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           (Apaneloffogrollsbackrapidly,revealingrapidlyinthejuryboxthefacesofMartinCunningham,foreman,silkhatted,JackPower,SimonDedalus,TomKernan,NedLambert,JohnHenryMenton,MylesCrawford,Lenehan,PaddyLeonard,NoseyFlynn,M’CoyandthefeaturelessfaceofaNamelessOne.)

           THENAMELESSONE:Barebackriding.Weightforage.Gob,heorganisedher.

           THEJURORS:(Alltheirheadsturnedtohisvoice.)Really?

           THENAMELESSONE:(Snarls.)Arseovertip.Hundredshillingstofive.

           THEJURORS:(Alltheirheadsloweredinassent.)Mostofusthoughtasmuch.

           FIRSTWATCH:Heisamarkedman.Anothergirl’splaitcut.Wanted:JacktheRipper.Athousandpoundsreward.

           SECONDWATCH:(Awed,whispers.)Andinblack.Amormon.Anarchist.

           THECRIER:(Loudly.)WhereasLeopoldBloomofnofixedabodeisawellknowndynamitard,forger,bigamist,bawdandcuckoldandapublicnuisancetothecitizensofDublinandwhereasatthiscommissionofassizesthemosthonourable...

           (HisHonour,sirFrederickFalkiner,recorderofDublin,injudicialgarbofgreystonerisesfromthebench,stonebearded.Hebearsinhisarmsanumbrellasceptre.FromhisforeheadarisestarklytheMosaicramshorns.)

           THERECORDER:IwillputanendtothiswhiteslavetrafficandridDublinofthisodiouspest.Scandalous!(Hedonstheblackcap.)Lethimbetaken,MrSubsheriff,fromthedockwherehenowstandsanddetainedincustodyinMountjoyprisonduringHisMajesty’spleasureandtherebehangedbytheneckuntilheisdeadandthereinfailnotatyourperilormaytheLordhavemercyonyoursoul.Removehim.