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           Ibringtheethyanswer.Redbankoysterswillshortlybeuponus.I’mthebesto’cook.ThosesucculentbivalvesmayhelpusandthetrufflesofPerigord,tubersdislodgedthroughmisteromnivorousporker,wereunsurpassedincasesofnervousdebilityorviragitis.Thoughtheystinkyettheysting.(Hewagshisheadwithcacklingraillery.)Jocular.Withmyeyeglassinmyocular.(Hesneezes.)Amen!

           BLOOM:(Absently.)Ocularlywoman’sbivalvecaseisworse.Alwaysopensesame.Theclovensex.Whytheyfearvermin,creepingthings.YetEveandtheserpentcontradicts.Notahistoricalfact.Obviousanalogytomyidea.Serpentstooaregluttonsforwoman’smilk.Windtheirwaythroughmilesofomnivorousforesttosucksucculentherbreastdry.LikethosebubblyjocularRomanmatronsonereadsofinElephantuliasis.

           VIRAG:(Hismouthprojectedinhardwrinkles,eyesstonilyforlornlyclosed,psalmsinoutlandishmonotone.)Thatthecowswiththeirthosedistendeduddersthattheyhavebeenthetheknown...

           BLOOM:Iamgoingtoscream.Ibegyourpardon.Ah?So.(Herepeats.)Spontaneouslytoseekoutthesaurian’slairinordertoentrusttheirteatstohisavidsuction.Antmilksaphis.(Profoundly.)Instinctrulestheworld.Inlife.Indeath.

           VIRAG:(Headaskew,archeshisbackandhunchedwingshoulders,peersatthemothoutofblearbulgedeyes,pointsahorningclawandcries.)Who’smothmoth?Who’sdearGerald?DearGer,thatyou?Odear,heisGerald.O,Imuchfearheshallbemostbadlyburned.