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Chapter 3
Illstarredheresiarch!InaGreekwaterclosethebreathedhislast:euthanasia.Withbeadedmitreandwithcrozier,stalleduponhisthrone,widowerofawidowedsee,withupstiffedomophorion,withclottedhinderparts.
Airsrompedroundhim,nippingandeagerairs.Theyarecoming,waves.Thewhitemanedseahorses,champing,brightwindbridled,thesteedsofMananaan.
Imustn’tforgethisletterforthepress.Andafter?TheShip,halftwelve.Bythewaygoeasywiththatmoneylikeagoodyoungimbecile.Yes,Imust.
Hispaceslackened.Here.AmIgoingtoauntSara’sornot?Myconsubstantialfather’svoice.DidyouseeanythingofyourartistbrotherStephenlately?No?Surehe’snotdowninStrasburgterracewithhisauntSally?Couldn’theflyabithigherthanthat,eh?Andandandandtellus,Stephen,howisuncleSi?O,weepingGod,thethingsImarriedinto!Deboysupindehayloft.Thedrunkenlittlecostdrawerandhisbrother,thecornetplayer.Highlyrespectablegondoliers!AndskeweyedWaltersirringhisfather,noless!Sir.Yes,sir.No,sir.Jesuswept:andnowonder,byChrist!
Ipullthewheezybelloftheirshutteredcottage:andwait.Theytakemeforadun,peeroutfromacoignofvantage.
—It’sStephen,sir.
—Lethimin.LetStephenin.
AboltdrawnbackandWalterwelcomesme.
—Wethoughtyouweresomeoneelse.
InhisbroadbednuncleRichie,pillowedandblanketed,extendsoverthehillockofhiskneesasturdyforearm.Cleanchested.Hehaswashedtheuppermoiety.
—Morrow,nephew.
