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。