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           (Ablackskullcapdescendsuponhishead.)

           (ThesubsheriffLongJohnFanningappears,smokingapungentHenryClay.)

           LONGJOHNFANNING:(Scowlsandcallswithrichrollingutterance.)Who’llhangJudasIscariot?

           (H.Rumbold,masterbarber,inabloodcolouredjerkinandtanner’sapron,aropecoiledoverhisshoulder,mountstheblock.Alifepreserverandanailstuddedbludgeonarestuckinhisbelt.Herubsgrimlyhisgrapplinghands,knobbedwithknuckledusters.)

           RUMBOLD:(Totherecorderwithsinisterfamiliarity.)HangingHarry,yourMajesty,theMerseyterror.Fiveguineasajugular.Neckornothing.

           (ThebellsofGeorge’schurchtollslowly,louddarkiron.)

           THEBELLS:Heigho!Heigho!

           BLOOM:(Desperately.)Wait.Stop.Gulls.Goodheart.Isaw.Innocence.Girlinthemonkeyhouse.Zoo.Lewdchimpanzee.(Breathlessly.)Pelvicbasin.Herartlessblushunmannedme.(Overcomewithemotion.)Ilefttheprecincts.(Heturnstoafigureinthecrowd,appealing.)Hynes,mayIspeaktoyou?Youknowme.Thatthreeshillingsyoucankeep.Ifyouwantalittlemore...

           HYNES:(Coldly.)Youareaperfectstranger.

           SECONDWATCH:(Pointstothecorner.)Thebombishere.

           FIRSTWATCH:Infernalmachinewithatimefuse.

           BLOOM:No,no.Pig’sfeet.Iwasatafuneral.

           FIRSTWATCH:(Drawshistruncheon.)Liar!

           (Thebeagleliftshissnout,showingthegreyscorbuticfaceofPaddyDignam.Hehasgnawedall.Heexhalesaputridcarcasefedbreath.Hegrowstohumansizeandshape.Hisdachshundcoatbecomesabrownmortuaryhabit.Hisgreeneyeflashesbloodshot.Halfofoneear,allthenoseandboththumbsareghouleaten.