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           AndProsperLoré’shuguenotname.ByBassi’sblessedvirginsBloom’sdarkeyeswentby.Bluerobed,whiteunder,cometome.Godtheybelievesheis:orgoddess.Thosetoday.Icouldnotsee.Thatfellowspoke.Astudent.AfterwithDedalus’son.HemightbeMulligan.Allcomelyvirgins.Thatbringsthoserakesoffellowsin:herwhite.

           Bywenthiseyes.Thesweetsofsin.Sweetarethesweets.

           Ofsin.

           Inagigglingpealyounggoldbronzevoicesblended,DoucewithKennedyyourothereye.Theythrewyoungheadsback,bronzegigglegold,toletfreeflytheirlaughter,screaming,yourother,signalstoeachother,highpiercingnotes.

           Ah,panting,sighing,sighing,ah,fordone,theirmirthdieddown.

           MissKennedylippedhercupagain,raised,drankasipandgigglegiggled.MissDouce,bendingovertheteatray,ruffledagainhernoseandrolleddrollfattenedeyes.AgainKennygiggles,stooping,herfairpinnaclesofhair,stooping,hertortoisenapecombshowed,splutteredoutofhermouthhertea,chokinginteaandlaughter,coughingwithchoking,crying:

           —Ogreasyeyes!Imaginebeingmarriedtoamanlikethat!shecried.Withhisbitofbeard!

           Doucegavefullventtoasplendidyell,afullyelloffullwoman,delight,joy,indignation.

           —Marriedtothegreasynose!sheyelled.

           Shrill,withdeeplaughter,after,goldafterbronze,theyurgedeacheachtopealafterpeal,ringinginchanges,bronzegold,goldbronze,shrilldeep,tolaughterafterlaughter.Andthenlaughedmore.GreasyIknows.Exhausted,breathless,theirshakenheadstheylaid,braidedandpinnacledbyglossycombed,againstthecounterledge.