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           Yououghttomakeitadialogue,don’tyouknow,likethePlatonicdialoguesWildewrote.

           JohnEclecticondoublysmiled.

           —Well,inthatcase,hesaid,Idon’tseewhyyoushouldexpectpaymentforitsinceyoudon’tbelieveityourself.DowdenbelievesthereissomemysteryinHamletbutwillsaynomore.HerrBleibtreu,themanPipermetinBerlin,whoisworkingupthatRutlandtheory,believesthatthesecretishiddenintheStratfordmonument.Heisgoingtovisitthepresentduke,Pipersays,andprovetohimthathisancestorwrotetheplays.Itwillcomeasasurprisetohisgrace.Buthebelieveshistheory.

           Ibelieve,OLord,helpmyunbelief.Thatis,helpmetobelieveorhelpmetounbelieve?Whohelpstobelieve?Egomen.Whotounbelieve?Otherchap.

           —YouaretheonlycontributortoDanawhoasksforpiecesofsilver.ThenIdon’tknowaboutthenextnumber.FredRyanwantsspaceforanarticleoneconomics.

           Fraidrine.Twopiecesofsilverhelentme.Tideyouover.Economics.

           —Foraguinea,Stephensaid,youcanpublishthisinterview.

           BuckMulliganstoodupfromhislaughingscribbling,laughing:andthengravelysaid,honeyingmalice:

           —IcalleduponthebardKinchathissummerresidenceinupperMecklenburghstreetandfoundhimdeepinthestudyoftheSummacontraGentilesinthecompanyoftwogonorrhealladies,FreshNellyandRosalie,thecoalquaywhore.

           Hebrokeaway.

           —Come,Kinch.Come,wanderingÆngusofthebirds.

           Come,Kinch.Youhaveeatenallweleft.Ay.Iwillserveyouyourortsandoffals.

           Stephenrose.

           Lifeismanydays.Thiswillend.