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Chapter 11
ItwaseffacedaseasilyasithadbeenevokedbyanallocutionfromMrCandidateMulliganinthatveinofpleasantrywhichnonebetterthanheknewhowtoaffect,postulatingasthesupremestobjectofdesireanicecleanoldman.Contemporaneously,aheatedargumenthavingarisenbetweenMrDelegateMaddenandMrCandidateLynchregardingthejuridicalandtheologicaldilemmacreatedintheeventofoneSiamesetwinpredeceasingtheother,thedifficultybymutualconsentwasreferredtoMrCanvasserBloomforinstantsubmittaltoMrCoadjutorDeaconDedalus.Hithertosilent,whetherthebettertoshowbypreternaturalgravitythatcuriousdignityofthegarbwithwhichhewasinvestedorinobediencetoaninwardvoice,hedeliveredbrieflyand,assomethought,perfunctorilytheecclesiasticalordinanceforbiddingmantoputasunderwhatGodhasjoined.
ButMalachias’talebegantofreezethemwithhorror.Heconjuredupthescenebeforethem.Thesecretpanelbesidethechimneyslidbackandintherecessappeared...Haines!Whichofusdidnotfeelhisfleshcreep!HehadaportfoliofullofCelticliteratureinonehand,intheotheraphialmarkedPoison.Surprise,horror,loathingweredepictedonallfaceswhileheeyedthemwithaghostlygrin.Ianticipatedsomesuchreception,hebeganwithaneldritchlaugh,forwhich,itseems,historyistoblame.Yes,itistrue.IamthemurdererofSamuelChilds.AndhowIampunished!Theinfernohasnoterrorsforme.Thisistheappearanceisonme.
