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Chapter 10
AndthenarocketsprangandbangshotblindblankandO!thentheRomancandleburstanditwaslikeasighofO!andeveryonecriedO!O!inrapturesanditgushedoutofitastreamofraingoldhairthreadsandtheyshedandah!theywereallgreenydewystarsfallingwithgolden,Osolovely,O,soft,sweet,soft!
Thenallmeltedawaydewilyinthegreyair:allwassilent.Ah!Sheglancedathimasshebentforwardquickly,apatheticlittleglanceofpiteousprotest,ofshyreproachunderwhichhecolouredlikeagirl.Hewasleaningbackagainsttherockbehind.LeopoldBloom(foritishe)standssilent,withbowedheadbeforethoseyoungguilelesseyes.Whatabrutehehadbeen!Atitagain?Afairunsulliedsoulhadcalledtohimand,wretchthathewas,howhadheanswered?Anuttercadhehadbeen!Heofallmen!Buttherewasaninfinitestoreofmercyinthoseeyes,forhimtooawordofpardoneventhoughhehaderredandsinnedandwandered.Shouldagirltell?No,athousandtimesno.Thatwastheirsecret,onlytheirs,aloneinthehidingtwilightandtherewasnonetoknowortellsavethelittlebatthatflewsosoftlythroughtheeveningtoandfroandlittlebatsdon’ttell.
CissyCaffreywhistled,imitatingtheboysinthefootballfieldtoshowwhatagreatpersonshewas:andthenshecried:
—Gerty!Gerty!We’regoing.Comeon.Wecanseefromfartherup.
Gertyhadanidea,oneoflove’slittleruses.Sheslippedahandintoherkerchiefpocketandtookoutthewaddingandwavedinreplyofcoursewithoutlettinghimandthenslippeditback.Wonderifhe’stoofarto.Sherose.
