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第46章

  Beaming。LydiaforLidwellsqueakscarcelyhearsoladylikethemuseunsqueakedarayofhope。
  Marthaitis。Coincidence。Justgoingtowrite。Lionel’ssong。
  Lovelynameyouhave。Can’twrite。Acceptmylittlepres。Playonherheartstringspursestringstoo。She’sa。Icalledyounaughtyboy。Stillthename:Martha。
  Howstrange!Today。
  ThevoiceofLionelreturned,weakerbutunwearied。ItsangagaintoRichiePoldyLydiaLidwellalsosangtoPatopenmouthearwaiting,towait。Howfirsthesawthatformendearing,howsorrowseemedtopart,howlook,form,wordcharmedhimGouldLidwell,wonPatBloom’sheart。
  WishIcouldseehisface,though。Explainbetter。WhythebarberinDrago’salwayslookedmyfacewhenIspokehisfaceintheglass。Stillhearitbetterherethaninthebarthoughfarther。
  Eachgracefullook……
  FirstnightwhenfirstIsawheratMatDillon’sinTerenure。Yellow,blacklaceshewore。Musicalchairs。Wetwothelast。Fate。Afterher。
  Fate。Roundandroundslow。Quickround。Wetwo。Alllooked。Halt。Downshesat。Alloustedlooked。Lipslaughing。Yellowknees。
  Charmedmyeye……
  Singing。Waitingshesang。Iturnedhermusic。Fullvoiceofperfumeofwhatperfumedoesyourlilactrees。BosomIsaw,bothfull,throatwarbling。FirstIsaw。Shethankedme。Whydidsheme?Fate。Spanishyeyes。
  UnderapeartreealonepatiothishourinoldMadridonesideinshadowDoloresshedolores。Atme。Luring。Ah,alluring。
  Martha!Ah,Martha!
  QuittingalllanguorLionelcriedingrief,incryofpassiondominanttolovetoreturnwithdeepeningyetwithrisingchordsofharmony。Incryoflionellonelinessthatsheshouldknow,mustMarthafeel。Foronlyherhewaited。Where?Heretheretrythereherealltrywhere。Somewhere。
  Co-me,thoulostone!
  Co-methoudearone!
  Alone。Onelove。Onehope。Onecomfortme。Martha,chestnote,return。
  Come!
  Itsoared,abird,ithelditsflight,aswiftpurecry,soarsilverorbitleapedserene,speeding,sustained,tocome,don’tspinitouttoolonglongbreathhebreathlonglife,soaringhigh,highresplendent,aflame,crowned,highintheeffulgencesymbolistic,high,oftheetherealbosom,high,ofthehighvastirradiationeverywhereallsoaringallaroundabouttheall,theendlessnessnessness……
  Tome!
  Siopold!
  Consumed。
  Come。Wellsung。Allclapped。Sheoughtto。Come。Tome,tohim,toher,youtoo,me,us。
  Bravo!Clapclap。Goodman,Simon。Clappyclapclap。Encore!Clapclipclap。
  Soundasabell。Bravo,Simon!Clapclopclap。Encore,enclap,said,cried,clappedall,BenDollard,LydiaDouce,GeorgeLidwell,Pat,Mina,twogentlemenwithtwotankards,Cowley,firstgentwithtankandbronzeMissDouceandgoldMissMina。
  BlazesBoylan’ssmarttanshoescreakedonthebarfloor,saidbefore。
  JinglebymonumentsofsirJohnGray,HoratioonehandledNelson,reverendfatherTheobaldMatthew,jauntedassaidbeforejustnow。Atrot,inheat,heatseated。Cloche。Sonnezla。Cloche。Sonnezla。SlowerthemarewentupthehillbytheRotunda,Rutlandsquare。TooslowforBoylan,blazesBoylan,impatienceBoylan,joggledthemare。
  AnafterclangofCowley’schordsclosed,diedontheairmadericher。
  AndRichieGouldingdrankhisPowerandLeopoldBloomhisciderdrank,LidwellhisGuinness,secondgentlemansaidtheywouldpartakeoftwotankardsifshedidnotmind。MissKennedysmirked,disserving,corallips,atfirst,atsecond。Shedidnotmind。
  Sevendaysinjail,BenDollardsaid,onbreadandwater。Thenyou’dsing,Simon,likeagardenthrush。
  LionelSimon,singer,laughed。FatherBobCowleyplayed。MinaKennedyserved。Secondgentlemanpaid。TomKernanstruttedin;Lydia,admired,admired。ButBloomsangdumb。
  Admiring。
  Richie,admiring,descantedonthatman’sgloriousvoice。Herememberedonenightlongago。Neverforgetthatnight。Sisang’Twasrankandfame:inNedLambert’s’twas。GoodGodheneverheardinallhislifeanotelikethatheneverdidthenfalseonewehadbetterpartsoclearsoGodheneverheardsincelovelivesnotaclinkingvoiceaskLamberthecantellyoutoo。
  Goulding,aflushstrugglinginhispale,toldMrBloom,faceofthenight,SiinNedLambert’s,Dedalus’house,sang’Twasrankandfame……
  He,MrBloom,listenedwhilehe,RichieGoulding,toldhim,MrBloomofthenighthe,Richie,heardhim,SiDedalus,sing’Twasrankandfameinhis,NedLambert’shouse。
  Brothers-in-law:relations。Weneverspeakaswepassby。RiftintheluteIthink。Treatshimwithscorn。See。Headmireshimallthemore。
  ThenightsSisang。Thehumanvoice,twotinysilkycords。Wonderful,morethanalltheothers。
  Thatvoicewasalamentation。Calmernow。It’sinthesilenceyoufeelyouhear。Vibrations。Nowsilentair。
  Bloomungyvedhiscrisscrossedhandsandwithslackfingerspluckedtheslendercatgutthong。Hedrewandplucked。Itbuzzed,ittwanged。WhileGouldingtalkedofBarraclough’svoiceproduction,whileTomKernan,harkingbackinaretrospectivesortofarrangement,talkedtolisteningFatherCowleywhoplayedavoluntary,whonoddedasheplayed。WhilebigBenDollardtalkedwithSimonDedaluslighting,whonoddedashesmoked,whosmoked。
  Thoulostone。Allsongsonthattheme。YetmoreBloomstretchedhisstring。Cruelitseems。Letpeoplegetfondofeachother:lurethemon。
  Thentearasunder。Death。Explos。Knockonthehead。Outtohelloutofthat。
  Humanlife。Dignam。Ugh,thatrat’stailwriggling!FivebobIgave。Corpusparadisum。Corncrakecroaker:bellylikeapoisonedpup。Gone。Theysing。Forgotten。Itoo。Andonedayshewith。Leaveher:gettired。Sufferthen。Snivel。BigSpanishyeyesgogglingatnothing。Herwavyavyeavyheavyeavyevyevyhairuncomb:’d。
  Yettoomuchhappybores。Hestretchedmore,more。Areyounothappyinyour?Twang。Itsnapped。
  JingleintoDorsetstreet。
  MissDoucewithdrewhersatinyarm,reproachful,pleased。
  Don’tmakehalfsofree,saidshe,tillwearebetteracquainted。
  GeorgeLidwelltoldherreallyandtruly:butshedidnotbelieve。
  FirstgentlemantoldMinathatwasso。Sheaskedhimwasthatso。Andsecondtankardtoldherso。Thatthatwasso。
  MissDouce,MissLydia,didnotbelieve:MissKennedy,Mina,didnotbelieve:GeorgeLidwell,no:MissDoudidnot:thefirst,thefirst:gentwiththetank:believe,no,no:didnot,MissKenn:Lidlydiawell:thetank。
  Betterwriteithere。Quillsinthepostofficechewedandtwisted。
  BaldPatatasigndrewnigh。Apenandink。Hewent。Apad。Hewent。
  Apadtoblot。Heheard,deafPat。
  Yes,MrBloomsaid,teasingthecurlingcatgutfine。Itcertainlyis。Fewlineswilldo。Mypresent。AllthatItalianfloridmusicis。Whoisthiswrote?Knowthenameyouknowbetter。Takeoutsheetnotepaper,envelope:unconcerned。It’ssocharacteristic。
  Grandestnumberinthewholeopera,Gouldingsaid。
  Itis,Bloomsaid。
  Numbersitis。Allmusicwhenyoucometothink。Twomultipliedbytwodividedbyhalfistwiceone。Vibrations:chordsthoseare。Oneplustwoplussixisseven。Doanythingyoulikewithfiguresjuggling。Alwaysfindoutthisequaltothat,symmetryunderacemeterywall。Hedoesn’tseemymourning。Callous:allforhisowngut。Musemathematics。Andyouthinkyou’relisteningtotheethereal。Butsupposeyousaiditlike:Martha,seventimesnineminusxisthirtyfivethousand。Fallquiteflat。It’sonaccountofthesoundsitis。
  Instancehe’splayingnow。Improvising。Mightbewhatyouliketillyouhearthewords。Wanttolistensharp。Hard。Beginallright:thenhearchordsabitoff:feellostabit。Inandoutofsacksoverbarrels,throughwirefences,obstaclerace。Timemakesthetune。Questionofmoodyou’rein。Stillalwaysnicetohear。Exceptscalesupanddown,girlslearning。
  Twotogethernextdoorneighbours。Oughttoinventdummypianosforthat。BlumenliedIboughtforher。Thename。Playingitslow,agirl,nightIcamehome,thegirl。DoorofthestablesnearCeciliastreet。Millynotaste。QueerbecausewebothImean。
  BalddeafPatbroughtquiteflatpadink。Patsetwithinkpenquiteflatpad。Pattookplatedishknifefork。Patwent。
  ItwastheonlylanguageMrDedalussaidtoBen。HeheardthemasaboyinRingabella,Crosshaven,Ringabella,singingtheirbarcaroles。QueenstownharbourfullofItalianships。Walking,youknow,Ben,inthemoonlightwiththoseearthquakehats。Blendingtheirvoices。God,suchmusic,Ben。
  Heardasaboy。CrossRingabellahavenmooncarole。
  Sourpiperemovedheheldashieldofhandbesidehislipsthatcooedamoonlightnightcall,clearfromanear,acallfromafar,replying。
  DowntheedgeofhisFreemanbatonrangedBloom’syourothereye,scanningforwheredidIseethat。Callan,Coleman,DignamPatrick。
  Heigho!Heigho!Fawcett。Aha!JustIwaslooking……
  Hopehe’snotlooking,cuteasarat。HeheldunfurledhisFreeman。
  Can’tseenow。RememberwriteGreekees。Bloomdipped,Bloomur:dearsir。
  DearHenrywrote:dearMady。Gotyourlettandflow。HelldidIput?Somepockoroth。Itisutterlimposs。Underlineimposs。Towritetoday。
  Borethis。BoredBloomtambourinedgentlywithIamjustreflectingfingersonflatpadPatbrought。
  On。KnowwhatImean。No,changethatee。Acceptmypoorlittlepresenclos。Askhernoansw。Holdon。FiveDig。Twoabouthere。Pennythegulls。
  Elijahiscom。SevenDavyByrne’s。Iseightabout。Sayhalfacrown。Mypoorlittlepres:p。o。twoandsix。Writemealong。Doyoudespise?Jingle,haveyouthe?Soexcited。Whydoyoucallmenaught?Younaughtytoo?O,Mairylostthepinofher。Byefortoday。Yes,yes,willtellyou。Wantto。Tokeepitup。Callmethatother。Otherworldshewrote。Mypatienceareexhaust。Tokeepitup。Youmustbelieve。Believe。Thetank。It。Is。
  True。
  FollyamIwriting?Husbandsdon’t。That’smarriagedoes,theirwives。
  BecauseI’mawayfrom。Suppose。Buthow?Shemust。Keepyoung。Ifshefoundout。Cardinmyhighgradeha。No,nottellall。Uselesspain。Iftheydon’tsee。Woman。Sauceforthegander。
  Ahackneycar,numberthreehundredandtwentyfour,driverBartonJamesofnumberoneHarmonyavenue,Donnybrook,onwhichsatafare,ayounggentleman,stylishlydressedinanindigobluesergesuitmadebyGeorgeRobertMesias,tailorandcutter,ofnumberfiveEdenquay,andwearingastrawhatverydressy,boughtofJohnPlastoofnumberoneGreatBrunswickstreet,hatter。Eh?Thisisthejinglethatjoggledandjingled。ByDlugacz’
  porkshopbrighttubesofAgendathtrottedagallantbuttockedmare。
  Answeringanad?keenRichie’seyesaskedBloom。
  Yes,MrBloomsaid。Towntraveller。Nothingdoing,Iexpect。
  Bloommur:bestreferences。ButHenrywrote:itwillexciteme。Youknownow。Inhaste。Henry。Greekee。Betteraddpostscript。Whatisheplayingnow?Improvisingintermezzo。P。S。Therumtumtum。Howwillyoupun?Youpunishme?Crookedskirtswinging,whackby。TellmeIwantto。
  Know。O。CourseifIdidn’tIwouldn’task。Lalalaree。Trailsofftheresadinminor。Whyminorsad?SignH。Theylikesadtailatend。P。P。S。
  Lalalaree。Ifeelsosadtoday。Laree。Solonely。Dee。
  HeblottedquickonpadofPat。Envel。Address。Justcopyoutofpaper。
  Murmured:MessrsCallan,ColemanandCo,limited。Henrywrote:MissMarthaCliffordc/oP。O。
  Dolphin’sbarnlaneDublin。Blotovertheothersohecan’tread。Right。Ideaprizetitbit。Somethingdetectivereadoffblottingpad。Paymentattherateofguineapercol。
  Matchamoftenthinksthelaughingwitch。PoorMrsPurefoy。U。p。:up。
  Toopoeticalthataboutthesad。Musicdidthat。MusichathcharmsShakespearesaid。Quotationseverydayintheyear。Tobeornottobe。Wisdomwhileyouwait。
  InGerard’sroseryofFetterlanehewalks,greyed-auburn。Onelifeisall。Onebody。Do。Butdo。
  Doneanyhow。Postalorderstamp。Postofficelowerdown。Walknow。Enough。
  BarneyKiernan’sIpromisedtomeetthem。Dislikethatjob。Houseofmourning。
  Walk。Pat!Doesn’thear。Deafbeetleheis。