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Chapter 12
(Apaneloffogrollsbackrapidly,revealingrapidlyinthejuryboxthefacesofMartinCunningham,foreman,silkhatted,JackPower,SimonDedalus,TomKernan,NedLambert,JohnHenryMenton,MylesCrawford,Lenehan,PaddyLeonard,NoseyFlynn,M’CoyandthefeaturelessfaceofaNamelessOne.)
THENAMELESSONE:Barebackriding.Weightforage.Gob,heorganisedher.
THEJURORS:(Alltheirheadsturnedtohisvoice.)Really?
THENAMELESSONE:(Snarls.)Arseovertip.Hundredshillingstofive.
THEJURORS:(Alltheirheadsloweredinassent.)Mostofusthoughtasmuch.
FIRSTWATCH:Heisamarkedman.Anothergirl’splaitcut.Wanted:JacktheRipper.Athousandpoundsreward.
SECONDWATCH:(Awed,whispers.)Andinblack.Amormon.Anarchist.
THECRIER:(Loudly.)WhereasLeopoldBloomofnofixedabodeisawellknowndynamitard,forger,bigamist,bawdandcuckoldandapublicnuisancetothecitizensofDublinandwhereasatthiscommissionofassizesthemosthonourable...
(HisHonour,sirFrederickFalkiner,recorderofDublin,injudicialgarbofgreystonerisesfromthebench,stonebearded.Hebearsinhisarmsanumbrellasceptre.FromhisforeheadarisestarklytheMosaicramshorns.)
THERECORDER:IwillputanendtothiswhiteslavetrafficandridDublinofthisodiouspest.Scandalous!(Hedonstheblackcap.)Lethimbetaken,MrSubsheriff,fromthedockwherehenowstandsanddetainedincustodyinMountjoyprisonduringHisMajesty’spleasureandtherebehangedbytheneckuntilheisdeadandthereinfailnotatyourperilormaytheLordhavemercyonyoursoul.Removehim.