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           (CornyKelleherreturnstotheoutsidecarandmountsit.Thehorseharnessjingles.)

           CORNYKELLEHER:(Fromthecar,standing.)Night.

           BLOOM:Night.

           (Thejarveychucksthereinsandraiseshiswhipencouragingly.Thecarandhorsebackslowly,awkwardly,andturn.CornyKelleheronthesideseatswayshisheadtoandfroinsignofmirthatBloom’splight.Thejarveyjoinsinthemutepantomimicmerrimentnoddingfromthefartherseat.Bloomshakeshisheadinmutemirthfulreply.WiththumbandpalmCornyKelleherreassuresthatthetwobobbieswillallowthesleeptocontinueforwhatelseistobedone.WithaslownodBloomconveyshisgratitudeasthatisexactlywhatStephenneeds.Thecarjinglestooraloomroundthecornerofthetooraloomlane.CornyKelleheragainreassuraloomswithhishand.BloomwithhishandassuraloomsCornyKelleherthatheisreassuraloomtay.Thetinklinghoofsandjinglingharnessgrowfainterwiththeirtooralooloolooloolay.Bloom,holdinginhishandStephen’shat,festoonedwithshavings,andashplant,standsirresolute.Thenhebendstohimandshakeshimbytheshoulder.)

           BLOOM:Eh!Ho!(Thereisnoanswer;hebendsagain.)MrDedalus!(Thereisnoanswer.)Thenameifyoucall.Somnambulist.(Hebendsagainand,hesitating,bringshismouthnearthefaceoftheprostrateform.)Stephen!(Thereisnoanswer.Hecallsagain.)Stephen!

           STEPHEN:(Groans.)Who?Blackpanther.Vampire.(Hesighsandstretcheshimself,thenmurmursthicklywithprolongedvowels.)

           Who...drive...Fergusnow

           Andpierce...wood’swovenshade?...