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           THECHIMES:Turnagain,Leopold!LordmayorofDublin!

           BLOOM:(Inalderman’sgownandchain.)ElectorsofArranQuay,InnsQuay,Rotunda,MountjoyandNorthDock,betterrunatramline,Isay,fromthecattlemarkettotheriver.That’sthemusicofthefuture.That’smyprogramme.Cuibono?ButourbucaneeringVanderdeckensintheirphantomshipoffinance...

           ANELECTOR:Threetimesthreeforourfuturechiefmagistrate!

           (Theauroraborealisofthetorchlightprocessionleaps.)

           THETORCHBEARERS:Hooray!

           (Severalwellknownburgesses,citymagnatesandfreemenofthecityshakehandswithBloomandcongratulatehim.TimothyHarrington,latethriceLordMayorofDublin,imposinginmayoralscarlet,goldchainandwhitesilktie,conferswithcouncillorLorcanSherlock,locumtenens.Theynodvigorouslyinagreement.)

           LATELORDMAYORHARRINGTON:(Inscarletrobewithmace,goldmayoralchainandlargewhitesilkscarf.)ThataldermansirLeoBloom’sspeechbeprintedattheexpenseoftheratepayers.ThatthehouseinwhichhewasbornbeornamentedwithacommemorativetabletandthatthethoroughfarehithertoknownasCowParlouroffCorkstreetbehenceforthdesignatedBoulevardBloom.

           COUNCILLORLORCANSHERLOCK:Carriedunanimously.

           BLOOM:(Impassionedly.)TheseflyingDutchmenorlyingDutchmenastheyreclineintheirupholsteredpoop,castingdice,whatreckthey?Machinesistheircry,theirchimera,theirpanacea.Laboursavingapparatuses,supplanters,bugbears,manufacturedmonstersformutualmurder,hideoushobgoblinsproducedbyahordeofcapitalisticlustsuponourprostitutedlabour.