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Ulysses

angel and house devil. Not fit to be mentioned in mixed
society! The archconspirator of the age!
BLOOM: (To the court) And he, a bachelor, how ...
FIRST WATCH: The King versus Bloom. Call the

woman Driscoll.
THE CRIER: Mary Driscoll, scullerymaid!
(Mary Driscoll, a slipshod servant girl, approaches. She has a
bucket on the crook of her arm and a scouringbrush in her hand.)
SECOND WATCH: Another! Are you of the
unfortunate class?
MARY DRISCOLL: (Indignantly) I’m not a bad one. I
bear a respectable character and was four months in my
last place. I was in a situation, six pounds a year and my
chances with Fridays out and I had to leave owing to his
carryings on.
FIRST WATCH: What do you tax him with?
MARY DRISCOLL: He made a certain suggestion but
I thought more of myself as poor as I am.
BLOOM: (In housejacket of ripplecloth, flannel trousers,
heelless slippers, unshaven, his hair rumpled: softly) I treated
you white. I gave you mementos, smart emerald garters far
above your station. Incautiously I took your part when
you were accused of pilfering. There’s a medium in all
things. Play cricket.

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