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           BLOOM:How?

           VIRAG:(Adiabolicrictusofblackluminositycontractinghisvisage,craneshisscraggyneckforward.Heliftsamooncalfnozzleandhowls.)VerfluchteGoim!Hehadafather,fortyfathers.Heneverexisted.PigGod!Hehadtwoleftfeet.HewasJudasIacchia,aLibyaneunuch,thepope’sbastard.(Heleansoutontorturedforepaws,elbowsbentrigid,hiseyeagonisinginhisflatskullneckandyelpsoverthemuteworld.)Asonofawhore.Apocalypse.

           KITTY:AndMaryShortallthatwasinthelockwiththepoxshegotfromJimmyPidgeoninthebluecapshadachildoffhimthatcouldn’tswallowandwassmotheredwiththeconvulsionsinthemattressandweallsubscribedforthefuneral.

           PHILIPDRUNK:(Gravely.)Quivousamisdanscettefichueposition,Philippe?

           PHILIPSOBER:(Gaily.)C’étaitlesacrépigeon,Philippe.

           (Kittyunpinsherhatandsetsitdowncalmly,pattingherhennahair.Andaprettier,adaintierheadofwinsomecurlswasneverseenonawhore’sshoulders.Lynchputsonherhat.Shewhipsitoff.)

           LYNCH:(Laughs.)AndtosuchdelightshasMetchnikoffinoculatedanthropoidapes.

           FLORRY:(Nods.)Locomotorataxy.

           ZOE:(Gaily.)O,mydictionary.

           LYNCH:Threewisevirgins.

           VIRAG:(Agueshaken,profuseyellowspawnfoamingoverhisbonyepilepticlips.)Shesoldlovephiltres,whitewax,orangeflower.Panther,theRomancenturion,pollutedherwithhisgenitories.(Hesticksoutaflickeringphosphorescentscorpiontongue,hishandonhisfork.)Messiah!Hebursthertympanum.(Withgibberingbaboon’scrieshejerkshishipsinthecynicalspasm.