Улисс
Chapter 3
Hestopped,sniffed,stalkedroundit,brother,nosingcloser,wentroundit,snifflingrapidlylikeadogalloverthedeaddog’sbedraggledfell.Dogskull,dogsniff,eyesontheground,movestoonegreatgoal.Ah,poordogsbody!Hereliespoordogsbody’sbody.
—Tatters!Outofthat,youmongrel!
Thecrybroughthimskulkingbacktohismasterandabluntbootlesskicksenthimunscathedacrossaspitofsand,crouchedinflight.Heslunkbackinacurve.Doesn’tseeme.Alongbytheedgeofthemolehelolloped,dawdled,smeltarockandfromunderacockedhindlegpissedagainstit.Hetrottedforwardand,liftingagainhishindleg,pissedquickshortatanunsmeltrock.Thesimplepleasuresofthepoor.Hishindpawsthenscatteredthesand:thenhisforepawsdabbledanddelved.Somethingheburiedthere,hisgrandmother.Herootedinthesand,dabbling,delvingandstoppedtolistentotheair,scrapedupthesandagainwithafuryofhisclaws,soonceasing,apard,apanther,gotinspousebreach,vulturingthedead.
Afterhewokemelastnightsamedreamorwasit?Wait.Openhallway.Streetofharlots.Remember.HarounalRaschid.Iamalmostingit.Thatmanledme,spoke.Iwasnotafraid.Themelonhehadheheldagainstmyface.Smiled:creamfruitsmell.Thatwastherule,said.In.Come.Redcarpetspread.Youwillseewho.
Shoulderingtheirbagstheytrudged,theredEgyptians.Hisbluedfeetoutofturneduptrousersslappedtheclammysand,adullbrickmufflerstranglinghisunshavenneck.Withwomanstepsshefollowed:theruffianandhisstrollingmort.Spoilsslungatherback.
