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  PRIVATECARRWithferociousarticulation。I’lldohimin,sohelpmefuckingChrist!I’llwringthebastardfucker’sbleedingblastedfuckingwindpipe!
  OLDGUMMYGRANNYThrustsadaggertowardsStephen’shand。Removehim,acushla。At8。35a。m。youwillbeinheavenandIrelandwillbefree。Sheprays。OgoodGod,takehim!
  BLOOMRunstoLynch。Can’tyougethimaway?
  LYNCHHelikesdialectic,theuniversallanguage。Kitty!ToBloom。Gethimaway,you。Hewon’tlistentome。HedragsKittyaway。
  STEPHENPoints。ExitJudas。Etlaqueosesuspendit。
  BLOOMRunstoStephen。Comealongwithmenowbeforeworsehappens。Here’syourstick。
  STEPHENStick,no。Reason。Thisfeastofpurereason。
  CISSYCAFFREYPullingPrivateCarr。Comeon,you’reboosed。HeinsultedmebutIforgivehim。Shoutinginhisear。Iforgivehimforinsultingme。
  BLOOMOverStephen’sshoulder。Yes,go。Youseehe’sincapable。
  PRIVATECARRBreaksloose。I’llinsulthim。
  HerushestowardsStephen,fistsoutstretched,andstrikeshimintheface。Stephentotters,collapses,fallsstunned。Heliesprone,hisfacetothesky,hishatrollingtothewall。Bloomfollowsandpicksitup。
  MAJORTWEEDYLoudly。Carbineinbucket!ceasefire!Salute!
  THERETRIEVERBarkingfuriously。Uteuteuteuteuteuteuteute。
  THECROWDLethimup!Don’tstrikehimwhenhe’sdown!Air!Who?Thesoldierhithim。He’saprofessor。Ishehurted?Don’tmanhandlehim!He’sfainted!
  Theretriever,nosingonthefringeofthecrowd,barksnoisily。
  Whatcallhadtheredcoattostrikethegentlemanandheundertheinfluence?LetthemgoandfighttheBoers!
  THEBAWDListentowho’stalking!Hasn’tthesoldierarighttogowithhisgirl?Hegavehimthecoward’sblow。
  Theygrabateachother’shair,clawateachotherandspit。
  THERETRIEVERBarking。Wowwowwow。
  BLOOMShovesthemback,loudly。Getback,standback!
  PRIVATECOMPTONTugginghiscomrade。Herebuggeroff,Harry。There’sthecops!
  Tworaincapedwatch,tall,standinthegroup
  FIRSTWATCHWhat’swronghere?
  PRIVATECOMPTONWewerewiththisladyandheinsultedusandassaultedmychum。Theretrieverbarks。Whoownsthebleedingtyke?
  CISSYCAFFREYWithexpectation。Ishebleeding?
  AMANRisingfromhisknees。No。Goneoff。He’llcometoallright。
  BLOOMGlancessharplyattheman。Leavehimtome。Icaneasily……
  SECONDWATCHWhoareyou?Doyouknowhim?
  PRIVATECARRLurchestowardsthewatch。Heinsultedmyladyfriend。
  BLOOMAngrily。Youhithimwithoutprovocation。I’mawitness。Constable,takehisregimentalnumber。
  SECONDWATCHIdon’twantyourinstructionsinthedischargeofmyduty。PRIVATECOMPTONPullinghiscomrade。Here,buggeroff,Harry。OrBennett’llhaveyouinthelockup。
  PRIVATECARRStaggeringasheispulledaway。GodfuckoldBennett!He’sawhitearsedbugger。Idon’tgiveashitforhim。
  FIRSTWATCHTakingouthisnotebook。What’shisname?
  BLOOMPeeringoverthecrowd。Ijustseeacarthere。Ifyougivemeahandasecond,sergeant。
  FIRSTWATCHNameandaddress。
  CornyKelleherweepersroundhishat,adeathwreathinhishand,appearsamongthebystanders。
  BLOOMQuickly。O,theveryman!Hewhispers。SimonDedalus’son。Abitsprung。Getthosepolicementomovethoseloafersback。
  SECONDWATCHNight,MrKelleher。
  CORNYKELLEHERTothewatch,withdrawlingeye。That’sallright。Iknowhim。Wonabitontheraces。Goldcup。Throwaway。Helaughs。Twentytoone。Doyoufollowme?
  FIRSTWATCHTurnstothecrowd。Here,whatareyouallgapingat?Moveonoutofthat。
  Thecrowddispersesslowly,muttering,downthelane。
  CORNYKELLEHERLeaveittome,sergeant。That’llbeallright。Helaughs,shakinghishead。Wewereoftenasbadourselves,ayorworse。What?Eh,what?
  FIRSTWATCHLaughs。Isupposeso。
  CORNYKELLEHERNudgesthesecondwatch。Comeandwipeyournameofftheslate。Helilts,wagginghishead。Withmytooraloomtooraloomtooraloomtooraloom。What,eh,doyoufollowme?
  SECONDWATCHGenially。Ah,sureweweretoo。
  CORNYKELLEHERWinking。Boyswillbeboys。I’veacarroundthere。
  SECONDWATCHAllright,MrKelleher。Goodnight。
  CORNYKELLEHERI’llseetothat。
  BLOOMShakeshandswithbothofthewatchinturn。Thankyouverymuchgentlemen,thankyou。Hemumblesconfidentially。Wedon’twantanyscandal,youunderstand。Fatherisawellknown,highlyrespectedcitizen。Justalittlewildoats,youunderstand。
  FIRSTWATCHO,Iunderstand,sir。
  SECONDWATCHThat’sallright,Sir。
  FIRSTWATCHItwasonlyincaseofcorporalinjuriesI’dhavehadtoreportitatthestation。
  BLOOMNodsrapidly。Naturally。Quiteright。Onlyyourboundenduty。
  SECONDWATCHIt’sourduty。
  CORNYKELLEHERGoodnight,men。
  THEWATCHSalutingtogether。Night,gentlemen。Theymoveoffwithslowheavytread。
  BLOOMBlows。Providentialyoucameonthescene。Youhaveacar?。
  CORNYKELLEHERLaughs,pointinghisthumboverhisrightshouldertothecarbroughtupagainstthescaffolding。TwocommercialsthatwerestandingfizzinJammet’s。Likeprinces,faith。Oneofthemlosttwoquidontherace。Drowninghisgriefandwereonforagowiththejollygirls。SoIlandedthemuponBehan’scaranddowntonighttown。
  BLOOMIwasjustgoinghomebyGardinerstreetwhenIhappenedto……
  CORNYKELLEHERLaughs。Suretheywantedmetojoininwiththemots。No,byGod,saysI。Notforoldstagerslikemyselfandyourself。Helaughsagainandleerswithlacklustreeye。ThanksbetoGodwehaveitinthehousewhat,eh,doyoufollowme?Hah!hah!hah!
  BLOOMTriestolaugh。He,he,he!Yes。MatteroffactIwasjustvisitinganoldfriendofminethere,Virag,youdon’tknowhimpoorfellowhe’slaidupforthepastweekandwehadaliquortogetherandIwasjustmakingmywayhome……
  Thehorseneighs。
  THEHORSEHohohohohohoh!Hohohohome!
  CORNYKELLEHERSureitwasBehan,ourjarveythere,thattoldmeafterweleftthetwocommercialsinMrsCohen’sandItoldhimtopullupandgotofftosee。Helaughs。Soberhearsedriversaspecialty。WillIgivehimalifthome?Wheredoeshehangout?SomewhereinCabra,what?
  BLOOMNo,inSandycove,Ibelieve,fromwhatheletdrop。
  Stephen,prone,breathestothestars。CornyKelleherasquint,drawlsatthehorse。Bloomingloom,loomsdown。
  CORNYKELLEHERScratcheshisnape。Sandycove!HebendsdownandcallstoStephen。Eh!Hecallsagain。Eh!He’scoveredwithshavingsanyhow。Takecaretheydidn’tliftanythingoffhim。
  BLOOMNo,no,no。Ihavehismoneyandhishathereandstick。
  CORNYKELLEHERAhwell,he’llgetoverit。Nobonesbroken。Well,I’llshovealong。Helaughs。I’vearendezvousinthemorning。Buryingthedead。Safehome!
  THEHORSENeighs。Hohohohohome。
  BLOOMGoodnight。I’lljustwaitandtakehimalonginafew……
  CornyKelleherreturnstotheoutsidecarandmountsit。Thehorseharnessjingles。
  CORNYKELLEHERFromthecar,standing。Night。
  BLOOMNight。
  Thejarveychucksthereinsandraiseshiswhipencouragingly。Thecarandhorsebackslowly,awkwardlyandturn。CornyKelleheronthesideseatswayshisheadtoandfroinsignofmirthatBloomsplight。Thejarveyjoinsinthemutepantomimicmerrimentnoddingfromthefartherseat。Bloomshakeshisheadinmutemirthfulreply。WiththumbandpalmCornyKelleherreassuresthatthetwobobbieswillallowthesleeptocontinueforwhatelseistobedone。WithaslownodBloomconveyshisgratitudeasthatisexactlywhatStephenneeds。Thecarjinglestooraloomroundthecornerofthetooraloomlane。CornyKelleheragainreassuraloomswithhishand。BloomwithhishandassuraloomsCornyKelleherthatheisreassuraloomtay。Thetinklinghoofsandjinglingharnessgrowfainterwiththeirtooralooloolooloolay。Bloom,holdinginhishandStephenshatfestoonedwithshavingsandashplant,standsirresolute。Thenhebendstohimandshakeshimbytheshoulder。
  BLOOMEh!Ho!Thereisnoanswerhebendsagain。MrDedalus!Thereisnoanswer。Thenameifyoucall。Somnambulist。Hebendsagainand,hesitating,bringshismouthnearthefaceoftheprostrateform。Stephen!Thereisnoanswer。Hecallsagain。Stephen!
  STEPHENGroans。Who?Blackpanthervampire。Hesighsandstretcheshimselfthenmurmursthicklywithprolongedvowels。Who……drive……Fergusnow。Andpierce……wood’swovenshade?……
  Heturnsonhisleftside,sighing,doublinghimselftogether。
  BLOOMPoetry。Welleducated。Pity。HebendsagainandundoesthebuttonsofStephen’swaistcoat。Tobreathe。HebrushesthewoodshavingsfromStephen’sclotheswithlighthandsandfingers。Onepoundseven。Nothurtanyhow。Helistens。What!
  Murmurs。……shadows……thewoods……whitebreast……dim……
  Hestretchesouthisarms,sighsagainandcurlshisbody。Bloomholdinghishatandashplantstandserect。Adogbarksinthedistance。Bloomtightensandloosenshisgripontheashplant。HelooksdownonStephen’sfaceandform。
  BLOOMCommuneswiththenight。Faceremindsmeofhispoormother。Intheshadywood。Thedeepwhitebreast。Ferguson,IthinkIcaught。Agirl。Somegirl。Bestthingcouldhappenhim……Hemurmurs。……swearthatIwillalwayshail,everconceal,neverreveal,anypartorparts,artorarts……Hemurmurs。intheroughsandsofthesea。acabletow’slengthfromtheshore……wherethetideebbs……andflows……
  Silent,thoughtful,alert,hestandsonguard,hisfingersathislipsintheattitudeofsecretmaster。Againstthedarkwallafigureappearsslowly,afairyboyofeleven,achangeling,kidnapped,dressedinanEtonsuitwithglassshoesandalittlebronzehelmet,holdingabookinhishand。Hereadsfromrighttoleftinaudibly,smiling,kissingthepage。
  BLOOMWonderstruck,callsinaudibly。Rudy!
  RUDYGazesunseeingintoBloom’seyesandgoesonreading,kissing,smiling。Hehasadelicatemauveface。Onhissuithehasdiamondandrubybuttons。Inhisfreelefthandheholdsaslimivorycanewithaviolethowknot。Awhitelambkinpeepsoutofhiswaistcoatpocket。
  Circe
  TheMabbotstreetentranceofnighttown,beforewhichstretchesanuncobbledtransidingsetwithskeletontracks,redandgreenwill-o’-the-wispsanddangersignals。Rowsofflimsyhouseswithgapingdoors。Rarelampswithfaintrainbowfans。RoundRabaiotti’shaltedicegondolastuntedmenandwomensquabble。Theygrabwafersbetweenwhicharewedgedlumpsofcoalandcoppersnow。Sucking,theyscatterslowly。Children。Theswancombofthegondola,highreared,forgesonthroughthemurk,whiteandblueunderalighthouse。Whistlescallandanswer。
  THECALLSWait,mylove,andI’llbewithyou。
  THEANSWERSRoundbehindthestable。
  Adeafmuteidiotwithgoggleeyes,hisshapelessmouthdribbling,jerkspast,shakeninSaintVitus’dance。Achainofchildren’shandsimprisonshim。
  THECHILDRENKithoguelSalute。
  THEIDIOTLiftsapalsiedleftarmandgurgles。Grhahute!
  THECHILDRENWhere’sthegreatlight?
  THEIDIOTGobbing。Ghaghahest。
  Theyreleasehim。Hejerkson。Apygmywomanswingsonaropeslungbetweentherailings,counting。Aformsprawledagainstadustbinandmuffledbyitsarmandhatmoves,groans,grindinggrowlingteeth,andsnoresagain。Onastepagnometottingamongarubbishtipcrouchestoshoulderasackofragsandbones。Acronestandingbywithasmokyoillampramsthelastbottleinthemawofhissack。Heheaveshisbooty,tugsaskewhispeakedcapandhobblesoffmutely。Thecronemakesbackforherlairswayingherlamp。Abandychild,asquatonthedoorstepwithapapershuttlecock,crawlssidlingafterherinspurts,clutchesherskirt,scramblesup。Adrunkennavvyupswithbothhandstherailingsofanarea,lurchingheavily。Atacornertwonightwatchinshouldercapes,theirhandsupontheirstaffholsters,loomtall。Aplatecrashes;awomanscreams;achildwails。Oathsofamanroar,mutter,cease。Figureswander,lurk,peerfromwarrens。Inaroomlitbyacandlestuckinabottleneckaslutcombsoutthetattsfromthehairofascrofulouschild。CissyCaffrey’svoice,stillyoung,singsshrillfromalane。
  CISSYCAFFREY
  IgaveittoMolly
  Becauseshewasjolly,
  Thelegoftheduck
  Thelegoftheduck。
  PrivateCartandPrivateCompton,swaggerstickstightintheiroxters,astheymarchunsteadilyrightaboutfaceandbursttogetherfromtheirmouthsavolleyedfart。Laughterofmenfromthelane。Ahoarseviragoretorts。
  THEVIRAGOSignsonyou,hairyarse。MorepowertheCavangirl。
  CISSYCAFFREYMorelucktome。Cavan,CootehillandBelturbet。
  Shesings。
  IgaveittoNelly
  Tostickinherbelly
  Thelegoftheduck
  Thelegoftheduck。
  PrivateCartandPrivateComptonturnandcounterretort,theirtunicsbloodbrightinalampglow,blacksocketsofcapsontheirblondcopperpolls。StephenDedalusandLynchpassthroughthecrowdclosetotheredcoats。
  PRIVATECOMPTONJerkshisfinger。Wayfortheparson。
  PRIVATECARRTurnsandcalls。Whatho,parson!
  CISSYCAFFREYHervoicesoaringhigher。
  Shehasit,shegotit,
  Whereversheputit
  Thelegoftheduck。
  Stephen,flourishingtheashplantinhislefthand,chantswithjoytheintroitforpaschaltime。Lynch,hisjockeycaplowonhisbrow,attendshim,asneerofdiscontentwrinklinghisface。
  STEPHENVidiaquamegredientemdetemploalateredextro。Alleluia。
  Thefamishedsnaggletusksofanelderlybawdprotrudefromadoorway。
  THEBAWDHervoicewhisperinghuskily。Sst!ComeheretillItellyou。Maidenheadinside。Sst。
  STEPHENAltiusaliqantulumEtomnesadquospervenitacquaista。
  THEBAWDSpitsintheirtrailherjetofvenom。Trinitymedicals。Fallopiantube。Allprickandnopence。
  EdyBoardman,sniffling,crouchedwithBerthaSupple,drawshershawlacrosshernostrils。
  EDYBOARDMANBickering。Andsaytheone:IseenyouupFaithfulplacewithyoursquarepusher,thegreaserofftherailway,inhiscometobedhat。Didyou,saysI。That’snotforyoutosay,saysI。Youneverseenmeinthemantrapwithamarriedhighlander,saysI。Thelikesofher!Stagthatoneis。Stubbornasamule!Andherwalkingwithtwofellowstheonetime,KildbridetheenginedriverandlancecorporalOliphant。
  STEPHENTriumphaliter。Salvifactiisunt。
  Heflourisheshisashplantshiveringthelampimage,shatteringlightovertheworld。Aliverandwhitespanielontheprowlslinksafterhim,growling。Lynchscar’sitwithakick。
  LYNCHSothat?
  STEPHENLooksbehind。Sothatgesture,notmusic,notodours,wouldbeauniversallanguage,thegiftoftonguesrenderingvisiblenotthelaysensebutthefirstentelechy,thestructuralrhythm。
  LYNCHPornosophicalphilotheology。MetaphysicsinMecklenburgstreet!
  STEPHENWehaveshrewriddenShakespeareandhenpeckedSocrates。Eventheallwiseststagyritewasbitted,bridledandmountedbyalightoflove。
  LYNCHBa!
  STEPHENAnyway,whowantstwogesturestoillustratealoafandajug?ThismovementillustratestheloafandjugofbreadandwineinOmar。Holdmystick。
  LYNCHDamnyouryellowstick。Wherearewegoing?
  STEPHENLecherouslynx,tolabelledamesansmerci,GeorginaJohnson,addeamquilaetificatjuventutemmeam。
  Stephenthruststheashplantonhimandslowlyholdsouthishands,hisheadgoingbacktillbothhandsareaspanfromhisbreast,downturnedinplanesintersecting,thefingersabouttopart,theleftbeinghigher。
  LYNCHWhichisthejugofbread?Itskillsnot。Thatorthecustomhouse。Illustratethou。Heretakeyourcrutchandwalk。
  Theypass。TommyCaffreyscramblestoagaslampand,clasping,climbsinspasms。Fromthetopspurheslidesdown。JackyCaffreyclaspstoclimb。Thenavvylurchesagainstthelamp。Thetwinsscuttleoffinthedark。Thenavvy,swaying,pressesaforefingeragainstawingofhisnoseandejectsfromthefarthernostrilalongliquidjetofsnot。Shoulderingthelamphestaggersawaythroughthecrowdwithhisflaringcresset。
  Snakesofriverfogcreepslowly。Fromdrains,clefts,cesspools,middensariseonallsidesstagnantfumes。Aglowleapsinthesouthbeyondtheseawardreachesoftheriver。Thenavvystaggeringforwardcleavesthecrowdandlurchestowardsthetramsiding。OnthefarthersideundertherailwaybridgeBloomappearsflushed,panting,crammingbreadandchocolateintoasidepocket。FromGillenshairdresserswindowacompositeportraitshowshimgallantNelson’simage。AconcavemirroratthesidepresentstohimlovelornlonglostlugubruBooloohoom。GraveGladstoneseeshimlevelBloomforBloom。Hepasses,struckbythestareoftruculentWellingtonbutintheconvexmirrorgrinunstruckthebonhameyesandfatchuckcheekchopsofJollypoldytherixdixdoldy。
  AtAntonioBabaiotti’sdoorBloomhalts,sweatedunderthebrightarclamps。Hedisappears。Inamomenthereappearsandhurrieson。
  BLOOMFishandtaters。N。g。Ah!
  HedisappearsintoOlhousen’s,theporkbutcher’s,underthedowncomingrollshutter。AfewmomentslaterheemergesfromundertheshutterpuffingPoldy,blowingBloohoom。Ineachhandheholdsaparcel,onecontainingalukewarmpig’scrubeen,theotheracoldsheep’strottersprinkledwithwholepepperHegasps,standingupright。Thenbendingtoonesidehepressesaparcelagainsthisribandgroans。
  BLOOMStitchinmyside。WhydidIrun?
  Hetakesbreathwithcareandgoesforwardslowlytowardsthelampsetsiding。Theglowleapsagain。
  BLOOMWhatisthat?Aflasher?Searchlight。
  HestandsatCormack’scornerwatching。
  BLOOMAuroraborealisorasteelfoundry?Ah,thebrigade,ofcourse。Southsideanyhow。Bigblaze。Mightbehishouse。Beggar’sbush。We’resafe。Hehumscheerfully。London’sburning,London’sburning!Onfire,onfire!HecatchessightofthenavvylurchingthroughthecrowdatthefarthersideofTalbotstreet。I’llmisshim。Run。Quick。Bettercrosshere。
  Hedartstocrosstheroad。Urchinsshout。
  THEURCHINSMindout,mister!Twocyclists,withlightedpaperlanternsaswing,swimbyhim,grazinghim,theirbellsrattling。
  THEBELLSHaltyaltyaltyall。
  BLOOMHaltserectstungbyaspasm。Ow。
  Helooksround,dartsforwardsuddenly。Throughrisingfogadragonsandstrewer,travellingatcaution,slewsheavilydownuponhim,itshugeredheadlight...完整阅读请扫描二维码下载丁香书院APP免费看

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