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Chapter 5
Everyjackassgoingtheroadsthinkshehasideas.
Stephen,whohadbeenlisteningtotheunspokenspeechbehindthewords,saidwithassumedcarelessness:
—Pascal,ifIrememberrightly,wouldnotsufferhismothertokisshimashefearedthecontactofhersex.
—Pascalwasapig,saidCranly.
—AloysiusGonzaga,Ithink,wasofthesamemind,Stephensaid.
—Andhewasanotherpigthen,saidCranly.
—Thechurchcallshimasaint,Stephenobjected.
-Idon’tcareaflamingdamnwhatanyonecallshim,Cranlysaidrudelyandflatly.Icallhimapig.
Stephen,preparingthewordsneatlyinhismind,continued:
—Jesus,too,seemstohavetreatedhismotherwithscantcourtesyinpublicbutSuarez,ajesuittheologianandSpanishgentleman,hasapologizedforhim.
—Didtheideaeveroccurtoyou,Cranlyasked,thatJesuswasnotwhathepretendedtobe?
—Thefirstpersontowhomthatideaoccurred,Stephenanswered,wasJesushimself.
—Imean,Cranlysaid,hardeninginhisspeech,didtheideaeveroccurtoyouthathewashimselfaconscioushypocrite,whathecalledthejewsofhistime,awhitedsepulchre?Or,toputitmoreplainly,thathewasablackguard?
—Thatideaneveroccurredtome,Stephenanswered.