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           Allflushed(O!),panting,sweating(O!),allbreathless.

           MarriedtoBloom,togreaseabloom.

           —Osaintsabove!missDoucesaid,sighedaboveherjumpingrose.IwishedIhadn’tlaughedsomuch.Ifeelallwet.

           —O,missDouce!missKennedyprotested.Youhorridthing!

           Andflushedyetmore(youhorrid!),moregoldenly.

           ByCantwell’sofficesrovedGreaseabloom,byCeppi’svirgins,brightoftheiroils.Nannetti’sfatherhawkedthosethingsabout,wheedlingatdoorsasI.Religionpays.Mustseehimforthatpar.Eatfirst.Iwant.Notyet.Atfour,shesaid.Timeeverpassing.Clockhandsturning.On.Whereeat?TheClarence,Dolphin.On.ForRaoul.Eat.IfInetfiveguineaswiththoseads.Thevioletsilkpetticoats.Notyet.Thesweetsofsin.

           Flushedless,stillless,goldenlypaled.

           IntotheirbarstrolledMrDedalus.Chips,pickingchipsoffoneofhisrockythumbnails.Chips.Hestrolled.

           —O,welcomeback,missDouce.

           Heheldherhand.Enjoyedherholidays?

           —Tiptop.

           HehopedshehadniceweatherinRostrevor.

           —Gorgeous,shesaid.LookattheholyshowIam.Lyingoutonthestrandallday.

           Bronzewhiteness.

           —Thatwasexceedinglynaughtyofyou,MrDedalustoldherandpressedherhandindulgently.Temptingpoorsimplemales.

           MissDouceofsatindoucedherarmaway.

           —Ogoaway!shesaid.You’reverysimple,Idon’tthink.

           Hewas.

           —WellnowIam,hemused.IlookedsosimpleinthecradletheychristenedmesimpleSimon.

           —Youmusthavebeenadoaty,missDoucemadeanswer.Andwhatdidthedoctorordertoday?

           —Wellnow,hemused,whateveryousayyourself.