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           )WhenwillIhearthejoke?

           ZOE:Beforeyou’retwicemarriedandonceawidower.

           BLOOM:Lapsesarecondoned.EventhegreatNapoleonwhenmeasurementsweretakennexttheskinafterhisdeath...

           (MrsDignam,widowwoman,hersnubnoseandcheeksflushedwithdeathtalk,tearsandTunney’stawnysherry,hurriesbyinherweeds,herbonnetawry,rougingandpowderinghercheeks,lipsandnose,apenchivvyingherbroodofcygnets.Beneathherskirtappearherlatehusband’severydaytrousersandturnedupboots,largeeights.SheholdsaScottishwidow’sinsurancepolicyandalargemarqueeumbrellaunderwhichherbroodrunwithher,Patsyhoppingononeshodfoot,hiscollarloose,ahankofporksteaksdangling,Freddywhimpering,Susywithacryingcod’smouth,Alicestrugglingwiththebaby.Shecuffsthemon,herstreamersflauntingaloft.)

           FREDDY:Ah,ma,you’redraggingmealong!

           SUSY:Mamma,thebeefteaisfizzingover!

           SHAKESPEARE:(Withparalyticrage.)Wedasecawhokillafarst.

           (ThefaceofMartinCunningham,bearded,refeaturesShakespeare’sbeardlessface.Themarqueeumbrellaswaysdrunkenly,thechildrenrunaside.UndertheumbrellaappearsMrsCunninghaminMerryWidowhatandkimonogown.Sheglidessidlingandbowing,twirlingjapanesily.)

           MRSCUNNINGHAM:(Sings.)

           AndtheycallmethejewelofAsia!

           MARTINCUNNINGHAM:(Gazesonher,impassive.)Immense!Mostbloodyawfuldemirep!

           STEPHEN:Etexaltabunturcornuaiusti.Queenslaywithprizebulls.RememberPasiphaeforwhoselustmygrandoldgrossfathermadethefirstconfessionbox.