第104章

BLOOM(Herhandsandfeaturesworking。)ItwasGeraldconvertedmetobeatruecorsetloverwhenIwasfemaleimpersonatorintheHighSchoolplayViceVersa。ItwasdearGerald。Hegotthatkink，fascinatedbysister’sstays。NowdearestGeraldusespinkygreasepaintandgildshiseyelids。Cultofthebeautiful。

BELLO(Withwickedglee。)Beautiful！Giveusabreather！Whenyoutookyourseatwithwomanishcare，liftingyourbillowyflounces，onthesmoothwornthrone。

BLOOMScience。Tocomparethevariousjoysweeachenjoy。(Earnestly。)

Andreallyit’sbettertheposition……becauseoftenIusedtowet。

BELLO(Sternly。)Noinsubordination。Thesawdustisthereinthecornerforyou。Igaveyoustrictinstructions，didn’tI？Doitstanding，sir！I’llteachyoutobehavelikeajinkleman！IfIcatchatraceonyourswaddles。Aha！BytheassoftheDoransyou’llfindI’mamartinet。Thesinsofyourpastarerisingagainstyou。Many。Hundreds。

THESINSOFTHEPAST(Inamedleyofvoices。)HewentthroughaformofclandestinemarriagewithatleastonewomanintheshadowoftheBlackChurch。UnspeakablemessageshetelephonedmentallytoMissDunnatanaddressind’OlierStreetwhilehepresentedhimselfindecentlytotheinstrumentinthecallbox。Bywordanddeedheencouragedanocturnalstrumpettodepositfecalandothermatterinanunsanitaryouthouseattachedtoemptypremises。Infivepublicconvenienceshewrotepencilledmessagesofferinghisnuptialpartnertoallstrongmemberedmales。Andbytheoffensivelysmellingvitriolworksdidhenotpassnightafternightbylovingcourtingcouplestoseeifandwhatandhowmuchhecouldsee？Didhenotlieinbed，thegrossboar，gloatingoveranauseousfragmentofwellusedtoiletpaperpresentedtohimbyanastyharlot，stimulatedbygingerbreadandapostalorder？

BELLO(Whistlesloudly。)Say！Whatwasthemostrevoltingpieceofobscenityinallyourcareerofcrime？Gothewholehog。Pukeitout。

Becandidforonce。

(Muteinhumanfacesthrongforward，leering，vanishing，gibbering，Eooloohoom。PoldyHock，Bootlacesapenny，cassidy’shag，blindstripling，LarryRhinoceros，thegirl，thewoman，thewhore，theotherthe……

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BLOOMDon’taskme。Ourmutualfaith。Pleasantsstreet。Ionlythoughtthehalfofthe……Iswearonmysacredoath……

BELLO(Peremptorily。)Answer。Repugnantwretch！Iinsistonknowing。

Tellmesomethingtoamuseme，smutorabloodygood-ghoststoryoralineofpoetry，quick，quick，quick！Where？How？Whattime？Withhowmany？I

giveyoujustthreeseconds。One！Two！Thr……！

BLOOM(Docile，gurgles。)Irererepugnosedinrerererepugnant……

BELLO(Imperiously。)Ogetout，youskunk！Holdyourtongue！

Speakwhenyou’respokento。

BLOOM(Bows。)Master！Mistress！Mantamer！

(Heliftshisarms。Hisbanglebraceletsfall。)

BELLO(Satirically。)Bydayyouwillsouseandbatoursmellingunderclothes，alsowhenweladiesareunwell，andswaboutourlatrineswithdresspinnedupandadishclouttiedtoyourtail。Won’tthatbenice？(Heplacesarubyringonherfinger。)Andtherenow！WiththisringItheeown。

Say，thankyou，mistress。

BLOOMThankyou，mistress。

BELLOYouwillmakethebeds，getmytubready，emptythepisspotsinthedifferentrooms，includingoldMrsKeogh’sthecook’s，asandyone。

Ay，andrinsethesevenofthemwell，mind，orlapituplikechampagne。

Drinkmepipinghot。Hop！youwilldanceattendanceorI’lllectureyouonyourmisdeeds，MissRuby，andspankyourbarebotrightwell，miss，withthehairbrush。You’llbetaughttheerrorofyourways。Atnightyourwellcreamedbraceletedhandswillwearfortythreebuttonglovesnewpowderedwithtalcandhavingdelicatelyscentedfingertips。Forsuchfavoursknightsofoldlaiddowntheirlives。(Hechuckles。)Myboyswillbenoendcharmedtoseeyousoladylike，thecolonel，aboveall。Whentheycomeherethenightbeforetheweddingtofondlemynewattractioningildedheels。First，I’llhaveagoatyoumyself。AmanIknowontheturfnamedCharlesAlbertaMarsh(Iwasinbedw