第80章

DRCROTTHERSIhaveexaminedthepatient’surine。Itisalbuminoid。

Salivationisinsufficient，thepatellarreflexintermittent。

DRPUNCHCOSTELLOThefetorjudaicusismostperceptible。

DRDIXON(Readsabillofhealth。)ProfessorBloomisafinishedexampleofthenewwomanlyman。Hismoralnatureissimpleandlovable。

Manyhavefoundhimadearman，adearperson。Heisaratherquaintfellowonthewhole，coythoughnotfeeble-mindedinthemedicalsense。Hehaswrittenareallybeautifulletter，apoeminitself，tothecourtmissionaryoftheReformedPriests’ProtectionSocietywhichclearsupeverything。

HeispracticallyatotalabstainerandIcanaffirmthathesleepsonastrawlitterandeatsthemostSpartanfood，colddriedgrocer’speas。

HewearsahairshirtwinterandsummerandscourgeshimselfeverySaturday。

Hewas，Iunderstand，atonetimeafirstclassmisdemeanantinGlencreereformatory。Anotherreportstatesthathewasaveryposthumouschild。

Iappealforclemencyinthenameofthemostsacredwordourvocalorganshaveeverbeencalledupontospeak。Heisabouttohaveababy。

(Generalcommotionandcompassion。Womenfaint。AwealthyAmericanmakesastreetcollectionforBloom。Goldandsilvercoins，bankcheques，banknotes，jewels，treasurybonds，maturingbillsofexchange，I。O。U。s，weddingrings’watch-chains，lockets，necklacesandbraceletsarerapidlycollected。)

BLOOMO，Isowanttobeamother。

MRSTHORNTON(Innursetender’sgown。)Embracemetight，dear。

You’llbesoonoverit。Tight，dear。

(Bloomembraceshertightlyandbearseightmaleyellowandwhitechildren。Theyappearonaredcarpetedstaircaseadornedwithexpensiveplants。Allarehandsome，withvaluablemetallicfaces，wellmade，respectablydressedandwellconducted，speakingfivemodernlanguagesfluentlyandinterestedinvariousartsandsciences。Eachhashisnameprintedinlegiblelettersonhisshirtfront：Nasodoro，Goldfinger，Chrysostomos，Maindoré；e，Silversmile，SilberselberVifargent，Panargros。Theyareimmediatelyappointedtopositionsofhighpublictrustinseveraldifferentcountriesasmanagingdirectorsofbanks，trafficmanagersofrailways，chairmenoflimitedliabilitycompanies，vicechairmenofhotelsyndicates。)

AVOICEBloom，areyoutheMessiahbenJosephorbenDavid？

BLOOM(Darkly。)Youhavesaidit。

BROTHERBUZZThenperformamiracle。

BANTAMLYONSProphesywhowillwintheSaintLeger。

(Bloomwalksonanet，covershislefteyewithhisleftear，passesthroughseveralwalls，climbsNelson’sPillar，hangsfromthetheledgebyhiseyelids，eatstwelvedozenoysters(shellsincluded)，healsseveralsufferersfromkingsevil，contractshisfacesoastoresemblemanyhistoricalpersonages，lordBeaconsfield，lordByron，WatTyler，MosesofEgypt，MosesMaimonides，MosesMendelssohn，HenryIrving，RipvanWinkle，Rossuth，JeanJacquesRousseau，BaronLeopoldRothschild，RobinsonCrusoe，SherlockHolmes，Pasteur，turnseachfootsimultaneouslyindifferentdirections，bidsthetideturnback，eclipsesthesunbyextendinghislittlefinger。)

BRINI，PAPALNUNCIO(Inpapalzouave’suniform，steelcuirassesasbreastplate，armplates，thighplates，legplates，largeprofanemoustachesandbrownpapermitre。)Leopoldiautemgeneratio。MosesbegatNoahandNoahbegatEunuchandEunuchbegatO’HalloranandO’HalloranbegatGuggenheimandGuggenheimbegatAgendathandAgendathbegatNetaimandNetaimbegatLeHirschandLeHirschbegatJesurumandJesurumbegatMacKayandMacKaybegatOstrolopskyandOstrolopskybegatSmerdozandSmerdozbegatWeissandWeissbegatSchwarzandSchwarzbegatAdrianopoliandAdrianopolibeganAranjuezandAranjuezbegatLewyLawsonandLewyLawsonbegatIchabudonosorandIchabudonosorbegatO’DonnellMagnusandO’DonnellMagnusbegatChristbaumandChristbaumbegatBenMaimunandBenMaimunbegatDustyRhodesandDustyRhodesbegatBenamorandBenamorbegatJones-SmithandJones-SmithbegatSavorgnanovichandSavorgnanovichbegatJasperstoneandJasperstonebegatVingtetuniemeandVingtetuniemebegatSzombathelyandSz