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Chapter 6
Stephenlookeddownonawideheadlesscaubeen,hungonhisashplanthandleoverhisknee.Mycasqueandsword.Touchlightlywithtwoindexfingers.Aristotle’sexperiment.Oneortwo?Necessityisthatinvirtueofwhichitisimpossiblethatonecanbeotherwise.Argal,onehatisonehat.
Listen.
YoungColumandStarkey.GeorgeRobertsisdoingthecommercialpart.LongworthwillgiveitagoodpuffintheExpress.O,willhe?IlikedColum’sDrover.Yes,Ithinkhehasthatqueerthinggenius.Doyouthinkhehasgeniusreally?Yeatsadmiredhisline:AsinwildearthaGrecianvase.Didhe?Ihopeyou’llbeabletocometonight.MalachiMulliganiscomingtoo.MooreaskedhimtobringHaines.DidyouhearMissMitchell’sjokeaboutMooreandMartyn?ThatMooreisMartyn’swildoats?Awfullyclever,isn’tit?TheyremindoneofDonQuixoteandSanchoPanza.Ournationalepichasyettobewritten,DrSigersonsays.Mooreisthemanforit.AknightoftheruefulcountenancehereinDublin.Withasaffronkilt?O’NeillRussell?O,yes,hemustspeakthegrandoldtongue.AndhisDulcinea?JamesStephensisdoingsomecleversketches.Wearebecomingimportant,itseems.
Cordelia.Cordoglio.Lir’sloneliestdaughter.
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—Thankyouverymuch,MrRussell,Stephensaid,rising.IfyouwillbesokindastogivethelettertoMrNorman...
—O,yes.Ifheconsidersitimportantitwillgoin.Wehavesomuchcorrespondence.
—Iunderstand,Stephensaid.Thanks.
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