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           MayIbringtwomenchumstowitnessthedeedandtakeasnapshot?(Heholdsoutanointmentjar.)Vaseline,sir?Orangeflower...?Lukewarmwater...?

           KITTY:(Fromthesofa.)Tellus,Florry.Tellus.What...

           (Florrywhisperstoher.Whisperinglovewordsmurmur,liplappingloudly,poppysmicplopslop.)

           MINAKENNEDY:(Hereyesupturned.)O,itmustbelikethescentofgeraniumsandlovelypeaches!O,hesimplyidoliseseverybitofher!Stucktogether!Coveredwithkisses!

           LYDIADOUCE:(Hermouthopening.)Yumyum.O,he’scarryingherroundtheroomdoingit!Rideacockhorse.YoucouldheartheminParisandNewYork.Likemouthfulsofstrawberriesandcream.

           KITTY:(Laughing.)Heeheehee.

           BOYLAN’SVOICE:(Sweetly,hoarsely,inthepitofhisstomach.)Ah!Godblazeqrukbrukarchkrasht!

           MARION’SVOICE:(Hoarsely,sweetly,risingtoherthroat.)O!Weeshwashtkissinapooisthnapoohuck?

           BLOOM:(Hiseyeswildlydilated,claspshimself.)Show!Hide!Show!Ploughher!More!Shoot!

           BELLA,ZOE,FLORRY,KITTY:Hoho!Haha!Heehee!

           LYNCH:(Points.)Themirroruptonature.(Helaughs.)Huhuhuhuhu!

           (StephenandBloomgazeinthemirror.ThefaceofWilliamShakespeare,beardless,appearsthere,rigidinfacialparalysis,crownedbythereflectionofthereindeerantleredhatrackinthehall.)

           SHAKESPEARE:(Indignifiedventriloquy.)’Tistheloudlaughbespeaksthevacantmind.(ToBloom.)Thouthoughtestashowthouwastestinvisible.Gaze.(Hecrowswithablackcapon’slaugh.)Iagogo!HowmyOldfellowchokithisThursdaymornun.Iagogogo!

           BLOOM:(Smilesyellowlyatthethreewhores.