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。
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