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           Shewhirlstheprizeinleftcircle.Hisheadfollows.Shewhirlsitbackinrightcircle.Heeyesher.)Catch!

           (Shetossesapiece.Withanadroitsnaphecatchesitandbitesitthroughwithacrack.)

           KITTY:(Chewing.)TheengineerIwaswithatthebazaardoeshavelovelyones.Fullofthebestliqueurs.Andtheviceroywastherewithhislady.ThegaswehadontheToft’shobbyhorses.I’mgiddystill.

           BLOOM:(InSvengali’sfurovercoat,withfoldedarmsandNapoleonicforelock,frownsinventriloquialexorcismwithpiercingeagleglancetowardsthedoor.Thenrigidwithleftfootadvancedhemakesaswiftpasswithimpellingfingersandgivesthesignofpastmaster,drawinghisrightarmdownwardsfromhisleftshoulder.)Go,go,go,Iconjureyou,whoeveryouare!

           (Amalecoughandtreadareheardpassingthroughthemistoutside.Bloom’sfeaturesrelax.Heplacesahandinhiswaistcoat,posingcalmly.Zoeoffershimchocolate.)

           BLOOM:(Solemnly.)Thanks.

           ZOE:Doasyou’rebid.Here!

           (Afirmheelclackingtreadisheardonthestairs.)

           BLOOM:(Takesthechocolate.)Aphrodisiac?Tansyandpennyroyal.ButIboughtit.Vanillacalmsor?Mnemo.Confusedlightconfusesmemory.Redinfluenceslupus.Coloursaffectwomen’scharacters,anytheyhave.Thisblackmakesmesad.Eatandbemerryfortomorrow.(Heeats.)Influencetastetoo,mauve.ButitissolongsinceI.Seemsnew.Aphro.Thatpriest.Mustcome.Betterlatethannever.TrytrufflesatAndrews.

           (Thedooropens.BellaCohen,amassivewhoremistress,enters.