Улисс
Chapter 8
Alyricaltenorifyoulike.Neverforgetit.Never.
TenderlyBloomoverliverlessbaconsawthetightenedfeaturesstrain.Backachehe.Bright’sbrighteye.Nextitemontheprogramme.Payingthepiper.Pills,poundedbread,worthaguineaabox.Staveitoffawhile.Singstoo:Downamongthedeadmen.Appropriate.Kidneypie.Sweetstothe.Notmakingmuchhandofit.Bestvaluein.Characteristicofhim.Power.Particularabouthisdrink.Flawintheglass,freshVartrywater.Feckingmatchesfromcounterstosave.Thensquanderasovereignindribsanddrabs.Andwhenhe’swantednotafarthing.Screwedrefusingtopayhisfare.Curioustypes.
NeverwouldRichieforgetthatnight.Aslongashelived:never.InthegodsoftheoldRoyalwithlittlePeake.Andwhenthefirstnote.
SpeechpausedonRichie’slips.
Comingoutwithawhoppernow.Rhapsodiesaboutdamnall.Believeshisownlies.Doesreally.Wonderfulliar.Butwantagoodmemory.
—Whichairisthat?askedLeopoldBloom.
—Allislostnow.
Richiecockedhislipsapout.Alowincipientnotesweetbansheemurmured:all.Athrush.Athrostle.Hisbreath,birdsweet,goodteethhe’sproudof,flutedwithplaintivewoe.Islost.Richsound.Twonotesinonethere.BlackbirdIheardinthehawthornvalley.Takingmymotiveshetwinedandturnedthem.Allmosttoonewcallislostinall.Echo.Howsweettheanswer.Howisthatdone?Alllostnow.Mournfulhewhistled.Fall,surrender,lost.
Bloombentleopoldear,turningafringeofdoyleydownunderthevase.Order.Yes,Iremember.Lovelyair.Insleepshewenttohim.Innocenceinthemoon.Brave.
