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           )Youwouldhavepreferredthefightingparsonwhofoundedtheprotestanterror.ButbewareAntisthenes,thedogsage,andthelastendofAriusHeresiarchus.Theagonyinthecloset.

           LYNCH:AlloneandthesameGodtoher.

           STEPHEN:(Devoutly.)AndsovereignLordofallthings.

           FLORRY:(ToStephen.)I’msureyou’reaspoiledpriest.Oramonk.

           LYNCH:Heis.Acardinal’sson.

           STEPHEN:Cardinalsin.Monksofthescrew.

           (HisEminenceSimonStephenCardinalDedalus,PrimateofallIreland,appearsinthedoorway,dressedinredsoutane,sandalsandsocks.Sevendwarfsimianacolytes,alsoinred,cardinalsins,upholdhistrain,peepingunderit.Hewearsabatteredsilkhatsidewaysonhishead.Histhumbsarestuckinhisarmpitsandhispalmsoutspread.Roundhisneckhangsarosaryofcorksendingonhisbreastinacorkscrewcross.Releasinghisthumbs,heinvokesgracefromonhighwithlargewavegesturesandproclaimswithbloatedpomp:)

           THECARDINAL:

           Conservioliescaptured

           Heliesinthelowestdungeon

           Withmanaclesandchainsaroundhislimbs

           Weighingupwardsofthreetons.

           (Helooksatallforamoment,hisrighteyeclosedtight,hisleftcheekpuffedout.Then,unabletorepresshismerriment,herockstoandfro,armsakimbo,andsingswithbroadrollickinghumour:)

           O,thepoorlittlefellow

           Hihihihihislegstheywereyellow

           Hewasplump,fatandheavyandbriskasasnake

           Butsomebloodysavage

           Tograizehiswhitecabbage

           HemurderedNellFlaherty’sducklovingdrake.

           (Amultitudeofmidgesswarmswhiteoverhisrobe.