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           Bloom’sbodyguarddistributeMaundymoney,commemorationmedals,loavesandfishes,temperancebadges,expensiveHenryClaycigars,freecowbonesforsoup,rubberpreservativesinsealedenvelopestiedwithgoldthread,butterscotch,pineapplerock,billetsdouxintheformofcockedhats,readymadesuits,porringersoftoadinthehole,bottlesofJeyes’Fluid,purchasestamps,40days’indulgences,spuriouscoins,dairyfedporksausages,theatrepasses,seasonticketsavailableforalltramlines,couponsoftheroyalandprivilegedHungarianlottery,pennydinnercounters,cheapreprintsoftheWorld’sTwelveWorstBooks:FroggyAndFritz(politic),CareoftheBaby(infantilic),50Mealsfor7/6(culinic),WasJesusaSunMyth?(historic),ExpelthatPain(medic),Infant’sCompendiumoftheUniverse(cosmic),Let’sAllChortle(hilaric),Canvasser’sVadeMecum(journalic),LovelettersofMotherAssistant(erotic),Who’sWhoinSpace(astric),SongsthatReachedOurHeart(melodic),Pennywise’sWaytoWealth(parsimonic).Ageneralrushandscramble.WomenpressforwardtotouchthehemofBloom’srobe.TheladyGwendolenDubedatburststhroughthethrong,leapsonhishorseandkisseshimonbothcheeksamidgreatacclamation.Amagnesiumflashlightphotographistaken.Babesandsucklingsareheldup.)

           THEWOMEN:Littlefather!Littlefather!

           THEBABESANDSUCKLINGS:

           ClapclaphandstillPoldycomeshome,

           CakesinhispocketforLeoalone.

           (Bloom,bendingdown,pokesBabyBoardmangentlyinthestomach.)

           BABYBOARDMAN:(Hiccups,curdledmilkflowingfromhismouth.)Hajajaja.