ULYSSES

第44章

Atfourshe。WinsomelysheonBloohimwhomsmiled。Bloosmiquigo。Ternoon。

Thinkyou’retheonlypebbleonthebeach?Doesthattoall。Formen。

Indrowsysilencegoldbentonherpage。

Fromthesaloonacallcame,longindying。Thatwasatuningforkthetunerhadthatheforgotthathenowstruck。Acallagain。Thathenowpoisedthatitnowthrobbed。Youhear?Itthrobbed,pure,purer,softlyandsoftlier,itsbuzzingprongs。Longerindyingcall。

Patpaidfordiner’spopcorkedbottle:andovertumblertrayandpopcorkedbottleerehewenthewhispered,baldandbothered,withMissDouce。

Thebrightstarsfade……

Avoicelesssongsangfromwithin,singing:……themornisbreaking。

Aduodeneofbirdnoteschirrupedbrighttrebleanswerundersensitivehands。Brightlythekeys,alltwinkling,linked,allharpsichording,calledtoavoicetosingthestrainofdewymorn,ofyouth,oflove’sleavetaking,life’s,love’smorn。

Thedewdropspearl……

Lenehan’slipsoverthecounterlispedalowwhistleofdecoy。

Butlookthisway,hesaid,roseofCastille。

Jinglejauntedbythecurbandstopped。

Sheroseandclosedherreading,roseofCastille。Frettedforlorn,dreamilyrose。

Didshefallorwasshepushed?heaskedher。

Sheanswered,slighting:

Asknoquestionsandyou’llhearnolies。

Likelady,ladylike。

BlazesBoylan’ssmarttanshoescreakedonthebarfloorwherehestrode。

Yes,goldfromanearbybronzefromafar。Lenehanheardandknewandhailedhim:

Seetheconqueringherocomes。

Betweenthecarandwindow,warilywalking,wentBloom,unconqueredhero。Seemehemight。Theseathesaton:warm。BlackwaryhecatwalkedtowardsRichieGoulding’slegalbag,liftedaloftsaluting。

AndIfromthee……

Iheardyouwereround,saidBlazesBoylan。

HetouchedtofairMissKennedyarimofhisslantedstraw。Shesmiledonhim。Butsisterbronzeoutsmiledher,preeningforhimherricherhair,abosomandarose。

Boylanbespokepotions。

What’syourcry?Glassofbitter?Glassofbitter,please,andasloeginforme。Wireinyet?

Notyet。Atfourhe。Allsaidfour。

Cowley’sredlugsandAdam’sappleinthedoorofthesheriff’soffice。

Avoid。Gouldingachance。WhatishedoingintheOrmond?Carwaiting。

Wait。

Hello。Whereoffto?Somethingtoeat?Itoowasjust。Inhere。What,Ormond?BestvalueinDublin。Isthatso?Diningroom。Sittightthere。

See,notbeseen。IthinkI’lljoinyou。Comeon。Richieledon。Bloomfollowedbag。Dinnerfitforaprince。

MissDoucereachedhightotakeaflagon,stretchinghersatinarm,herbust,thatallbutburst,sohigh。

O!O!jerkedLenehan,gaspingateachstretch。O!

Buteasilysheseizedherpreyandleditlowintriumph。

Whydon’tyougrow?askedBlazesBoylan。

Shebronze,dealingfromherjarthicksyrupyliquorforhislips,lookedasitflowed(flowerinhiscoat:whogavehim?),andsyruppedwithhervoice:

Finegoodsinsmallparcels。

Thatistosayshe。Neatlyshepouredslowsyrupysloe。

Here’sfortune,Blazessaid。

Hepitchedabroadcoindown。Coinrang。

Holdon,saidLenehan,tillI……

Fortune,hewished,liftinghisbubbledale。

Sceptrewillwininacanter,hesaid。

Iplungedabit,saidBoylanwinkinganddrinking。Notonmyown,youknow。Fancyofafriendofmine。

LenehanstilldrankandgrinnedathistiltedaleandatMissDouce’slipstha

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