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Chapter 6
WeshouldnotnowcombineaNorsesagawithanexcerptfromanovelbyGeorgeMeredith.Quevoulez-vous?Moorewouldsay.HeputsBohemiaontheseacoastandmakesUlyssesquoteAristotle.
—Why?Stephenansweredhimself.BecausethethemeofthefalseortheusurpingortheadulterousbrotherorallthreeinoneistoShakespeare,whatthepoorarenot,alwayswithhim.Thenoteofbanishment,banishmentfromtheheart,banishmentfromhome,soundsuninterruptedlyfromTheTwoGentlemenofVeronaonwardtillProsperobreakshisstaff,buriesitcertainfathomsintheearthanddrownshisbook.Itdoublesitselfinthemiddleofhislife,reflectsitselfinanother,repeatsitself,protasis,epitasis,catastasis,catastrophe.Itrepeatsitselfagainwhenheisnearthegrave,whenhismarrieddaughterSusan,chipoftheoldblock,isaccusedofadultery.Butitwastheoriginalsinthatdarkenedhisunderstanding,weakenedhiswillandleftinhimastronginclinationtoevil.ThewordsarethoseofmylordsbishopsofMaynooth.Anoriginalsinand,likeoriginalsin,committedbyanotherinwhosesinhetoohassinned.Itisbetweenthelinesofhislastwrittenwords,itispetrifiedonhistombstoneunderwhichherfourbonesarenottobelaid.Agehasnotwitheredit.Beautyandpeacehavenotdoneitaway.Itisininfinitevarietyeverywhereintheworldhehascreated,inMuchAdoaboutNothing,twiceinAsyoulikeIt,inTheTempest,inHamlet,inMeasureforMeasure—andinalltheotherplayswhichIhavenotread.
Helaughedtofreehismindfromhismind’sbondage.
JudgeEglintonsummedup.
