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           Thisistheageofpatentmedicines.Adiscussionisdifficultdownhere.Butthisisthepoint.Youdieforyourcountry.Suppose.(HeplaceshisarmonPrivateCarr’ssleeve.)NotthatIwishitforyou.ButIsay:Letmycountrydieforme.Uptothepresentithasdoneso.Ididn’twantittodie.Damndeath.Longlivelife!

           EDWARDTHESEVENTH:(Levitatesoverheapsofslain,inthegarbandwiththehaloofJokingJesus,awhitejujubeinhisphosphorescentface.)

           Mymethodsarenewandarecausingsurprise.

           TomaketheblindseeIthrowdustintheireyes.

           STEPHEN:Kingsandunicorns!(Hefallsbackapace.)Comesomewhereandwe’ll...Whatwasthatgirlsaying?...

           PRIVATECOMPTON:Eh,Harry,givehimakickintheknackers.StickoneintoJerry.

           BLOOM:(Totheprivates,softly.)Hedoesn’tknowwhathe’ssaying.Takenalittlemorethanisgoodforhim.Absinthe.Greeneyedmonster.Iknowhim.He’sagentleman,apoet.It’sallright.

           STEPHEN:(Nods,smilingandlaughing.)Gentleman,patriot,scholarandjudgeofimpostors.

           PRIVATECARR:Idon’tgiveabuggerwhoheis.

           PRIVATECOMPTON:Wedon’tgiveabuggerwhoheis.

           STEPHEN:Iseemtoannoythem.Greenragtoabull.

           (KevinEganofParisinblackSpanishtasselledshirtandpeep-o’-dayboy’shatsignstoStephen.)

           KEVINEGAN:H’lo!Bonjour!Thevieilleogressewiththedentsjaunes.

           (PatriceEganpeepsfrombehind,hisrabbitfacenibblingaquinceleaf.