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           BLOOM:AreyousureaboutthatVoglio?Imeanthepronunciati...

           (Hefollows,followedbythesniffingterrier.Theelderlybawdseizeshissleeve,thebristlesofherchinmoleglittering.)

           THEBAWD:Tenshillingsamaidenhead.Freshthingwasnevertouched.Fifteen.There’sno-oneinitonlyheroldfatherthat’sdeaddrunk.

           (Shepoints.Inthegapofherdarkdenfurtive,rainbedraggled,BridieKellystands.)

           BRIDIE:Hatchstreet.Anygoodinyourmind?

           (Withasqueaksheflapsherbatshawlandruns.Aburlyroughpursueswithbootedstrides.Hestumblesonthesteps,recovers,plungesintogloom.Weaksqueaksoflaughterareheard,weaker.)

           THEBAWD:(Herwolfeyesshining.)He’sgettinghispleasure.Youwon’tgetavirginintheflashhouses.Tenshillings.Don’tbeallnightbeforethepolisinplainclothesseesus.Sixtysevenisabitch.

           (Leering,GertyMacdowelllimpsforward.Shedrawsfrombehind,ogling,andshowscoylyherbloodiedclout.)

           GERTY:WithallmyworldlygoodsItheeandthou.(Shemurmurs.)Youdidthat.Ihateyou.

           BLOOM:I?When?You’redreaming.Ineversawyou.

           THEBAWD:Leavethegentlemanalone,youcheat.Writingthegentlemanfalseletters.Streetwalkingandsoliciting.Betterforyourmothertakethestraptoyouatthebedpost,hussylikeyou.

           GERTY:(ToBloom.)Whenyousawallthesecretsofmybottomdrawer.(Shepawshissleeve,slobbering.)Dirtymarriedman!Iloveyoufordoingthattome.

           (Sheglidesawaycrookedly.