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Chapter 12
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THECHIMES:Turnagain,Leopold!LordmayorofDublin!
BLOOM:(Inalderman’sgownandchain.)ElectorsofArranQuay,InnsQuay,Rotunda,MountjoyandNorthDock,betterrunatramline,Isay,fromthecattlemarkettotheriver.That’sthemusicofthefuture.That’smyprogramme.Cuibono?ButourbucaneeringVanderdeckensintheirphantomshipoffinance...
ANELECTOR:Threetimesthreeforourfuturechiefmagistrate!
(Theauroraborealisofthetorchlightprocessionleaps.)
THETORCHBEARERS:Hooray!
(Severalwellknownburgesses,citymagnatesandfreemenofthecityshakehandswithBloomandcongratulatehim.TimothyHarrington,latethriceLordMayorofDublin,imposinginmayoralscarlet,goldchainandwhitesilktie,conferswithcouncillorLorcanSherlock,locumtenens.Theynodvigorouslyinagreement.)
LATELORDMAYORHARRINGTON:(Inscarletrobewithmace,goldmayoralchainandlargewhitesilkscarf.)ThataldermansirLeoBloom’sspeechbeprintedattheexpenseoftheratepayers.ThatthehouseinwhichhewasbornbeornamentedwithacommemorativetabletandthatthethoroughfarehithertoknownasCowParlouroffCorkstreetbehenceforthdesignatedBoulevardBloom.
COUNCILLORLORCANSHERLOCK:Carriedunanimously.
BLOOM:(Impassionedly.)TheseflyingDutchmenorlyingDutchmenastheyreclineintheirupholsteredpoop,castingdice,whatreckthey?Machinesistheircry,theirchimera,theirpanacea.Laboursavingapparatuses,supplanters,bugbears,manufacturedmonstersformutualmurder,hideoushobgoblinsproducedbyahordeofcapitalisticlustsuponourprostitutedlabour.
