead。Nokid。

  LYNCHSheetlightningcourage。Theyouthwhocouldnotshiverandshake。

  ToZoe。Whotaughtyoupalmistry?

  ZOETurns。AskmyballocksthatIhaven’tgot。ToStephen。

  Iseeitinyourface。Theeye,likethat。Shefrownswithloweredhead。

  LYNCHLaughing,slapsKittybehindtwice。Likethat。Pandybat。

  Twiceloudlyapandybatcracks,thecoffinofthepianolafliesopen,thebaldlittleroundjack-in-the-boxheadofFatherDolanspringsup。

  FATHERDOLANAnyboywantflogging?Brokehisglasses?Lazyidlelittleschemer。Seeitinyoureye。

  Mild,benign,rectorial,reproving,theheadofDonJohnConmeerisesfromthepianolacoffin。

  DONJOHNCONMEENow,FatherDolan!Now。I’msurethatStephenisaverygoodlittleboy。

  ZOEExaminingStephen’spalm。Woman’shand。

  STEPHENMurmurs。Continue。Lie。Holdme。Caress。InevercouldreadHishandwritingexceptHiscriminalthumbprintonthehaddock。

  ZOEWhatdaywereyouborn?

  STEPHENThursday。Today。

  ZOEThursday’schildhasfartogo。Shetraceslinesonhishand。

  Lineoffate。Influentialfriends。

  FLORRYPointing。Imagination。

  ZOEMountofthemoon。You’llmeetwitha……Shepeersathishandsabruptly。Iwon’ttellyouwhat’snotgoodforyou。Ordoyouwanttoknow?

  BLOOMDetachesherfingersandoffershispalm。Moreharmthangood。Here。Readmine。

  BELLAShow。SheturnsupBloom’shand。Ithoughtso。Knobbyknuckles,forthewomen。

  ZOEPeeringatBloom’spalm。Gridiron。Travelsbeyondtheseaandmarrymoney。

  BLOOMWrong。

  ZOEQuickly。O,Isee。Shortlittlefinger。Henpeckedhusband。

  Thatwrong?

  BlackLiz,ahugeroosterhatchinginachalkedcircle,rises,stretchesherwingsandclucks。

  BLACKLIZGara。Klook。Klook。Klook。

  Shesidlesfromhernewlaideggandwaddlesoff。

  BLOOMPointstohishand。Thatwealthereisanaccident。Fellandcutittwenty-twoyearsago。Iwassixteen。

  ZOEIsee,saystheblindman。Tellusnews。

  STEPHENSee?Movestoonegreatgoal。Iamtwentytwotoo。SixteenyearsagoItwentytwotumbled,twentytwoyearsagohesixteenfelloffhishobbyhorse。

  Hewinces。Hurtmyhandsomewhere。Mustseeadentist。Money?

  ZoewhisperstoFlorry。Theygiggle。Bloomreleaseshishandandwritesidlyonthetableinbackhand,pencillingslowcurves。

  FLORRYWhat?

  Ahackneycarnumberthreehundredandtwentyfour,withagallantbuttockedmare,drivenbyJamesBarton,HarmonyAvenue,Donnybrook,trotspast。BlazesBoylanandLenehansprawlswayingonthesideseats。TheOrmondbootscrouchesbehindontheaxle。SadlyoverthecrossblindLydiaDouceandMinaKennedygaze。

  THEBOOTSJogging,mocksthemwiththumbandwrigglingwormfingers。

  Haw,haw,haveyouthehorn?

  Bronzebygoldtheywhisper。

  ZOEToFlorry。Whisper。

  Theywhisperagain。

  OverthewellofthecarBlazesBoylanleans,hisboaterstrawsetsideways,aredflowerinhismouth。Lenehan,inayachtsman’scapandwhiteshoes,officiouslydetachesalonghairfromBlazesBoylansshoulder。

  LENEHANHo!WhatdoIherebehold?Wereyoubrushingthecobwebsoffafewquims?

  BOYLANSeated,smiles。Pluckingaturkey。

  LENEHANAgoodnight’swork。

  BOYLANHoldingupfourthickbluntungulatedfingers,winks。

  BlazesKate!Uptosampleoryourmoneyback。Heholdsoutaforefinger。

  Smellthat。

  LENEHANSmellsgleefully。Ah!Lobsterandmayonnaise。Ah!

  ZOEANDFLORRYLaughtogether。Hahahaha。

  BOYLANbumpssurelyfromthecarandcallsloudlyforalltohear。

  Hello,Bloom!MrsBloomupyet?

  BLOOMInaflunkey’splumplushcoatandkneebreeches,buffstockingsandpowderedwig。I’mafraidnot,sir,thelastarticles……

  BOYLANTosseshimsixpence。Here,tobuyyourselfaginandsplash。HehangshishatsmartlyonapegofBloom’santleredhead。

  Showmein。Ihavealittleprivatebusinesswithyourwife。Youunderstand?

  BLOOMThankyou,sir。Yes,sir,MadamTweedyisinherbath,sir。

  MARIONHeoughttofeelhimselfhighlyhonoured。Sheplopssplashingoutofthewater。Raoul,darling,comeanddryme。I’minmypelt。

  Onlymynewhatandacarriagesponge。

  BOYLANAmerrytwinkleinhiseye。Topping!

  BELLAWhat?Whatisit?

  Zoewhisperstoher。

  MARIONLethimlook,thepishogue!Pimp!Andscourgehimself!I’llwritetoapowerfulprostituteorBartholomona,thebeardedwoman,toraisewealsoutonhimaninchthickandmakehimbringmebackasignedandstampedreceipt。

  BELLALaughing。Hohohoho。

  BOYLANToBloom,overhisshoulder。YoucanapplyyoureyetothekeyholeandplaywithyourselfwhileIjustgothroughherafewtimes。

  BLOOMThankyou,sir,Iwill,sir。MayIbringtwomenchumstowitnessthedeedandtakeasnapshot?Heholdsanointmentjar。Vaseline,sir?Orangeflower?……Lukewarmwater?……

  KITTYFromthesofa。Tellus,Florry。Tellus。What。

  Florrywhisperstoher。Whisperinglovewordsmurmurlip-lappingloudly,poppysmicplopslop。

  MINAKENNEDYHereyesupturned。O,itmustbelikethescentofgeraniumsandlovelypeaches!O,hesimplyidoliseseverybitofher!

  Stucktogether!Coveredwithkisses!

  LYDIADOUCEHermouthopening。Yumyum。O,he’scarryingherroundtheroomdoingit!Rideacockhorse。YoucouldheartheminParisandNewYork。Likemouthfulsofstrawberriesandcream。

  KITTYLaughing。Heeheehee。

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