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Chapter 12
Demimondainesnicelyhandsomesparklingofdiamondsveryamiablecostumed.Ordoyouarefondbetterwhatbelongstheymodernspleasureturpitudeofoldmans?(HepointsabouthimwithgrotesquegestureswhichLynchandthewhoresreplyto.)Caoutchoucstatuewomanreversibleorlifesizetompeeptomofvirginsnuditiesverylesbicthekissfivetentimes.Enter,gentleman,toseeinmirroreverypositionstrapezesallthatmachinetherebesidesalsoifdesireactawfullybestialbutcher’sboypollutesinwarmvealliveroromletonthebellypiècedeShakespeare.
BELLA:(Clappingherbellysinksbackonthesofa,withashoutoflaughter.)Anomeletteonthe...Ho!ho!ho!ho!...omeletteonthe...
STEPHEN:(Mincingly.)Iloveyou,sirdarling.Speakyouenglishmantonguefordoubleententecordiale.Oyes,monloup.Howmuchcost?Waterloo.Watercloset.(Heceasessuddenlyandholdsupaforefinger.)
BELLA:(Laughing.)Omelette...
THEWHORES:(Laughing.)Encore!Encore!
STEPHEN:Markme.Idreamtofawatermelon.
ZOE:Goabroadandloveaforeignlady.
LYNCH:Acrosstheworldforawife.
FLORRY:Dreamsgoesbycontraries.
STEPHEN:(Extendshisarms.)Itwashere.Streetofharlots.InSerpentineavenueBeelzebubshowedmeher,afubsywidow.Where’stheredcarpetspread?
BLOOM:(ApproachingStephen.)Look...
STEPHEN:No,Iflew.Myfoesbeneathme.Andevershallbe.Worldwithoutend.(Hecries.)Pater!Free!
BLOOM:Isay,look...
STEPHEN:Breakmyspirit,willhe?Omerdealors!(Hecries,hisvulturetalonssharpened.)Hola!Hillyho!
(SimonDedalus’voicehilloesinanswer,somewhatsleepybutready.
