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Ulysses

BLOOM: There is a memory attached to it. I should
like to have it.
STEPHEN: To have or not to have that is the
question.

ZOE: Here. (She hauls up a reef of her slip, revealing her
bare thigh, and unrolls the potato from the top of her stocking)
Those that hides knows where to find.
BELLA: (Frowns) Here. This isn’t a musical peepshow.
And don’t you smash that piano. Who’s paying here?
(She goes to the pianola. Stephen fumbles in his pocket and,
taking out a banknote by its corner, hands it to her.)
STEPHEN: (With exaggerated politeness) This silken
purse I made out of the sow’s ear of the public. Madam,
excuse me. If you allow me. (He indicates vaguely Lynch and
Bloom) We are all in the same sweepstake, Kinch and
Lynch. Dans ce bordel ou tenons nostre état.
LYNCH: (Calls from the hearth) Dedalus! Give her your
blessing for me.
STEPHEN: (Hands Bella a coin) Gold. She has it.
BELLA: (Looks at the money, then at Stephen, then at Zoe,
Florry and Kitty) Do you want three girls? It’s ten shillings
here.

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