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  Charley,Hynessaidwriting。Iknow。HewasontheFreemanonce。

  SohewasbeforehegotthejobinthemorgueunderLouisByrne。Goodideaapostmortemfordoctors。Findoutwhattheyimaginetheyknow。HediedofaTuesday。Gottherun。Levantedwiththecashofafewads。Charley,you’remydarling。Thatwaswhyheaskedmeto。Owell,doesnoharm。I

  sawtothat,M’Coy。Thanks,oldchap:muchobliged。Leavehimunderanobligation:costsnothing。

  Andtellus,Hynessaid,doyouknowthatfellowinthe,fellowwasoverthereinthe。

  Helookedaround。

  Macintosh。Yes,Isawhim,MrBloomsaid。Whereishenow?

  M’Intosh,Hynessaid,scribbling,Idon’tknowwhoheis。Isthathisname?

  Hemovedaway,lookingabouthim。

  No,MrBloombegan,turningandstopping。Isay,Hynes!

  Didn’thear。What?Wherehashedisappearedto?Notasign。Wellofallthe。Hasanybodyhereseen?Kayeedoubleell。Becomeinvisible。GoodLord,whatbecameofhim?

  AseventhgravediggercamebesideMrBloomtotakeupanidlespade。

  O,excuseme!

  Hesteppedasidenimbly。

  Clay,brown,damp,begantobeseeninthehole。Itrose。Nearlyover。

  Amoundofdampclodsrosemore,rose,andthegravediggersrestedtheirspades。Alluncoveredagainforafewinstants。Theboyproppedhiswreathagainstacorner:thebrother-in-lawhisonalump。Thegravediggersputontheircapsandcarriedtheirearthyspadestowardsthebarrow。Thenknockedthebladeslightlyontheturf:clean。Onebenttopluckfromthehaftalongtuftofgrass。One,leavinghismates,walkedslowlyonwithshoulderedweapon,itsbladeblueglancing。Silentlyatthegraveheadanothercoiledthecoffinband。Hisnavelcord。Thebrother-in-law,turningaway,placedsomethinginhisfreehand。Thanksinsilence。Sorry,sir:trouble。

  Headshake。Iknowthat。Foryourselvesjust。

  Themournersmovedawayslowly,withoutaim,bydeviouspaths,stayingawhiletoreadanameonatomb。

  Letusgoroundbythechief’sgrave,Hynessaid。Wehavetime。

  Letus,MrPowersaid。

  Theyturnedtotheright,followingtheirslowthoughts。WithaweMrPower’sblankvoicespoke:

  Somesayheisnotinthatgraveatall。Thatthecoffinwasfilledwithstones。Thatonedayhewillcomeagain。

  Hynesshookhishead。

  Parnellwillnevercomeagain,hesaid。He’sthere,allthatwasmortalofhim。Peacetohisashes。

  MrBloomwalkedunheededalonghisgrovebysaddenedangels,crosses,brokenpillars,familyvaults,stonehopesprayingwithupcasteyes,oldIreland’sheartsandhands。Moresensibletospendthemoneyonsomecharityfortheliving。Prayforthereposeofthesoulof。Doesanybodyreally?

  Planthimandhavedonewithhim。Likedownacoalshoot。Thenlumpthemtogethertosavetime。Allsouls’day。TwentyseventhI’llbeathisgrave。

  Tenshillingsforthegardener。Hekeepsitfreeofweeds。Oldmanhimself。

  Bentdowndoublewithhisshearsclipping。Neardeath’sdoor。Whopassedaway。Whodepartedthislife。Asiftheydiditoftheirownaccord。Gottheshove,allofthem。Whokickedthebucket。Moreinterestingiftheytoldyouwhattheywere。Soandso,wheelwright。Itravelledforcorklino。

  Ipaidfiveshillingsinthepound。Orawoman’swithhersaucepan。IcookedgoodIrishstew。EulogyinacountrychurchyarditoughttobethatpoemofwhoseisitWordsworthorThomasCampbell。Enteredintoresttheprotestantsputit。OldDrMurren’s。Thegreatphysiciancalledhimhome。Wellit’sGod’sacreforthem。Nicecountryresidence。Newlyplasteredandpainted。

  IdealspottohaveaquietsmokeandreadtheChurchTimes。Marriageadstheynevertrytobeautify。Rustywreathshungonknobs,garlandsofbronzefoil。Bettervaluethatforthemoney。Still,theflowersaremorepoetical。Theothergetsrathertiresome,neverwithering。Expressesnothing。

  Immortelles。

  Abirdsattamelyperchedonapoplarbranch。Likestuffed。LiketheweddingpresentaldermanHoopergaveus。Hu!Notabudgeoutofhim。Knowstherearenocatapultstoletflyathim。Deadanimalevensadder。Silly-Millyburyingthelittledeadbirdinthekitchenmatchbox,adaisychainandbitsofbrokenchainiesonthegrave。

  TheSacredHeartthatis:showingit。Heartonhissleeve。

  Oughttobesidewaysandreditshouldbepaintedlikearealheart。

  Irelandwasdedicatedtoitorwhateverthat。Seemsanythingbutpleased。

  Whythisinfliction?Wouldbirdscomethenandpeckliketheboywiththebasketoffruitbuthesaidnobecausetheyoughttohavebeenafraidoftheboy。Apollothatwas。

  Howmany!AllthesehereoncewalkedroundDublin。Faithfuldeparted。

  Asyouarenowsooncewerewe。

  Besideshowcouldyouremembereverybody?Eyes,walk,voice。Well,thevoice,yes:gramophone。Haveagramophoneineverygraveorkeepitinthehouse。AfterdinneronaSunday。PutonpooroldgreatgrandfatherKraahraark!

  Hellohellohelloamawfullygladkraarkawfullygladaseeragainhellohelloamarawfkopthsth。Remindyouofthevoicelikethephotographremindsyouoftheface。Otherwiseyoucouldn’trememberthefaceafterfifteenyears,say。

  Forinstancewho?ForinstancesomefellowthatdiedwhenIwasinWisdomHely’s。

  Rtststr!Arattleofpebbles。Wait。Stop。

  Helookeddownintentlyintoastonecrypt。Someanimal。Wait。Therehegoes。

  Anobesegreyrattoddledalongthesideofthecrypt,movingthepebbles。

  Anoldstager:greatgrandfather:heknowstheropes。Thegreyalivecrusheditselfinundertheplinth,wriggleditselfinunderit。Goodhidingplacefortreasure。

  Wholivesthere?ArelaidtheremainsofRobertEmery。RobertEmmetwasburiedherebytorchlight,wasn’the?Makinghisrounds。

  Tailgonenow。

  Oneofthosechapswouldmakeshortworkofafellow。Pickthebonescleannomatterwhoitwas。Ordinarymeatforthem。Acorpseismeatgonebad。Wellandwhat’scheese?Corpseofmilk。IreadinthatVoyagesinChinathattheChinesesayawhilemansmellslikeacorpse。Cremationbetter。Priestsdeadagainstit。Devillingfortheotherfirm。WholesaleburnersandDutchovendealers。Timeoftheplague。Quicklimefeverpitstoeatthem。Lethalchamber。Ashestoashes。Orburyatsea。WhereisthatParseetowerofsilence?Eatenbybirds。Earth,fire,water。Drowningtheysayisthepleasantest。Seeyourwholelifeinaflash。Butbeingbroughtbacktolifeno。Can’tburyintheairhowever。Outofaflyingmachine。

  Wonderdoesthenewsgoaboutwheneverafreshoneisletdown。Undergroundcommunication。Welearnedthatfromthem。Wouldn’tbesurprised。Regularsquarefeedforthem。Fliescomebeforehe’swelldead。GotwindofDignam。

  Theywouldn’tcareaboutthesmellofit。Saltwhitecrumblingmushofcorpse:

  smell,tastelikerawwhiteturnips。

  Thegatesglimmeredinfront:stillopen。Backtotheworldagain。Enoughofthisplace。Bringsyouabitnearereverytime。LasttimeIwasherewasMrsSinico’sfuneral。Poorpapatoo。Thelovethatkills。AndevenscrapinguptheearthatnightwithalanternlikethatcaseIreadoftogetatfreshburiedfemalesorevenputrefiedwithrunninggravesores。

  Giveyouthecreepsafterabit。Iwillappeartoyouafterdeath。Youwillseemyghostafterdeath。Myghostwillhauntyouafterdeath。Thereisanotherworldafterdeathnamedhell。Idonotlikethatotherworldshewrote。NomoredoI。Plentytoseeandhearandfeelyet。Feellivewarmbeingsnearyou。Letthemsleepintheirmaggotybeds。Theyarenotgoingtogetmethisinnings。Warmbeds:warmfullbloodedlife。

  MartinCunninghamemergedfromasidepath,talkinggravely。

  Solicitor,Ithink。Iknowhisface。Menton。JohnHenry,solicitor,commissionerforoathsandaffidavits。DignamusedtobeInhisoffice。

  MatDillon’slongago。JollyMatconvivialevenings。Coldfowl,cigars,theTantalusglasses。Heartofgoldreally。Yes,Menton。GothisragoutthateveningonthebowlinggreenbecauseIsailedinsidehim。Pureflukeofmine:thebias。Whyhetooksucharooteddisliketome。Hateatfirstsight。MollyandFloeyDillonlinkedunderthelilactree,laughing。Fellowalwayslikethat,mortifiedifwomenareby。

  Gotadingeinthesideofhishat。Carriageprobably。

  Excuseme,sir,MrBloomsaidbesidethem。

  Theystopped。

  Yourhatisalittlecrushed,MrBloomsaid,pointing。

  JohnHenryMentonstaredathimforaninstantwithoutmoving。

  There,MartinCunninghamhelped,pointingalso。

  JohnHenryMentontookoffhishat,bulgedoutthedingeandsmoothedthenapwithcareonhiscoatsleeve。Heclappedthehatonhisheadagain。

  It’sallrightnow,MartinCunninghamsaid。

  JohnHenryMentonjerkedhisheaddowninacknowledgment。

  Thankyou,hesaidshortly。

  Theywalkedontowardsthegates。MrBloom,chapfallen,drewbehindafewpacessoasnottooverhear。Martinlayingdownthelaw。Martincouldwindasappyheadlikethatroundhislittlefingerwithouthisseeingit。

  Oystereyes。Nevermind。Besorryafterperhapswhenitdawnsonhim。

  Getthepulloverhimthatway。

  Thankyou。Howgrandwearethismorning。

  JOYCE:Ulysses,AeolusAeolusIntheHeartoftheHibernianMetropolisBEFORENELSON’SPILLARTRAILSSLOWED,SHUNTED,CHANGEDTROLLEY,startedforBlackrock,KingstownandDalkey,Clonskea,RathgarandTerenure,PalmerstonparkandupperRathmines,SandymountGreen,Rathmines,RingsendandSandymountTower,Harold’sCross。ThehoarseDublinUnitedTramwayCompany’stimekeeperbawledthemoff:

  RathgarandTerenure!

  Comeon,SandymountGreen!

  Rightandleftparallelclangingringingadoubledeckerandasingledeckmovedfromtheirrailheads,swervedtothedownline,glidedparallel。

  Start,Palmerstonpark!TheWeareroftheCrownUndertheporchofthegeneralpostofficeshoeblackscalledandpolished。

  ParkedinNorthPrince’sstreetHisMajesty’svermilionmailcars,bearingontheirsidestheroyalinitials,E。R。,receivedloudlyflungsacksofletters,postcards,lettercards,parcels,insuredandpaid,forlocal,provincial,Britishandoverseasdelivery。GentlemenofthePressGrossbooteddraymenrolledbarrelsdullthuddingoutofPrince’sstoresandbumpedthemuponthebreweryfloat。OnthebreweryfloatbumpeddullthuddingbarrelsrolledbygrossbooteddraymenoutofPrince’sstores。

  ThereitisRedMurraysaid。AlexanderKeyes。

  Justcutitout,willyou?MrBloomsaid,andI’lltakeitroundtotheTelegraphoffice。

  The-doorofRuttledge’sofficecreakedagain。DavyStephens,minuteinalargecapecoat,asmallfelthatcrowninghisringlets,passedoutwitharollofpapersunderhiscape,aking’scourier。

  RedMurray’slongshearsslicedouttheadvertisementfromthenewspaperinfourcleanstrokes。Scissorsandpaste。

  I’llgothroughtheprintingworks,MrBloomsaid,takingthecutsquare。

  Ofcourse,ifhewantsapar,RedMurraysaidearnestly,apenbehindhisear,wecandohimone。

  Right,MrBloomsaidwithanod。I’llrubthatin。We。WilliamBrayden,Esquire,ofOaklands,SandymountRedMurraytouchedMrBloom’sarmwiththeshearsandwhispered:

  Brayden。

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