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           )WhocametoPoulaphoucawiththeHighSchoolexcursion?Wholefthisnutquestingclassmatestoseekourshade?

           BLOOM:(Scared.)HighSchoolofPoula?Mnemo?Notinfullpossessionoffaculties.Concussion.Runoverbytram.

           THEECHO:Sham!

           BLOOM:(Pigeonbreasted,bottleshouldered,padded,innondescriptjuvenilegreyandblackstripedsuit,toosmallforhim,whitetennisshoes,borderedstockingswithturnovertopsandaredschoolcapwithbadge.)Iwasinmyteens,agrowingboy.Alittlethensufficed,ajoltingcar,theminglingodoursoftheladies’cloakroomandlavatory,thethrongpennedtightontheoldRoyalstairs(fortheylovecrushes,instinctoftheherd,andthedarksexsmellingtheatreunbridlesvice),evenapricelistoftheirhosiery.Andthentheheat.Thereweresunspotsthatsummer.Endofschool.Andtipsycake.Halcyondays.

           (Halcyondays,highschoolboysinblueandwhitefootballjerseysandshorts,MasterDonaldTurnbull,MasterAbrahamChatterton,MasterOwenGoldberg,MasterJackMeredith,MasterPercyApjohn,standinaclearingofthetreesandshouttoMasterLeopoldBloom.)

           THEHALCYONDAYS:Mackerel!Liveusagain.Hurray!(Theycheer.)

           BLOOM:(Hobbledehoy,warmgloved,mammamufflered,starredwithspentsnowballs,strugglestorise.)Again!Ifeelsixteen!Whatalark!Let’sringallthebellsinMontaguestreet.(Hecheersfeebly.)HurrayfortheHighSchool!

           THEECHO:Fool!

           THEYEWS:(Rustling.)Sheisright,oursister.Whisper.(Whisperedkissesareheardinallthewood.Facesofhamadryadspeepoutfromthebolesandamongtheleavesandbreak,blossomingintobloom.