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           )Fairplay,here.Makeableedingbutcher’sshopofthebugger.

           (MassedbandsblareGarryowenandGodsavetheKing.)

           CISSYCAFFREY:They’regoingtofight.Forme!

           CUNTYKATE:Thebraveandthefair.

           BIDDYTHECLAP:Methinksyonsableknightwilljoustitwiththebest.

           CUNTYKATE:(Blushingdeeply.)Nay,madam.ThegulesdoubletandmerrysaintGeorgeforme!

           STEPHEN:

           Theharlot’scryfromstreettostreet

           ShallweaveOldIreland’swindingsheet.

           PRIVATECARR:(Looseninghisbelt,shouts.)I’llwringtheneckofanyfuckingbastardsaysawordagainstmybleedingfuckingking.

           BLOOM:(ShakesCissyCaffrey’sshoulders.)Speak,you!Areyoustruckdumb?Youarethelinkbetweennationsandgenerations.Speak,woman,sacredlifegiver!

           CISSYCAFFREY:(Alarmed,seizesPrivateCarr’ssleeve.)Amn’tIwithyou?Amn’tIyourgirl?Cissy’syourgirl.(Shecries.)Police!

           STEPHEN:(Ecstatically,toCissyCaffrey.)

           Whitethyfambles,redthygan

           Andthyquarronsdaintyis.

           VOICES:Police!

           DISTANTVOICES:Dublin’sburning!Dublin’sburning!Onfire,onfire!

           (Brimstonefiresspringup.Densecloudsrollpast.HeavyGatlinggunsboom.Pandemonium.Troopsdeploy.Gallopofhoofs.Artillery.Hoarsecommands.Bellsclang.Backersshout.Drunkardsbawl.Whoresscreech.Foghornshoot.Criesofvalour.Shrieksofdying.Pikesclashoncuirasses.Thievesrobtheslain.Birdsofprey,wingingfromthesea,risingfrommarshlands,swoopingfromeyries,hoverscreaming,gannets,cormorants,vultures,goshawks,climbingwoodcocks,peregrines,merlins,blackgrouse,seaeagles,gulls,albatrosses,barnaclegeese.