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Ulysses

alley. All possess bachelor’s button discovered by Rualdus
Columbus. Tumble her. Columble her. Chameleon. (More
genially) Well then, permit me to draw your attention to

item number three. There is plenty of her visible to the
naked eye. Observe the mass of oxygenated vegetable
matter on her skull. What ho, she bumps! The ugly
duckling of the party, longcasted and deep in keel.
BLOOM: (Regretfully) When you come out without
your gun.
VIRAG: We can do you all brands, mild, medium and
strong. Pay your money, take your choice. How happy
could you be with either ...
BLOOM: With ...?
VIRAG: (His tongue upcurling) Lyum! Look. Her beam
is broad. She is coated with quite a considerable layer of
fat. Obviously mammal in weight of bosom you remark
that she has in front well to the fore two protuberances of
very respectable dimensions, inclined to fall in the
noonday soupplate, while on her rere lower down are two
additional protuberances, suggestive of potent rectum and
tumescent for palpation, which leave nothing to be desired
save compactness. Such fleshy parts are the product of
careful nurture. When coopfattened their livers reach an
elephantine size. Pellets of new bread with fennygreek and

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