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Chapter 7
Elijah,skiff,lightcrumpledthrowaway,sailedeastwardbyflanksofshipsandtrawlers,amidanarchipelagoofcorks,beyondnewWappingstreetpastBenson’sferry,andbythethreemastedschoonerRoseveanfromBridgwaterwithbricks.
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AlmidanoArtifoniwalkedpastHollesstreet,pastSewell’syard.BehindhimCashelBoyleO’ConnorFitzmauriceTisdallFarrell,withstickumbrelladustcoatdangling,shunnedthelampbeforeMrLawSmith’shouseand,crossing,walkedalongMerrionsquare.DistantlybehindhimablindstriplingtappedhiswaybythewallofCollegepark.
CashelBoyleO’ConnorFitzmauriceTisdallFarrellwalkedasfarasMrLewisWerner’scheerfulwindows,thenturnedandstrodebackalongMerrionsquare,hisstickumbrelladustcoatdangling.
AtthecornerofWilde’shousehehalted,frownedatElijah’snameannouncedontheMetropolitanhall,frownedatthedistantpleasanceofduke’slawn.Hiseyeglassflashedfrowninginthesun.Withratsteethbaredhemuttered:
—Coactusvolui.
HestrodeonforClarestreet,grindinghisfierceword.
AshestrodepastMrBloom’sdentalwindowstheswayofhisdustcoatbrushedrudelyfromitsangleaslendertappingcaneandsweptonwards,havingbuffetedathewlessbody.Theblindstriplingturnedhissicklyfaceafterthestridingform.