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Chapter 6
—Thetruthismidway,heaffirmed.Heistheghostandtheprince.Heisallinall.
—Heis,Stephensaid.Theboyofactoneisthematuremanofactfive.Allinall.InCymbeline,inOthelloheisbawdandcuckold.Heactsandisactedon.Loverofanidealoraperversion,likeJoséhekillstherealCarmen.HisunremittingintellectisthehornmadIagoceaselesslywillingthatthemoorinhimshallsuffer.
—Cuckoo!Cuckoo!CuckMulligancluckedlewdly.Owordoffear!
Darkdomereceived,reverbed.
—AndwhatacharacterisIago!undauntedJohnEglintonexclaimed.WhenallissaidDumasfils(orisitDumaspère?)isright.AfterGodShakespearehascreatedmost.
—Mandelightshimnotnorwomanneither,Stephensaid.Hereturnsafteralifeofabsencetothatspotofearthwherehewasborn,wherehehasalwaysbeen,manandboy,asilentwitnessandthere,hisjourneyoflifeended,heplantshismulberrytreeintheearth.Thendies.Themotionisended.GravediggersburyHamletpèreandHamletfils.Akingandaprinceatlastindeath,withincidentalmusic.And,whatthoughmurderedandbetrayed,beweptbyallfrailtenderheartsfor,DaneorDubliner,sorrowforthedeadistheonlyhusbandfromwhomtheyrefusetobedivorced.Ifyouliketheepiloguelooklongonit:prosperousProspero,thegoodmanrewarded,Lizzie,grandpa’slumpoflove,andnuncleRichie,thebadmantakenoffbypoeticjusticetotheplacewherethebadniggersgo.Strongcurtain.Hefoundintheworldwithoutasactualwhatwasinhisworldwithinaspossible.
