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Chapter 6
Hejumpedupandsnatchedthecard.
—What’shisname?IkeyMoses?Bloom.
Herattledon:
—Jehovah,collectorofprepuces,isnomore.IfoundhimoverinthemuseumwhereIwenttohailthefoambornAphrodite.TheGreekmouththathasneverbeentwistedinprayer.Everydaywemustdohomagetoher.Lifeoflife,thylipsenkindle.
SuddenlyheturnedtoStephen:
—Heknowsyou.Heknowsyouroldfellow.O,Ifearme,heisGreekerthantheGreeks.HispaleGalileaneyeswereuponhermesialgroove.VenusKallipyge.O,thethunderofthoseloins!Thegodpursuingthemaidenhid.
—Wewanttohearmore,JohnEglintondecidedwithMrBest’sapproval.WebegintobeinterestedinMrsS.Tillnowwehadthoughtofher,ifatall,asapatientGriselda,aPenelopestayathome.
—Antisthenes,pupilofGorgias,Stephensaid,tookthepalmofbeautyfromKyriosMenelaus’brooddam,ArgiveHelen,thewoodenmareofTroyinwhomascoreofheroesslept,andhandedittopoorPenelope.TwentyyearshelivedinLondonand,duringpartofthattime,hedrewasalaryequaltothatofthelordchancellorofIreland.Hislifewasrich.Hisart,morethantheartoffeudalismasWaltWhitmancalledit,istheartofsurfeit.Hotherringpies,greenmugsofsack,honeysauces,sugarofroses,marchpane,gooseberriedpigeons,ringocandies.SirWalterRaleigh,whentheyarrestedhim,hadhalfamillionfrancsonhisbackincludingapairoffancystays.ThegombeenwomanElizaTudorhadunderlinenenoughtoviewithherofSheba.