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Chapter 9
Shakespeare,BrianConfucius,MurtaghGutenberg,PatricioVelasquez,CaptainNemo,TristanandIsolde,thefirstPrinceofWales,ThomasCookandSon,theBoldSoldierBoy,ArrahnaPogue,DickTurpin,LudwigBeethoven,theColleenBawn,WaddlerHealy,AngustheCuldee,DollyMount,SidneyParade,BenHowth,ValentineGreatrakes,AdamandEve,ArthurWellesley,BossCroker,Herodotus,JacktheGiantkiller,GautamaBuddha,LadyGodiva,TheLilyofKillarney,BaloroftheEvilEye,theQueenofSheba,AckyNagle,JoeNagle,AlessandroVolta,JeremiahO’DonovanRossa,DonPhilipO’SullivanBeare.Acouchedspearofacuminatedgraniterestedbyhimwhileathisfeetreposedasavageanimalofthecaninetribewhosestertorousgaspsannouncedthathewassunkinuneasyslumber,asuppositionconfirmedbyhoarsegrowlsandspasmodicmovementswhichhismasterrepressedfromtimetotimebytranquilisingblowsofamightycudgelrudelyfashionedoutofpaleolithicstone.
SoanyhowTerrybroughtthethreepintsJoewasstandingandbegobthesightnearlyleftmyeyeswhenIsawhimlandoutaquid.O,astrueasI’mtellingyou.Agoodlookingsovereign.
—Andthere’smorewherethatcamefrom,sayshe.
—Wereyourobbingthepoorbox,Joe?saysI.
—Sweatofmybrow,saysJoe.’Twastheprudentmembergavemethewheeze.
—IsawhimbeforeImetyou,saysI,slopingaroundbyPilllaneandGreekstreetwithhiscod’seyecountingupallthegutsofthefish.
WhocomesthroughMichan’sland,bedightinsablearmour?O’Bloom,thesonofRory:itishe.ImpervioustofearisRory’sson:heoftheprudentsoul.
