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           BOBDORAN:Towser.Giveusthepaw.Givethepaw.

           (Thebulldoggrowls,hisscruffstanding,agobbetofpig’sknucklebetweenhismolarsthroughwhichrabidscumspittledribbles.BobDoranfallssilentlyintoanarea.)

           SECONDWATCH:Preventionofcrueltytoanimals.

           BLOOM:(Enthusiastically.)Anoblework!IscoldedthattramdriveronHarold’scrossbridgeforillusingthepoorhorsewithhisharnessscab.BadFrenchIgotformypains.Ofcourseitwasfrostyandthelasttram.Alltalesofcircuslifearehighlydemoralising.

           (SignorMaffei,passionpale,inliontamer’scostumewithdiamondstudsinhisshirtfront,stepsforward,holdingacircuspaperhoop,acurlingcarriagewhipandarevolverwithwhichhecoversthegorgingboarhound.)

           SIGNORMAFFEI:(Withasinistersmile.)Ladiesandgentlemen,myeducatedgreyhound.ItwasIbrokeinthebuckingbronchoAjaxwithmypatentspikedsaddleforcarnivores.Lashunderthebellywithaknottedthong.Blocktackleandastranglingpulleywillbringyourliontoheel,nomatterhowfractious,evenLeoferoxthere,theLibyanmaneater.AredhotcrowbarandsomelinimentrubbingontheburningpartproducedFritzofAmsterdam,thethinkinghyena.(Heglares.)IpossesstheIndiansign.Theglintofmyeyedoesitwiththesebreastsparklers.(Withabewitchingsmile.)InowintroduceMademoiselleRuby,theprideofthering.

           FIRSTWATCH:Come.Nameandaddress.

           BLOOM:Ihaveforgottenforthemoment.Ah,yes!(Hetakesoffhishighgradehat,saluting.)DrBloom,Leopold,dentalsurgeon.YouhaveheardofvonBlumPasha.Umpteenmillions.