BELLALooksatthemoney，thenatZoe，FlorryandKitty。Doyouwantthreegirls？It’stenshillingshere。
STEPHENDelightedly。Ahundredthousandapologies。Hefumblesagainandtakesoutandhandshertwocrowns。Permit，brevimanu，mysightissomewhattroubled。
BellagoestothetabletocountthemoneywhileStephentalkstohimselfinmonosyllables。Zoeboundsovertothetable。KittyleansoverZoe’sneck。Lynchgetsup，rightshiscapand，claspingKitty’swaist，addshisheadtothegroup。
FLORRYStrivesheavilytorise。Ow！Myfoot’sasleep。Shelimpsovertothetable。Bloomapproaches。
BELLA，ZOE。KITTY，LYNCH，BLOOMChatteringandsquabbling。Thegentleman……tenshillings……payingforthethreeallowmeamoment……thisgentlemanpaysseparatewho’stouchingit？……ow……mindwhoyou’repinching……areyoustayingthenightorashorttime？whodid？……you’realiar，excuseme……thegentlemanpaiddownlikeagentleman……drink……it’slongaftereleven。