Улісс
Chapter 9
Andwhenthegoodfathershadreachedtheappointedplace,thehouseofBernardKiernanandCo,limited,8,9and10littleBritainstreet,wholesalegrocers,wineandbrandyshippers,licensedforthesaleofbeer,wineandspiritsforconsumptiononthepremises,thecelebrantblessedthehouseandcensedthemullionedwindowsandthegroynesandthevaultsandthearrisesandthecapitalsandthepedimentsandthecornicesandtheengrailedarchesandthespiresandthecupolasandsprinkledthelintelsthereofwithblessedwaterandprayedthatGodmightblessthathouseashehadblessedthehouseofAbrahamandIsaacandJacobandmaketheangelsofHislighttoinhabittherein.Andenteringheblessedtheviandsandthebeveragesandthecompanyofalltheblessedansweredhisprayers.
—AdiutoriumnostruminnomineDomini.
—Quifecitcœlumetterram.
—Dominusvobiscum.
—Etcumspiritutuo.
Andhelaidhishandsuponthatheblessedandgavethanksandheprayedandtheyallwithhimprayed:
—Deus,cuiusverbosanctificanturomnia,benedictionemtuameffundesupercreaturasistas:etpraestautquisquiseissecundumlegemetvoluntatemTuamcumgratiarumactioneususfueritperinvocationemsanctissiminominisTuicorporissanitatemetanimætutelamTeauctorepercipiatperChristumDominumnostrum.
—Andsosayallofus,saysJack.
—Thousandayear,Lambert,saysCroftonorCrawford.
—Right,saysNed,takinguphisJohnJameson.Andbutterforfish.
Iwasjustlookingaroundtoseewhothehappythoughtwouldstrikewhenbedamnedbutinhecomesagainlettingontobeinahellofahurry.
