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Chapter 12
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PATRICE:Socialiste!
DONEMILEPATRIZIOFRANZRUPERTPOPEHENNESSY:(Inmedievalhauberk,twowildgeesevolantonhishelm,withnobleindignationpointsamailedhandagainsttheprivates.)Werfthoseeykestofootboden,biggrandporcosofjohnyellowstodoscoveredofgravy!
BLOOM:(ToStephen.)Comehome.You’llgetintotrouble.
STEPHEN:(Swaying.)Idon’tavoidit.Heprovokesmyintelligence.
BIDDYTHECLAP:Oneimmediatelyobservesthatheisofpatricianlineage.
THEVIRAGO:Greenabovethered,sayshe.WolfeTone.
THEBAWD:Thered’sasgoodasthegreen.Andbetter.Upthesoldiers!UpKingEdward!
AROUGH:(Laughs.)Ay!HandsuptoDeWet.
THECITIZEN:(Withahugeemeraldmufflerandshillelagh,calls.)
MaytheGodabove
Senddownadove
Withteethassharpasrazors
Toslitthethroats
OftheEnglishdogs
ThathangedourIrishleaders.
THECROPPYBOY:(Theropenooseroundhisneck,gripesinhisissuingbowelswithbothhands.)
Ibearnohatetoalivingthing,
ButIlovemycountrybeyondtheking.
RUMBOLD,DEMONBARBER:(Accompaniedbytwoblackmaskedassistants,advanceswithgladstonebagwhichheopens.)Ladiesandgents,cleaverpurchasedbyMrsPearcytoslayMogg.KnifewithwhichVoisindismemberedthewifeofacompatriotandhidremainsinasheetinthecellar,theunfortunatefemale’sthroatbeingcutfromeartoear.PhialcontainingarsenicretrievedfrombodyofMissBarronwhichsentSeddontothegallows.
(Hejerkstherope.Theassistantsleapatthevictim’slegsanddraghimdownward,grunting:thecroppyboy’stongueprotrudesviolently.