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           Signawillandleaveusanycoinyouhave!Ifyouhavenoneseeyoudamnwellgetit,stealit,robit!We’llburyyouinourshrubberyjakeswhereyou’llbedeadanddirtywitholdCuckCohen,mystepnephewImarried,thebloodyoldgoutyprocuratorandsodomitewithacrickinhisneck,andmyothertenorelevenhusbands,whateverthebuggers’nameswere,suffocatedintheonecesspool.(Heexplodesinaloudphlegmylaugh.)We’llmanureyou,MrFlower!(Hepipesscoffingly.)Byby,Poldy!Byby,Papli!

           BLOOM:(Claspshishead.)Mywillpower!Memory!Ihavesinned!Ihavesuff...

           (Heweepstearlessly.)

           BELLO:(Sneers.)Crybabby!Crocodiletears!

           (Bloom,broken,closelyveiledforthesacrifice,sobs,hisfacetotheearth.Thepassingbellisheard.Darkshawledfiguresofthecircumcised,insackclothandashes,standbythewailingwall.M.Shulomowitz,JosephGoldwater,MosesHerzog,HarrisRosenberg,M.Moisel,J.Citron,MinnieWatchman,P.Mastiansky,TheReverendLeopoldAbramovitz,Chazen.WithswayingarmstheywailinpneumaovertherecreantBloom.)

           THECIRCUMCISED:(Indarkgutturalchantastheycastdeadseafruituponhim,noflowers.)ShemaIsraelAdonaiElohenuAdonaiEchad.

           VOICES:(Sighing.)Sohe’sgone.Ahyes.Yes,indeed.Bloom?Neverheardofhim.No?Queerkindofchap.There’sthewidow.Thatso?Ah,yes.

           (Fromthesutteepyretheflameofgumcamphireascends.Thepallofincensesmokescreensanddisperses.Outofheroakframeanymphwithhairunbound,lightlycladinteabrownartcolours,descendsfromhergrottoandpassingunderinterlacingyewsstandsoverBloom.