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           PrimrosevestedhegreetedgailywithhisdoffedPanamaaswithabauble.

           Theymakehimwelcome.WasDuverlachstwirstDunochdienen.

           Broodofmockers:Photius,pseudomalachi,JohannMost.

           HeWhoHimselfbegotmiddlertheHolyGhostandHimselfsentHimself,Agenbuyer,betweenHimselfandothers,Who,putuponbyHisfiends,strippedandwhipped,wasnailedlikebattobarndoor,starvedoncrosstree,WholetHimbury,stoodup,harrowedhell,faredintoheavenandtherethesenineteenhundredyearssittethontherighthandofHisOwnSelfbutyetshallcomeinthelatterdaytodoomthequickanddeadwhenallthequickshallbedeadalready.

           Heliftshishands.Veilsfall.O,flowers!Bellswithbellswithbellsaquiring.

           —Yes,indeed,thequakerlibrariansaid.Amostinstructivediscussion.MrMulligan,I’llbebound,hashistheorytoooftheplayandofShakespeare.Allsidesoflifeshouldberepresented.

           Hesmiledonallsidesequally.

           BuckMulliganthought,puzzled:

           —Shakespeare?hesaid.Iseemtoknowthename.

           Aflyingsunnysmilerayedinhisloosefeatures.

           —Tobesure,hesaid,rememberingbrightly.ThechapthatwriteslikeSynge.

           MrBestturnedtohim.

           —Hainesmissedyou,hesaid.Didyoumeethim?He’llseeyouafterattheD.B.C.He’sgonetoGill’stobuyHyde’sLovesongsofConnacht.

           —Icamethroughthemuseum,BuckMulligansaid.Washehere?

           —Thebard’sfellowcountrymen,JohnEglintonanswered,arerathertiredperhapsofourbrillianciesoftheorising.IhearthatanactressplayedHamletforthefourhundredandeighthtimelastnightinDublin.