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Ulysses

Tom Rochford took the top disk from the pile he
clasped against his claret waistcoat.
—See? he said. Say it’s turn six. In here, see. Turn
Now On.

He slid it into the left slot for them. It shot down the
groove, wobbled a while, ceased, ogling them: six.
Lawyers of the past, haughty, pleading, beheld pass
from the consolidated taxing office to Nisi Prius court
Richie Goulding carrying the costbag of Goulding, Collis
and Ward and heard rustling from the admiralty division
of king’s bench to the court of appeal an elderly female
with false teeth smiling incredulously and a black silk skirt
of great amplitude.
—See? he said. See now the last one I put in is over
here: Turns Over. The impact. Leverage, see?
He showed them the rising column of disks on the
right.
—Smart idea, Nosey Flynn said, snuffling. So a fellow
coming in late can see what turn is on and what turns are
over.
—See? Tom Rochford said.
He slid in a disk for himself: and watched it shoot,
wobble, ogle, stop: four. Turn Now On.

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