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           ButperhapsIamanticipating?

           Hecaughthimselfintheact:lookedatall:refrained.

           Anattendantfromthedoorwaycalled:

           —MrLyster!FatherDineenwants...

           —O,FatherDineen!Directly.

           Swiftlyrectlycreakingrectlyrectlyhewasrectlygone.

           JohnEglintontouchedthefoil.

           —Come,hesaid.LetushearwhatyouhavetosayofRichardandEdmund.Youkeptthemforthelast,didn’tyou?

           —InaskingyoutorememberthosetwonoblekinsmennuncleRichieandnuncleEdmund,Stephenanswered,IfeelIamaskingtoomuchperhaps.Abrotherisaseasilyforgottenasanumbrella.

           Lapwing.

           Whereisyourbrother?Apothecaries’hall.Mywhetstone.Him,thenCranly,Mulligan:nowthese.Speech,speech.Butact.Actspeech.Theymocktotryyou.Act.Beactedon.

           Lapwing.

           Iamtiredofmyvoice,thevoiceofEsau.Mykingdomforadrink.

           On.

           —Youwillsaythosenameswerealreadyinthechroniclesfromwhichhetookthestuffofhisplays.Whydidhetakethemratherthanothers?Richard,awhoresoncrookback,misbegotten,makeslovetoawidowedAnn(what’sinaname?),woosandwinsher,awhoresonmerrywidow.Richardtheconqueror,thirdbrother,cameafterWilliamtheconquered.Theotherfouractsofthatplayhanglimplyfromthatfirst.OfallhiskingsRichardistheonlykingunshieldedbyShakespeare’sreverence,theangeloftheworld.WhyistheunderplotofKingLearinwhichEdmundfiguresliftedoutofSidney’sArcadiaandspatchcockedontoaCelticlegendolderthanhistory?

           —ThatwasWill’sway,JohnEglintondefended.