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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