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           )He’sBloom!StopBloom!Stopabloom!Stopperrobber!Hi!Hi!Stophimonthecorner!

           (AtthecornerofBeaverstreetbeneaththescaffoldingBloompantingstopsonthefringeofthenoisyquarrellingknot,alotnotknowingajotwhathi!hi!rowandwrangleroundthewhowhatbrawlaltogether.)

           STEPHEN:(Withelaborategestures,breathingdeeplyandslowly.)Youaremyguests.Uninvited.ByvirtueofthefifthofGeorgeandseventhofEdward.Historytoblame.Fabledbymothersofmemory.

           PRIVATECARR:(ToCissyCaffrey.)Washeinsultingyou?

           STEPHEN:Addressedherinvocativefeminine.Probablyneuter.Ungenitive.

           VOICES:No,hedidn’t.Iseenhim.Thegirlthere.HewasinMrsCohen’s.What’sup?Soldierandcivilian.

           CISSYCAFFREY:Iwasincompanywiththesoldiersandtheyleftmetodo—youknow,andtheyoungmanrunupbehindme.ButI’mfaithfultothemanthat’streatingmethoughI’monlyashillingwhore.

           STEPHEN:(CatchessightofLynch’sandKitty’sheads.)Hail,Sisyphus.(Hepointstohimselfandtheothers.)Poetic.Uropoetic.

           VOICES:Shesfaithfultheman.

           CISSYCAFFREY:Yes,togowithhim.Andmewithasoldierfriend.

           PRIVATECOMPTON:Hedoesn’thalfwantathickear,theblighter.Biffhimone,Harry.

           PRIVATECARR:(ToCissy.)Washeinsultingyouwhilemeandhimwashavingapiss?

           LORDTENNYSON:(GentlemanpoetinUnionJackblazerandcricketflannels,bareheaded,flowingbearded.)Theirsnottoreasonwhy.

           PRIVATECOMPTON:Biffhim,Harry.

           STEPHEN:(ToPrivateCompton.)Idon’tknowyournamebutyouarequiteright.