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第87章

  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。
  BOYLAN’SVOICESweetly,hoarsely,inthepitofhisstomach。
  Ah!Gooblazqrukbrukarchkrasht!
  MARION’SVOICEHoarsely,sweetlyrisingtoherthroat。O!Weeshwashtkissima,pooisthnapoohuck!
  BLOOMHiseyeswildlydilated,claspshimselfShow!Hide!Show!
  Ploughher!More!Shoot!
  BELLA,ZOE,FLORRY。KITTYHoho!Haha!Heehee!
  LYNCHPoints。Themirroruptonature。Helaughs。
  Huhuhuhuhuhu。
  StephenandBloomgazeinthemirror。ThefaceofWilliamShakespeare,beardless,appearsthere,rigidinfacialparalysis,crownedbythereflectionofthereindeerantleredhatrackinthehall。
  SHAKESPEAREIndignifiedventriloquy。’Tistheloudlaughbespeaksthevacantmind。ToBloom。Thouthoughtestashowthouwastestinvisible。Gaze。Hecrowswithablackcapon’slaugh。Iagogo!
  HowmyOldfellowchokithisThursdaymomun。Iagogogo!
  BLOOMSmilesyellowlyatthewhores。WhenwillIhearthejoke?
  ZOEBeforeyou’retwicemarriedandonceawidower。
  BLOOMLapsesarecondoned。EventhegreatNapoleon,whenmeasurementsweretakenneartheskinafterhisdeath……
  MrsDignam,widowwoman,hersnubnoseandcheeksflushedwithdeathtalk,tearsandTunny’stawnysherry,hurriesbyinherweeds,herbonnetawry,rougingandpowderinghercheeks,lipsandnose,apenchivvyingherbroodofcygnets。Beneathherskirtappearherlatehusband’severydaytrousersandturnedupboots,laceeights。SheholdsaScottishwidow’sinsurancepolicyandlacemarqueeumbrellaunderwhichherbroodrunswithher,Patsyhoppingononeshortfoot,hiscollarloose,ahankofporksteaksdangling,Freddywhimpering,Susywithacryingcodsmouth,Alicestrugglingwiththebaby。Shecuffsthemon,herstreamersflauntingaloft。
  FREDDYAh,ma,you’redraggingmealong!
  SUSYMamma,thebeefteaisfizzingover!
  SHAKESPEAREWithparalyticrage。Wedasecawhokillafarst。
  ThefaceofMartinCunningham,bearded,refeaturesShakespearesbeardlessface。Themarqueeumbrellaswaysdrunkenly,thechildrenrunaside。
  UndertheumbrellaappearsMrsCunninghaminMerryWidowhatandkimonogown。Sheglidessidlingandbowing,twistingjapanesily。
  MRSCUNNINGHAMSings。AndtheycallmethejewelofAsia。
  MARTINCUNNINGHAM