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Chapter 12
EventheallwisestStagyritewasbitted,bridledandmountedbyalightoflove.
LYNCH:Ba!
STEPHEN:Anyway,whowantstwogesturestoillustratealoafandajug?ThismovementillustratestheloafandjugofbreadorwineinOmar.Holdmystick.
LYNCH:Damnyouryellowstick.Wherearewegoing?
STEPHEN:Lecherouslynx,tolabelledamesansmerci,GeorginaJohnson,addeamquilaetificatiuventutemmeam.
(Stephenthruststheashplantonhimandslowlyholdsouthishands,hisheadgoingbacktillbothhandsareaspanfromhisbreast,downturned,inplanesintersecting,thefingersabouttopart,theleftbeinghigher.)
LYNCH:Whichisthejugofbread?Itskillsnot.Thatorthecustomhouse.Illustratethou.Heretakeyourcrutchandwalk.
(Theypass.TommyCaffreyscramblestoagaslampand,clasping,climbsinspasms.Fromthetopspurheslidesdown.JackyCaffreyclaspstoclimb.Thenavvylurchesagainstthelamp.Thetwinsscuttleoffinthedark.Thenavvy,swaying,pressesaforefingeragainstawingofhisnoseandejectsfromthefarthernostrilalongliquidjetofsnot.Shoulderingthelamphestaggersawaythroughthecrowdwithhisflaringcresset.
Snakesofriverfogcreepslowly.Fromdrains,clefts,cesspools,middensariseonallsidesstagnantfumes.Aglowleapsinthesouthbeyondtheseawardreachesoftheriver.Thenavvy,staggeringforward,cleavesthecrowdandlurchestowardsthetramsiding.OnthefarthersideundertherailwaybridgeBloomappears,flushed,panting,crammingbreadandchocolateintoasidepocket.
