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           PADDYDIGNAM:(Inahollowvoice.)Itistrue.Itwasmyfuneral.DoctorFinucanepronouncedlifeextinctwhenIsuccumbedtothediseasefromnaturalcauses.

           (Heliftshismutilatedashenfacemoonwardsandbayslugubriously.)

           BLOOM:(Intriumph.)Youhear?

           PADDYDIGNAM:Bloom,IamPaddyDignam’sspirit.List,list,Olist!

           BLOOM:ThevoiceisthevoiceofEsau.

           SECONDWATCH:(Blesseshimself.)Howisthatpossible?

           FIRSTWATCH:Itisnotinthepennycatechism.

           PADDYDIGNAM:Bymetempsychosis.Spooks.

           AVOICE:Orocks.

           PADDYDIGNAM:(Earnestly.)OnceIwasintheemployofMrJ.H.Menton,solicitor,commissionerforoathsandaffidavits,of27Bachelor’sWalk.NowIamdefunct,thewallofthehearthypertrophied.Hardlines.Thepoorwifewasawfullycutup.Howisshebearingit?Keepheroffthatbottleofsherry.(Helooksroundhim.)Alamp.Imustsatisfyananimalneed.Thatbuttermilkdidn’tagreewithme.

           (TheportlyfigureofJohnO’Connell,caretaker,standsforth,holdingabunchofkeystiedwithcrape.BesidehimstandsFatherCoffey,chaplain,toadbellied,wrynecked,inasurpliceandbandannanightcap,holdingsleepilyastaffoftwistedpoppies.)

           FATHERCOFFEY:(Yawns,thenchantswithahoarsecroak.)Namine.Jacobs.Vobiscuits.Amen.

           JOHNO’CONNELL:(Foghornsstormilythroughhismegaphone.)Dignam,PatrickT,deceased.

           PADDYDIGNAM:(Withprickedupears,winces.)Overtones.(Hewrigglesforwardandplacesaneartotheground.)Mymaster’svoice!

           JOHNO’CONNELL:BurialdocketletternumberU.P.eightyfivethousand.Fieldseventeen.HouseofKeys.Plot,onehundredandone.