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Chapter 6
IhopeyouaregoingtosayagoodwordforRichard,don’tyouknow,formysake.(Laughter)
BUCKMULLIGAN:(Piano,diminuendo)
ThenoutspokemedicalDick
TohiscomrademedicalDavy...
STEPHEN:InhistrinityofblackWills,thevillainshakebags,Iago,RichardCrookback,EdmundinKingLear,twobearthewickeduncles’names.Nay,thatlastplaywaswrittenorbeingwrittenwhilehisbrotherEdmundlaydyinginSouthwark.
BEST:IhopeEdmundisgoingtocatchit.Idon’twantRichard,myname...
(Laughter)
QUAKERLYSTER:(Atempo)Buthethatfilchesfrommemygoodname...
STEPHEN:(Stringendo)Hehashiddenhisownname,afairname,William,intheplays,asuperhere,aclownthere,asapainterofoldItalysethisfaceinadarkcornerofhiscanvas.HehasrevealeditinthesonnetswherethereisWillinoverplus.LikeJohno’Gaunthisnameisdeartohim,asdearasthecoatandcresthetoadiedfor,onabendsableaspearorsteeledargent,honorificabilitudinitatibus,dearerthanhisgloryofgreatestshakesceneinthecountry.What’sinaname?Thatiswhatweaskourselvesinchildhoodwhenwewritethenamethatwearetoldisours.Astar,adaystar,afiredrake,roseathisbirth.Itshonebydayintheheavensalone,brighterthanVenusinthenight,andbynightitshoneoverdeltainCassiopeia,therecumbentconstellationwhichisthesignatureofhisinitialamongthestars.Hiseyeswatchedit,lowlyingonthehorizon,eastwardofthebear,ashewalkedbytheslumberoussummerfieldsatmidnightreturningfromShotteryandfromherarms.
Bothsatisfied.Itoo.
