Chapter 7 Aeolus

In the Heart of the Hibernian Metropolis¹
BEFORE NELSON'S PILLAR TRAILS SLOWED, SHUNTED, CHANGED TROLLEY², started for Blackrock, Kingstown and Dalkey, Clonskea, Rathgar and Terenure, Palmerston park and upper Rathmines, Sandymount Green, Rathmines, Ringsend and Sandymount Tower, Harold's Cross. The hoarse⁴ Dublin United Tramway Company's timekeeper bawled⁵ them off:
-- Rathgar and Terenure!

-- Come on, Sandymount Green!

Right and left parallel clanging ringing a doubledecker and a singledeck moved from their railheads, swerved⁶ to the down line, glided⁷ parallel.

-- Start, Palmerston park!

The Wearer of the Crown
Under the porch of the general post office shoeblacks called and polished. Parked in North Prince's street His Majesty's vermilion mailcars, bearing on their sides the royal initials, E. R., received loudly flung sacks of letters, postcards, lettercards, parcels, insured and paid, for local, provincial⁸, British and overseas delivery.
Gentlemen of the Press
Grossbooted draymen rolled barrels dullthudding out of Prince's stores and bumped them up on the brewery⁹ float. On the brewery float bumped dullthudding barrels rolled by grossbooted draymen out of Prince's stores.
-- There it is Red Murray said. Alexander Keyes.

-- Just cut it out, will you? Mr Bloom said, and I'll take it round to the Telegraph office.

The-door of Ruttledge's office creaked again. Davy Stephens, minute in a large capecoat, a small felt hat crowning his ringlets, passed out with a roll of papers under his cape¹⁰, a king's courier.

Red Murray's long shears¹¹ sliced out the advertisement from the newspaper in four clean strokes. Scissors and paste.

-- I'll go through the printing works, Mr Bloom said, taking the cut square.

-- Of course, if he wants a par³, Red Murray said earnestly, a pen behind his ear, we can do him one.

-- Right, Mr Bloom said with a nod. I'll rub that in. We.

William Brayden, Esquire, of Oaklands, Sandymount
Red Murray touched Mr Bloom's arm with the shears and whispered:
-- Brayden.

Mr Bloom turned and saw the liveried porter raise his lettered cap as a stately figure entered between the newsboards of the Weekly Freeman and National Press and the Freeman's Journal and National Press. Dullthudding Guinness's barrels. It passed stately up the staircase steered¹³ by an umbrella, a solemn beardframed face. The broadcloth back ascended¹⁴ each step: back. All his brains are in the nape of his neck, Simon Dedalus says. Welts of flesh behind on him. Fat folds of neck, fat, neck, fat, neck.

-- Don't you think his face is like Our Saviour¹⁵? Red Murray whispered.

The door of Ruttledge's office whispered: ee: cree. They always build one door opposite another for the wind to. Way in. Way out.

Our Saviour: beardframed oval face: talking in the dusk Mary, Martha. Steered by an umbrella sword to the footlights: Mario the tenor¹⁶.

-- Or like Mario, Mr Bloom said.

-- Yes, Red Murray agreed. But Mario was said to be the picture of Our Saviour.

Jesus Mario with rougy cheeks, doublet and spindle legs. Hand on his heart. In Martha.

Co-ome thou lost one,
Co-ome thou dear one.
The Crozier and the Pen
-- His grace phoned down twice this morning, Red Murray said gravely.
They watched the knees, legs, boots vanish. Neck.

A telegram boy stepped in nimbly, threw an envelope on the counter and stepped off posthaste with a word.

-- Freeman!

Mr Bloom said slowly:

-- Well, he is one of our saviours¹⁷ also.

A meek¹⁸ smile accompanied him as he lifted the counterflap, as he passed in through the sidedoor and along the warm dark stairs and passage, along the now reverberating¹⁹ boards. But will he save the circulation? Thumping²¹, thumping.

He pushed in the glass swingdoor and entered, stepping over strewn packing paper. Through a lane of clanking drums he made his way towards Nannetti's reading closet.

With Unfeigned Regret it is we announce the of a most respected Dublin Burgess
Hynes here too: account of the funeral probably. Thumping thump²⁰. This morning the remains²² of the late Mr Patrick Dignam. Machines. Smash a man to atoms if they got him caught. Rule the world today. His machineries are pegging²³ away too. Like these, got out of hand: fermenting²⁴. Working away, tearing away. And that old grey rat tearing to get in.
How a Great Daily Organ is turned out
Mr Bloom halted behind the foreman's spare body, admiring a glossy²⁵ crown.
Strange he never saw his real country. Ireland my country. Member for College green. He boomed that workaday worker tack²⁶ for all it was worth. It's the ads ad side features sell a weekly not the stale news in the official gazette. Queen Anne is dead. Published by authority in the year one thousand and. Demesne²⁷ situate in the townland of Rosenallis, barony of Tinnachinch. To all whom it may concern schedule pursuant to statute²⁹ showing return of number of mules³⁰ and jennets exported from Ballina. Nature notes. Cartoons. Phil Blake's weekly Pat and Bull story. Uncle' Toby's page for tiny tots. Country bumpkin's queries³¹. Dear Mr Editor, what is a good cure for flatulence? I'd like that part. Learn a lot teaching others. The personal note M.A. P. Mainly all pictures. Shapely bathers on golden strand³². World's biggest balloon. Double marriage of sisters celebrated³³. Two bridegrooms laughing heartily³⁴ at each other. Cuprani too, printer. More Irish than the Irish.

The machines clanked in threefour time. Thump, thump, thurap. Now if he got paralysed there and no one knew how to stop them they'd clank on and on the same, print it over and over and up and back. Monkeydoodle the whole thing. Want a cool head.

-- Well, get it into the evening edition, councillor, Hynes said.

Soon be calling him my lord mayor. Long John is backing him they say.

The foreman, without answering, scribbled³⁵ press on a corner of the sheet and made a sign to a typesetter. He handed the sheet silently over the dirty glass screen.

-- Right: thanks, Hynes said moving off.

Mr Bloom stood in his way.

-- If you want to draw the cashier is just going to lunch, he said, pointing backward with his thumb.

-- Did you? Hynes asked.

-- Mm, Mr Bloom said. Look sharp and you'll catch him.

-- Thanks, old man, Hynes said. I'll tap him too.

He hurried on eagerly towards the Freeman's Journal.

Three bob I lent him in Meagher's. Three weeks. Third hint.

We see the Canvasser³⁸ at work
Mr Bloom laid his cutting on Mr Nannetti's desk.
-- Excuse me, councillor, he said. This ad, you see. Keyes, you remember.

Mr Nannetti considered the cutting a while and nodded.

-- He wants it in for July, Mr Bloom said.

He doesn't hear it. Nannan. Iron nerves.

The foreman moved his pencil towards it.

-- But wait, Mr Bloom said. He wants it changed. Keyes, you see. He wants two keys at the top.

Hell of a racket they make. Maybe he understands what I.

The foreman turned round to hear patiently and, lifting an elbow, began to scratch slowly in the armpit of his alpaca jacket.

-- Like that, Mr Bloom said, crossing his forefingers⁴⁰ at the top.

Let him take that in first.

Mr Bloom, glancing sideways up from the cross he had made, saw the foreman's sallow face, think he has a touch of jaundice, and beyond the obedient reels feeding in huge webs of paper. Clank it. Clank it. Miles of it unreeled. What becomes of it after? O, wrap up meat, parcels: various uses, thousand and one things.

Slipping his words deftly⁴¹ into the pauses of the clanking he drew swiftly on the scarred-woodwork.

House of Key(e)s
-- Like that, see. Two crossed keys here. A circle. Then here the name Alexander Keyes, tea, wine and spirit merchant. So on.
Better not teach him his own business.

-- You know yourself, councillor, just what he wants. Then round the top in leaded: the house of keys. You see? Do you think that's a good idea?

The foreman moved his scratching hand to his lower ribs⁴² and scratched there quietly.

-- The idea, Mr Bloom said, is the house of keys. You know, councillor, the Manx parliament. Innuendo⁴³ of home rule. Tourists, you know, from the isle⁴⁴ of Man. Catches the eye, you see. Can you do that?

I could ask him perhaps about how to pronounce that voglio. But then if he didn't know only make it awkward for him. Better not.

-- We can do that, the foreman said. Have you the design?

-- I can get it, Mr Bloom said. It was in a Kilkenny paper. He has a house there too. I'll just run out and ask him. Well, you can do that and just a little par calling attention. You know the usual. High class licensed⁴⁵ premises⁴⁶. Longfelt want. So on.

The foreman thought for an instant.

-- We can do that, he said. Let him give us a three months' renewal⁴⁷.

A typesetter brought him a limp galleypage. He began to check it silently. Mr Bloom stood by, hearing the loud throbs⁴⁸ of cranks, watching the silent typesetters at their cases.

Orthographical⁴⁹
Want to be sure of his spelling. Proof fever. Martin Cunningham forgot to give us his spellingbee conundrum⁵⁰ this morning. It is amusing to view the unpar one ar alleled embarra two ars is it? double ess ment of a harassed⁵¹ pedlar while gauging⁵² au the symmetry of a peeled pear under a cemetery⁵³ wall. Silly, isn't it? Cemetery put in of course on account of the symmetry.
I could have said when he clapped on his topper. Thank you. I ought to have said something about an old hat or something. No, I could have said. Looks as good as new now. See his phizthen.

Sllt. The nethermost⁵⁴ deck of the first machine jogged forwards its flyboard with slit⁵⁵ the first batch⁵⁶ of quirefolded papers. Sllt. Almost human the way it sllt to call attention. Doing its level best to speak. That door too slit creaking, asking to be shut. Everything speaks in its own way. Sllt.

Noted⁵⁷ Churchman an Occasional Contributor
The foreman handed back the galleypage suddenly, saying:
-- Wait. Where's the archbishop's letter? It's to be repeated in the Telegraph. Where's what's his name?

He looked about him round his loud unanswering machines.

-- Monks⁵⁹, sir? a voice asked from the castingbox.

-- Ay. Where's Monks?

-- Monks!

Mr Bloom took up his cutting. Time to get out.

-- Then I'll get the design, Mr Nannetti, he said, and you'll give it a good place I know.

-- Monks!

-- Yes, sir.

Three months' renewal. Want to get some wind off my chest first. Try it anyhow. Rub in August: good idea: horseshow month. Ballsbridge. Tourists over for the show.

A Dayfather
He walked on through the caseroom, passing an old man, bowed, spectacled, aproned. Old Monks, the dayfather. Queer lot of stuff he must have put through his hands in his time: obituary⁶⁰ notices, pubs' ads, speeches, divorce suits, found drowned. Nearing the end of his tether now. Sober serious man with a bit in the savings-bank I'd say. Wife a good cook and washer. Daughter working the machine in the parlour. Plain Jane, no damn nonsense.
And it was the Feast of the Passover
He stayed in his walk to watch a typesetter neatly⁶¹ distributing type. Reads it backwards⁶² first. Quickly he does it. Must require some practice that. mangiD. kcirtaP. Poor papa with his hagadah book, reading backwards with his finger to me. Pessach. Next year in Jerusalem. Dear, O dear! All that long business about that brought us out of the land of Egypt and into the house of bondage⁶³ alleluia. Shema Israel Adonai Elohenu. No, that's the other. Then the twelve brothers, Jacob's sons. And then the lamb and the cat and the dog and the stick and the water and the butcher and then the angel of death kills the butcher and he kills the ox and the dog kills the cat. Sounds a bit silly till you come to look into it well. Justice it means but it's everybody eating everyone else. That's what life is after all. How quickly he does that job. Practice makes perfect. Seems to see with his fingers.
Mr Bloom passed on out of the clanking noises through the gallery on to the landing. Now am I going to tram it out all the way and then catch him out perhaps? Better phone him up first. Number? Same as Citron's house. Twentyeight. Twentyeight double four.

Only once more that soap
He went down the house staircase. Who the deuce scrawled⁶⁴ all over these walls with matches? Looks as if they did it for a bet. Heavy greasy⁶⁵ smell there always is in those works. Lukewarm glue in Thom's next door when I was there.
He took out his handkerchief to dab⁶⁶ his nose. Citronlemon? Ah, the soap I put there. Lose it out of that pocket. Putting back his handkerchief he took out the soap and stowed it away, buttoned into the hip⁶⁸ pocket of his trousers.

What perfume does your wife use? I could go home still: tram: something I forgot. Just to see before dressing⁶⁹. No. Here. No.

A sudden screech⁷⁰ of laughter came from the Evening Telegraph office. Know who that is. What's up? Pop in a minute to phone. Ned Lambert it is.

He entered softly.

Erin, Green Gem⁷¹ of the Silver Sea
-- The ghost walks, professor Macllugh murmured softly, biscuitfully to the dusty windowpane.
Mr Dedalus, staring from the empty fireplace at Ned Lambert's quizzing face, asked of it sourly:

-- Agonising Christ, wouldn't it give you a heartburn on your arse?

Ned Lambert, seated on the table, read on:

-- Or again, note the meanderings of some purling rill as it babbles⁷³ on its way, fanned by gentlest zephyrs⁷⁴ tho' quarrelling with the stony⁷⁵ obstacles, to the tumbling waters of Neptune's blue domain⁷⁶, mid⁷⁷ mossy banks, played on by the glorious sunlight or 'neath the shadows cast o'er its pensive⁷⁸ bosom⁷⁹ by the overarching leafage of the giants of the forest. What about that, Simon? he asked over the fringe of his newspaper. How's that for high?

-- Changing his drink, Mr Dedalus said.

Ned Lambert, laughing, struck the newspaper on his knees, repeating:

-- The pensive bosom and the overarsing leafage. O boys! O boys!

-- And Xenophon looked upon Marathon, Mr Dedalus said, looking again on the fireplace and to the window, and Marathon looked on the sea.

-- That will do, professor MacHugh cried from the window. I don't want to hear any more of the stuff.

He ate off the crescent of water biscuit he had been nibbling⁸⁰ and, hungered, made ready to nibble⁸¹ the biscuit in his other hand.

High falutin stuff. Bladderbags. Ned Lambert is taking a day off I see. Rather upsets a man's day a funeral does. He has influence they say. Old Chatterton, the vice-chancellor, is his granduncle or his greatgranduncle. Close on ninety they say. Subleader for his death written this long time perhaps. Living to spite them. Might go first himself. Johnny, make room for your uncle. The right honourable⁸² Hedges Eyre Chatterton. Daresay he writes him an odd shaky cheque or two on gale⁸³ days. Windfall when he kicks out. Alleluia.

-- Just another spasm⁸⁴, Ned Lambert said.

-- What is it? Mr Bloom asked.

-- A recently discovered fragment of Cicero's, professor MacHugh answered with pomp of tone. Our lovely land.

Short but to the Point
-- Whose land? Mr Bloom said simply.
-- Most pertinent⁸⁵ question, the professor said between his chews. With an accent on the whose.

-- Dan Dawson's land, Mr Dedalus said.

-- Is it his speech last night? Mr Bloom asked.

Ned Lambert nodded.

-- But listen to this, he said.

The doorknob hit Mr Bloom in the small of the back as the door was pushed in.

-- Excuse me, J.J. O'Molloy said, entering.

Mr Bloom moved nimbly aside.

-- I beg yours, he said.

-- Good day, Jack³⁹.

-- Come in. Come in.

-- Good day.

-- How are you, Dedalus?

-- Well. And yourself?

J.J. O'Molloy shook his head.

Sad
Cleverest fellow at the junior bar he used to be. Decline poor chap. That hectic⁸⁶ flush spells finis for a man. Touch and go with him. What's in the wind, I wonder. Money worry.
-- Or again if we but climb the serried⁸⁷ mountain peaks.

-- You're looking extra.

-- Is the editor to be seen? J.J. O'Molloy asked, looking towards the inner door.

-- Very much so, professor MacHugh said. To be seen and heard. He's in his sanctum with Lenehan.

J.J. O'Molloy strolled Jo the sloping desk and began to turn back the pink pages of the file.

Practice dwindling⁸⁸. A mighthavebeen. Losing heart. Gambling⁸⁹. Debts of honour. Reaping the whirlwind. Used to get good retainers from D. and T. Fitzgerald. Their wigs⁹⁰ to show their grey matter. Brains on their sleeve like the statue in Glasnevin. Believe he does some literary work for the Express with Gabriel Conroy. Wellread fellow. Myles Crawford began on the Independent. Funny the way those newspaper men veer⁹¹ about when they get wind of a new opening. Weathercocks. Hot and cold in the same breath. Wouldn't know which to believe. One story good till you hear the next. Go for one another baldheaded in the papers and then all blows over. Hailfellow well met the next moment.

-- Ah, listen to this for God's sake, Ned Lambert pleaded. Or again if we but climb the serried mountain peaks...

-- Bombast⁹²! the professor broke in testily⁹³. Enough of the inflated⁹⁴ windbag⁹⁵!

-- Peaks, Ned Lambert went on, towering high on high, to bathe our souls, as it were...

-- Bathe his lips, Mr Dedalus said. Blessed and eternal God! Yes? Is he taking anything for it?

-- As 'twere, in the peerless panorama⁹⁶ of Ireland's portfolio⁹⁷, unmatched, despite their wellpraised prototypes in other vaunted prize regions, for very beauty, of bosky grove⁹⁸ and undulating plain and luscious⁹⁹ pastureland of vernal green, steeped in the transcendent translucent¹⁰⁰ glow of our mild mysterious Irish twilight¹⁰¹...

His Native Doric
-- The moon, professor MacHugh said. He forgot Hamlet.
-- That mantles¹⁰² the vista¹⁰³ far and wide and wait till the glowing orb¹⁰⁴ of the moon shines forth¹⁰⁵ to irradiate her silver effulgence¹⁰⁶.

-- O! Mr Dedalus cried, giving vent¹⁰⁷ to a hopeless groan¹⁰⁸, shite and onions! That'll do, Ned. Life is too short.

He took off his silk hat and, blowing out impatiently his bushy moustache, welshcombed his hair with raking fingers.

Ned Lambert tossed the newspaper aside, chuckling¹⁰⁹ with delight. An instant after a hoarse bark of laughter burst over professor MacHugh's unshaven black-spectacled face.

-- Doughy¹¹⁰ Daw! he cried.

What Wetherup said
All very fine to jeer¹¹² at it now in cold print but it goes down like hot cake that stuff. He was in the bakery line too wasn't he? Why they call him Doughy Daw. Feathered his nest well anyhow. Daughter engaged to that chap in the inland revenue office with the motor. Hooked that nicely. Entertainments open house. Big blow out. Wetherup always said that. Get a grip of them by the stomach.
The inner door was opened violently and a scarlet¹¹⁴ beaked¹¹⁵ face, crested¹¹⁶ by a comb of feathery hair, thrust itself in. The bold blue eyes stared about them and the harsh voice asked:

-- What is it?

-- And here comes the sham¹¹⁷ squire¹² himself, professor MacHugh said grandly.

-- Getououthat, you bloody¹¹⁸ old pedagogue¹¹⁹! the editor said in recognition.

-- Come, Ned, Mr Dedalus said, putting on his hat. I must get a drink after that.

-- Drink! the editor cried. No drinks served before mass.

-- Quite right too, Mr Dedalus said, going out. Come on, Ned.

Ned Lambert sidled down from the table. The editor's blue eyes roved towards Mr Bloom's face, shadowed by a smile.

-- Will you join us, Myles? Ned Lambert asked.

Memorable¹²⁰ Battles Recalled
-- North Cork¹²¹ militia¹²²! the editor cried, striding to the mantelpiece. We won every time! North Cork and Spanish officers!
-- Where was that, Myles? Ned Lambert asked with a reflective glance at his toecaps.

-- In Ohio! the editor shouted.

-- So it was, begad, Ned Lambert agreed.

Passing out, he whispered to J.J. O'Molloy:

-- Incipient¹²³ jigs¹²⁴. Sad case.

-- Ohio! the editor crowed in high treble from his uplifted scarlet face. My Ohio!

-- A Perfect cretic! the professor said. Long, short and long.

O, Harp³⁷ Eolian
He took a reel of dental floss from his waistcoat pocket and, breaking off a piece, twanged it smartly between two and two of his resonant¹²⁵ unwashed teeth.
-- Bingbang, bangbang.

Mr Bloom, seeing the coast clear, made for the inner door.

-- Just a moment, Mr Crawford, he said. I just want to phone about an ad.

He went in.

-- What about that leader this evening? professor MacHugh asked, coming to the editor and laying a firm hand on his shoulder.

-- That'll be all right, Myles Crawford said more calmly. Never you fret¹²⁶. Hello, Jack. That's all right.

-- Good day, Myles. J.J. O'Molloy said, letting the pages he held slip limply back on the file. Is that Canada swindle case on today?

The telephone whirred inside.

-- Twenty eight... No, twenty... Double four . Yes.

Spot the Winner
Lenehan came out of the inner office with Sports tissues.
-- Who wants a dead cert for the Gold cup? he asked. Sceptre with O. Madden up.

He tossed the tissues on to the table.

Screams of newsboys barefoot in the hall rushed near and the door was flung open.

-- Hush¹²⁷, Lenehan said. I hear feetstoops.

Professor MacHugh strode across the room and seized the cringing¹²⁸ urchin¹²⁹ by the collar as the others scampered¹³⁰ out of the hall and down the steps. The tissues rustled¹³¹ up in the draught¹³², floated softly in the air blue scrawls¹³³ and under the table came to earth.

-- It wasn't me, sir. It was the big fellow shoved me, sir.

-- Throw him out and shut the door, the editor said. There's a hurricane blowing.

Lenehan began to paw the tissues up from the floor, grunting¹³⁴ as he stooped twice.

-- Waiting for the racing¹³⁵ special, sir, the newsboy said. It was Pat Farrel shoved me, sir.

He pointed¹³⁶ to two faces peering in round the door-frame.

-- Him, sir.

-- Out of this with you, professor MacHugh said gruffly.

He hustled¹³⁷ the boy out and banged the door to.

J.J. O'Molloy turned the files crackingly over, murmuring, seeking:

-- Continued on page six, column four.

-- Yes... Evening Telegraph here, Mr Bloom phoned from the inner office. Is the boss... ? Yes, Telegraph... To where?... Aha! Which auction¹³⁸ rooms?... Aha! I see... Right. I'll catch him.

A Collision ensues
The bell whirred again as he rang off. He came in quickly and bumped against Lenehan who was struggling up with the second tissue.
-- Pardon, monsieur, Lenehan said, clutching him for an instant and making a grimace¹³⁹.

-- My fault, Mr Bloom said, suffering his grip. Are you hurt? I'm in a hurry.

-- Knee, Lenehan said.

He made a comic face and whined¹⁴⁰, rubbing his knee.

-- The accumulation of the anno Domini.

-- Sorry, Mr Bloom said.

He went to the door and, holding it ajar, paused. J.J. O'Molloy slapped the heavy pages over. The noise of two shrill¹⁴¹ voices, a mouthorgan, echoed in the bare hallway from the newsboys squatted¹⁴² on the doorsteps:

We are the boys of Wexford
Who fought with heart and hand.
Exit Bloom
-- I'm just running round to Bachelor's walk, Mr Bloom said, about this ad of Keyes's. Want to fix it up. They tell me he's round there in Dillon's.
He looked indecisively for a moment at their faces. The editor who, leaning against the mantelshelf, had propped¹⁴³ his head on his hand suddenly stretched forth an arm amply.

-- Begone! he said. The world is before you.

-- Back in no time, Mr Bloom said, hurrying out.

J.J. O'Molloy took the tissues from Lenehan's hand and read them, blowing them apart gently, without comment.

-- He'll get that advertisement, the professor said, staring through his blackrimmed spectacles over the crossblind. Look at the young scamps after him.

-- Show! Where? Lenehan cried, running to the window.

A Street Cortege
Both smiled over the crossblind at the file of capering¹⁴⁴ newsboys in Mr Bloom's wake, the last zigzagging¹⁴⁵ white on the breeze a mocking kite, a tail of white bowknots.
-- Look at the young guttersnipe behind him hue¹⁴⁷ and cry, Lenehan said, and you'll kick. O, my rib³⁶ risible¹⁴⁸! Taking off his flat spaugs and the walk. Small nines. Steal upon larks¹⁴⁹.

He began to mazurka in swift caricature across the floor on sliding feet past the fireplace to J.J. O'Molloy who placed the tissues in his receiving hands.

-- What's that? Myles Crawford said with a start. Where are the other two gone?

-- Who? the professor said, turning. They're gone round to the Oval for a drink. Paddy Hooper is there with Jack Hall. Came over last night.

-- Come on then, Myles Crawford said. Where's my hat?

He walked jerkily into the office behind, parting the vent of his jacket, jingling¹⁵¹ his keys in his back pocket. They jingled¹⁵² then in the air and against the wood as he locked his desk drawer.

-- He's pretty well on, professor MacHugh said in a low voIce.

-- Seems to be, J.J. O'Molloy said, taking out a cigarette case in murmuring meditation¹⁵⁴, but it is not always as it seems. Who has the most matches?

The Calumet of Peace
He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself. Lenehan promptly¹⁵⁵ struck a match for them and lit their cigarettes in turn. J.J. O'Molloy opened his case again and offered it.
-- Thanky vous, Lenehan said, helping¹⁵⁶ himself.

The editor came from the inner office, a straw hat awry¹⁵⁷ on his brow. He declaimed in song, pointing sternly at professor MacHugh:

'Twas rank and fame that tempted¹⁵⁹ thee,
'Twas empire charmed thy heart.
The professor grinned, locking his long lips.
-- Eh? You bloody old Roman empire? Myles Crawford said.

He took a cigarette from the open case. Lenehan, lighting¹⁶⁰ it for him with quick grace, said:

-- Silence for my brandnew riddle¹⁶¹!

-- Imperium romanum, J.J. O'Molloy said gently. It sounds nobler than British or Brixton. The word reminds one somehow of fat in the fire.

Myles Crawford blew his first puff¹⁶² violently towards the ceiling.

-- That's it, he said. We are the fat. You and I are the fat in the fire. We haven't got the chance of a snowball in hell.

The Grandeur¹⁶³ that was Rome
-- Wait a moment, professor MacHugh said, raising two quiet claws. We mustn't be led away by words, by sounds of words. We think of Rome, imperial, imperious, imperative¹⁶⁴.
He extended elocutionary arms from frayed¹⁶⁵ stained shirtcuffs, pausing:

-- What was their civilisation¹⁶⁶? Vast, I allow: but vile¹⁶⁷. Cloac&Aelig;: sewers¹⁶⁸. The Jews in the wilderness¹⁶⁹ and on the mountaintop said: It is meet to be here. Let us build an altar to Jehovah. The Roman, like the Englishman who follows in his footsteps, brought to every new shore on which he set his foot (on our shore he never set it) only his cloacal obsession¹⁷⁰. He gazed about him in his toga and he said: It is meet to be here. Let us construct a watercloset.

-- Which they accordingly did do, Lenehan said. Our old ancient ancestors, as we read in the first chapter of Guinness's, were partial to the running stream.

-- They were nature's gentlemen, J.J. O'Molloy murmured. But we have also Roman law.

-- And Pontius Pilate is its prophet, professor MacHugh responded.

-- Do you know that story about chief Baron²⁸ Palles? J.J. O'Molloy asked. It was at the royal university dinner. Everything was going swimmingly.

-- First my riddle, Lenehan said. Are you ready?

Mr O'Madden Burke, tall in copious¹⁷¹ grey of Donegal tweed, came in from the hallway. Stephen Dedalus, behind him, uncovered as he entered.

-- Entrez, mes enfants! Lenehan cried.

-- I escort a suppliant¹⁷³, Mr O'Madden Burke said melodiously¹⁷⁴. Youth led by Experience visits Notoriety.

-- How do you do? the editor said, holding out a hand. Come in. Your governor is just gone.

? ? ?
Lenehan said to all:
-- Silence! What opera resembles a railway line? Reflect, ponder, excogitate, reply.

Stephen handed over the typed sheets, pointing to the title and signature.

-- Who? the editor asked.

Bit torn off.

-- Mr Garrett Deasy, Stephen said:

-- That old pelters, the editor said. Who tore it? Was he short taken.

On swift sail flaming
From storm and south
He comes, pale vampire¹⁷⁵,
Mouth to my mouth.
-- Good day, Stephen, the professor said, coming to peer over their shoulders. Foot and mouth? Are you turned... ?
Bullockbefriending bard¹⁷⁶.

Shindy in wellknown Restaurant
-- Good day, sir, Stephen answered, blushing. The letter is not mine. Mr Garrett Deasy asked me to...
-- O, I know him, Myles Crawford said, and knew his wife too. The bloodiest¹⁷⁷ old tartar God ever made. By Jesus, she had the foot and mouth disease and no mistake! The night she threw the soup in the waiter's face in the Star and Garter. Oho!

A woman brought sin into the world. For Helen, the runaway¹⁷⁸ wife of Menelaus, ten years the Greeks. O'Rourke, prince of Breffni.

-- Is he a widower¹⁷⁹? Stephen asked.

-- Ay, a grass one, Myles Crawford said, his eye running down the typescript. Emperor's horses. Habsburg. An Irishman saved his life on the ramparts of Vienna. Don't you forget! Maximilian Karl O'Donnell, graf von Tirconnel in Ireland. Sent his heir over to make the king an Austrian fieldmarshal now. Going to be trouble there one day. Wild geese. O yes, every time. Don't you forget that!

-- The moot¹⁸² point is did he forget it? J.J. O'Molloy said quietly, turning a horseshoe paperweight. Saving princes is a thank you job.

Professor MacHugh turned on him.

-- And if not? he said.

-- I'll tell you how it was, Myles Crawford began. Hungarian it was one day...

Lost Causes Noble Marquess mentioned
We were always loyal to lost causes, the professor said. Success for us is the death of the intellect and of the imagination. We were never loyal to the successful. We serve them. I teach the blatant¹⁸³ Latin language. I speak the tongue of a race the acme¹⁸⁴ of whose mentality¹⁸⁵ is the maxim¹⁸⁰: time is money. Material domination. Dominus! Lord! Where is the spirituality? Lord Jesus! Lord Salisbury. A sofa in a westend club. But the Greek!
Kyrie Eleison!
A smile of light brightened his darkrimmed eyes, lengthened¹⁸⁶ his long lips.
-- The Greek! he said again. Kyrios! Shining word! The vowels¹⁸⁸ the Semite and the Saxon know not. Kyrie! The radiance of the intellect. I ought to profess⁷² Greek, the language of the mind. Kyrie eleison! The closetmaker and the cloacamaker will never be lords of our spirit. We are liege subjects of the catholic chivalry¹⁸⁹ of Europe that foundered¹⁹⁰ at Trafalgar and of the empire of the spirit, not an imperium, that went under with the Athenian fleets at &Aelig;gospotami. Yes, yes. They went under. Pyrrhus, misled by an oracle¹⁹¹, made a last attempt to retrieve¹⁹² the fortunes of Greece. Loyal to a lost cause.

He strode away from them towards the window.

-- They went forth to battle, Mr O'Madden Burke said greyly, but they always fell.

-- Boohoo! Lenehan wept with a little noise. Owing to a brick received in the latter half of the matinée. Poor, poor, poor Pyrrhus!

He whispered then near Stephen's ear:

Lenehan's Limerick
There's a ponderous¹⁹³ pundit¹⁹⁴ MacHugh
Who wears goggles¹⁹⁵ of ebony hue.
As he mostly sees double
To wear them why trouble?
I can't see the Joe Miller¹⁹⁶. Can you?
In mourning for Sallust, Mulligan says. Whose mother is beastly dead.
Myles Crawford crammed¹⁹⁷ the sheets into a sidepocket.

-- That'll be all right, he said. I'll read the rest after. That'll be all right.

Lenehan extended his hands in protest.

-- But my riddle! he said. What opera is like a railway line?

-- Opera? Mr O'Madden Burke's sphinx face reriddled.

Lenehan announced gladly:

-- The Rose of Castille. See the wheeze¹⁹⁸? Rows of cast steel. Gee¹⁸¹!

He poked¹⁹⁹ Mr O'Madden Burke mildly in the spleen. Mr O'Madden Burke fell back with grace on his umbrella, feigning²⁰⁰ a gasp²⁰¹.

-- Help! he sighed. I feel a strong weakness.

Lenehan, rising to tiptoe, fanned his face rapidly with the rustling²⁰² tissues.

The professor, returning by way of the files, swept his hand across Stephen's and Mr O'Madden Burke's loose ties.

-- Paris, past and present, he said. You look like communards.

-- Like fellows who had blown up the bastille, J.J. O'Molloy said in quiet mockery. Or was it you shot the lord lieutenant²⁰³ of Finland between you? You look as though you had done the deed. General Bobrikoff.

Omnium Gatherum
-- We were only thinking about it, Stephen said.
-- All the talents, Myles Crawford said. Law, the classics.

-- The turf, Lenehan put in.

-- Literature, the press.

-- If Bloom were here, the professor said. The gentle art of advertisement.

-- And Madam Bloom, Mr O'Madden Burke added. The vocal²⁰⁴ muse²⁰⁵. Dublin's prime favourite.

Lenehan gave a loud cough.

-- Ahem! he said very softly. O, for a fresh of breath air! I caught a cold in the park. The gate was open.

You can do it!
The editor laid a nervous hand on Stephen's shoulder.
-- I want you to write something for me, he said. Something with a bite in it. You can do it. I see it in your face. In the lexicon²⁰⁶ of youth...

See it in your face. See it in your eye. Lazy idle little schemer.

-- Foot and mouth disease! the editor cried in scornful invective²⁰⁷. Great nationalist meeting in Borris-in-Ossory. All balls! Bulldosing the public! Give them something with a bite in it. Put us all into it, damn its soul. Father Son and Holy Ghost and fakes M'Carthy.

-- We can all supply mental pabulum, Mr O'Madden Burke said.

Stephen raised his eyes to the bold unheeding stare.

-- He wants you for the pressgang, J.J. O'Molloy said.

The Great Gallaher
-- You can do it, Myles Crawford repeated, clenching²⁰⁸ his hand in emphasis. Wait a minute. We'll paralyse Europe as Ignatius Gallaher used to say when he was on the shaughraun, doing billiardmarking in the Clarence. Gallaher, that was a pressman for you. That was a pen. You know how he made his mark? I'll tell you. That was the smartest piece of journalism²⁰⁹ ever known. That was in eightyone, sixth of May, time of the invincibles, murder in the Phoenix²¹⁰ park, before you were born, I suppose. I'll show you.
He pushed past them to the files.

-- Look at here, he said, turning. The New York World cabled for a special. Remember that time?

Professor MacHugh nodded.

-- New York World, the editor said, excitedly pushing back his straw hat. Where it took place. Tim Kelly, or Kavanagh I mean, Joe Brady and the rest of them. Where Skin-the-goat drove the car. Whole route, see?

-- Skin-the-goat, Mr O'Madden Burke said. Fitzharris. He has that cabman's shelter, they say, down there at Butt⁶⁷ bridge. Holohan told me. You know Holohan?

-- Hop⁵⁸ and carry one, is it? Myles Crawford said.

-- And poor Gumley is down there too, so he told me, minding stones for the corporation. A night watchman.

Stephen turned in surprise.

-- Gumley? he said. You don't say so? A friend of my father's, is he?

-- Never mind Gumley, Myles Crawford cried angrily. Let Gumley mind the stones, see they don't run away. Look at here. What did Ignatius Gallaher do? I'll tell you. Inspiration of genius. Cabled right away. Have you Weekly Freeman of 17 March? Right. Have you got that?

He flung back pages of the files and stuck his finger on a point.

-- Take page four, advertisement for Bransome's coffee let us say. Have you got that? Right.

The telephone whirred.

A distant voice
-- I'll answer it, the professor said going.
-- B is parkgate. Good.

His finger leaped and struck point after point, vibrating.

-- T is viceregal lodge²¹¹. C is where murder took place. K is Knockmaroon gate.

The loose flesh of his neck shook like a cock's wattles. An illstarched dicky jutted²¹² up and with a rude gesture he thrust it back into his waistcoat.

-- Hello? Evening Telegraph here... Hello?... Who's there?... Yes... Yes...

-- F to P is the route Skin-the-goat drove the car for an alibi²¹³. Inchicore, Roundtown, Windy Arbour, Palmerston Park, Ranelagh. F. A. B. P. Got that? X is Davy's publichouse in upper Leeson street.

The professor came to the inner door.

-- Bloom is at the telephone, he said.

-- Tell him go to hell, the editor said promptly. X is Burke's publichouse, see?

Clever, Very
Clever, Lenehan said. Very.
-- Gave it to them on a hot plate, Myles Crawford said, the whole bloody history.

Nightmare from which you will never awake.

-- I saw it, the editor said proudly. I was present, Dick Adams, the besthearted bloody Corkman the Lord ever put the breath of life in, and myself.

Lenehan bowed to a shape of air, announcing:

-- Madam, I'm Adam. And Able was I ere I saw Elba.

-- History! Myles Crawford cried. The Old Woman of Prince's street was there first. There was weeping and gnashing of teeth over that. Out of an advertisement. Gregor Grey made the design for it. That gave him the leg up. Then Paddy Hooper worked Tay Pay who took him on to the Star. Now he's got in with Blumenfeld. That's press. That's talent. Pyatt! He was all their daddies.

-- The father of scare journalism, Lenehan confirmed, and the brother-in-law of Chris Callinan.

-- Hello?... Are you there?... Yes, he's here still. Come across yourself.

-- Where do you find a pressman like that now, eh? the editor cried. He flung the pages down.

-- Clamn dever, Lenehan said to Mr O'Madden Burke.

-- Very smart, Mr O'Madden Burke said.

Professor MacHugh came from the inner office.

-- Talking about the invincibles, he said, did you see that some hawkers were up before the recorder...

-- O yes, J.J. O'Molloy said eagerly. Lady Dudley was walking home through the park to see all the trees that were blown down by that cyclone²¹⁴ last year and thought she'd buy a view of Dublin. And it turned out to be a commemoration postcard of Joe Brady or Number One or Skin-the-goat. Right outside the viceregal lodge, imagine!

-- They're only in the hook and eye department, Myles Crawford said. Psha! Press and the bar! Where have you a man now at the bar like those fellows, like Whiteside, like Isaac Butt, like silvertongued O'Hagan? Eh? Ah, bloody nonsense! Only in the halfpenny place!

His mouth continued to twitch²¹⁵ unspeaking in nervous curls of disdain²¹⁶.

Would anyone wish that mouth for her kiss? How do you know? Why did you write it then?

Rhymes and Reasons
Mouth, south. Is the mouth south someway? Or the south a mouth? Must be some. South, pout²¹⁷, out, shout, drouth. Rhymes: two men dressed the same, looking the same, two by two.
... la tua pace
... che parlar ti piace
... mentrechè il vento, come fa, si tace.
He saw them three by three, approaching girls, in green, in rose, in russet, entwining, per l'aer perso in mauve, in purple, quella pacifica oriafiamma, in gold of oriflamme, di rimirar fe piu ardenti. But I old men, penitent²¹⁸, leadenfooted, underdarkneath the night: mouth south: tomb womb.
-- Speak up for yourself, Mr O'Madden Burke said.

Sufficient for the Day...
J.J. O'Molloy, smiling palely, took up the gage¹¹³.
-- My dear Myles, he said, flinging his cigarette aside, you put a false construction on my words. I hold no brief, as at present advised, for the third profession qua profession but your Cork legs are running away with you. Why not bring in Henry Grattan and Flood and Demosthenes and Edmund Burke? Ignatius Gallaher we all know and his Chapelizod boss, Harmsworth of the farthing press, and his American cousin of the Bowery gutter¹⁴⁶ sheet not to mention Paddy Kelly's Budget, Pue's Occurrences and our watchful²¹⁹ friend The Skibereen Eagle. Why bring in a master of forensic²²⁰ eloquence²²¹ like Whiteside? Sufficient for the day is the newspaper thereof.

Links with Bygone Days of Yore
Grattan and Flood wrote for this very paper, the editor cried in his face. Irish volunteers. Where are you now? Established 1763. Dr Lucas. Who have you now like John Philpot Curran? Psha!
-- Well, J.J. O'Molloy said, Bushe K. C., for example.

-- Bushe? the editor said. Well, yes. Bushe, yes. He has a strain of it in his blood. Kendal Bushe or I mean Seymour Bushe.

-- He would have been on the bench long ago, the professor said, only for... But no matter.

J.J. O'Molloy turned to Stephen and said quietly and slowly:

-- One of the most polished periods I think I ever listened to in my life fell from the lips of Seymour Bushe. It was in that case of fratricide, the Childs murder case. Bushe defended him.

And in the porches of mine ear did pour.
By the way how did he find that out? He died in his sleep. Or the other story, beast with two backs?
-- What was that? the professor asked.

Italia, Magistra Artium
-- He spoke²²² on the law of evidence, J.J. O'Molloy said, of Roman justice as contrasted with the earlier Mosaic²²³ code, the lex talionis. And he cited the Moses of Michelangelo in the Vatican.
-- Ha.

-- A few wellchosen words, Lenehan prefaced. Silence!

Pause. J.J. O'Molloy took out his cigarette case. False lull²²⁴. Something quite ordinary.

Messenger took out his matchbox thoughtfully and lit his cigar.

I have often thought since on looking back over that strange time that it was that small act, trivial in itself, that striking of that match, that determined²²⁵ the whole aftercourse of both our lives.

A Polished Period
J.J. O'Molloy resumed, moulding his words:
-- He said of it: that stony effigy²²⁶ in frozen music, horned and terrible, of the human form divine, that eternal symbol of wisdom and prophecy which if aught that the imagination or the hand of sculptor²²⁷ has wrought²²⁸ in marble of soultransfigured and of soultransfiguring deserves to live, deserves to live.

His slim hand with a wave graced echo and fall.

-- Fine! Myles Crawford said at once.

-- The divine afflatus²²⁹, Mr O'Madden Burke said.

-- You like it? J.J. O'Molloy asked Stephen.

Stephen, his blood wooed by grace of language and gesture, blushed. He took a cigarette from the case. J.J. O'Molloy offered his case to Myles Crawford. Lenehan lit their cigarettes as before and took his trophy²³⁰, saying:

-- Muchibus thankibus.

A Man of High Morale²³¹
-- Professor Magennis was speaking to me about you, J.J. O'Molloy said to Stephen. What do you think really of that hermetic crowd, the opal hush poets: A. E. the master mystic? That Blavatsky woman started it. She was a nice old bag of tricks. A. E. has been telling some yankee interviewer that you came to him in the small hours of the morning to ask him about planes of consciousness. Magennis thinks you must have been pulling A. E.'s leg. He is a man of the very highest morale, Magennis.
Speaking about me. What did he say? What did he say? What did he say about me? Don't ask.

-- No, thanks, professor MacHugh said, waving the cigarette case aside. Wait a moment. Let me say one thing. The finest display of oratory²³² I ever heard was a speech made by John F. Taylor at the college historical society. Mr Justice Fitzgibbon, the present lord justice of appeal, had spoken and the paper under debate was an essay (new for those days), advocating the revival²³⁴ of the Irish tongue.

He turned towards Myles Crawford and said:

-- You know Gerald Fitzgibbon. Then you can imagine the style of his discourse²³⁵.

-- He is sitting with Tim Healy, J.J. O'Molloy said, rumour²³⁶ has it, on the Trinity college estates commission.

-- He is sitting with a sweet thing in a child's frock, Myles Crawford said. Go on. Well?

-- It was the speech, mark you, the professor said, of a finished orator²³³, full of courteous²³⁷ haughtiness²³⁸ and pouring in chastened diction, I will not say the vials of his wrath²³⁹ but pouring the proud man's contumely upon the new movement. It was then a new movement. We were weak, therefore worthless.

He closed his long thin lips an instant but, eager to be on, raised an outspanned hand to his spectacles and, with trembling thumb and ringfinger touching²⁴⁰ lightly the black rims²⁴¹, steadied them to a new focus.

Impromptu²⁴²
In ferial tone he addressed J.J. O'Molloy:
-- Taylor had come there, you must know, from a sick bed. That he had prepared his speech I do not believe for there was not even one shorthandwriter in the hall. His dark lean face had a growth of shaggy beard round it. He wore a loose neckcloth and altogether he looked (though he was not) a dying man.

His gaze turned at once but slowly from J.J. O'Molloy's towards Stephen's face and then bent²⁴³ at once to the ground, seeking. His unglazed linen²⁴⁴ collar appeared behind his bent head, soiled by his withering²⁴⁵ hair. Still seeking, he said:

-- When Fitzgibbon's speech had ended John F. Taylor rose to reply. Briefly²⁴⁶, as well as I can bring them to mind, his words were these.

He raised his head firmly. His eyes bethought themselves once more. Witless shellfish swam in the gross lenses to and fro, seeking outlet²⁴⁷.

He began:

-- Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: Great was my admiration²⁴⁸ in listening to the remarks addressed to the youth of Ireland a moment since by my learned friend. It seemed to me that I had been transported into a country far away from this country, into an age remote from this age, that I stood in ancient Egypt and that I was listening to the speech of some highpriest of that land addressed to the youthful Moses.

His listeners held their cigarettes poised²⁴⁹ to hear, their smoke ascending²⁵⁰ in frail²⁵¹ stalks that flowered with his speech. And let our crooked²⁵² smokes. Noble words coming. Look out. Could you try your hand at it yourself?

-- And it seemed to me that I heard the voice of that Egyptian highpriest raised in a tone of like haughtiness and like pride. I heard his words and their meaning was revealed to me.

From the Fathers
It was revealed to me that those things are good which yet are corrupted²⁵³ which neither if they were supremely²⁵⁴ good nor unless they were good could be corrupted. Ah, curse you! That's saint Augustine.
-- Why will you jews not accept our culture, our religion and our language? You are a tribe of nomad²⁵⁵ herdsmen; we are a mighty²⁵⁶ people. You have no cities nor no wealth: our cities are hives of humanity and our galleys²⁵⁷, trireme and quadrireme, laden²⁵⁸ with all manner merchandise furrow²⁵⁹ the waters of the known globe. You have but emerged from primitive²⁶⁰ conditions: we have a literature, a priesthood, an agelong history and a polity.

Nile.

Child, man, effigy.

By the Nilebank the babemaries kneel, cradle of bulrushes: a man supple²⁶¹ in combat: stonehorned, stonebearded, heart of stone.

-- You pray to a local and obscure idol²⁶²: our temples, majestic²⁶³ and mysterious, are the abodes²⁶⁴ of Isis and Osiris, of Horus and Ammon Ra. Yours serfdom, awe¹⁵³ and humbleness²⁶⁵: ours thunder and the seas. Israel is weak and few are her children: Egypt is an host and terrible are her arms. Vagrants²⁶⁶ and daylabourers are you called: the world trembles at our name.

A dumb belch²⁶⁷ of hunger cleft²⁶⁸ his speech. He lifted his voice above it boldly:

-- But, ladies and gentlemen, had the youthful Moses listened to and accepted that view of life, had he bowed his head and bowed his will and bowed his spirit before that arrogant²⁶⁹ admonition he would never have brought the chosen people out of their house of bondage nor followed the pillar of the cloud by day. He would never have spoken with the Eternal amid lightnings on Sinai's mountaintop nor ever have come down with the light of inspiration shining in his countenance²⁷⁰ and bearing in his arms the tables of the law, graven in the language of the outlaw²⁷¹.

He ceased and looked at them, enjoying silence.

Ominous²⁷² - for Him!
J.J. O'Molloy said not without regret:
-- And yet he died without having entered the land of promise.

-- A sudden - at - the - moment - though - from - lingering - illness - often - previously²⁷³ - expectorated - demise²⁷⁴, Lenehan said. And with a great future behind him.

The troop of bare feet was heard rushing along the hallway and pattering up the staircase.

-- That is oratory, the professor said, uncontradicted.

Gone with the wind. Hosts at Mullaghmast and Tara of the kings. Miles of ears of porches. The tribune's words howled and scattered²⁷⁵ to the four winds. A people sheltered within his voice. Dead noise. Akasic records of all that ever anywhere wherever was. Love and laud²⁷⁶ him: me no more

I have money.

-- Gentlemen, Stephen said. As the next motion on the agenda paper may I suggest that the house do now adjourn²⁷⁷?

-- You take my breath away. It is not perchance a French compliment? Mr O'Madden Burke asked. 'Tis the hour, methinks, when the winejug, metaphorically²⁷⁸ speaking, is most grateful in Ye ancient hostelry.

-- That it be and hereby is resolutely²⁷⁹ resolved. All who are in favour say ay, Lenehan announced. The contrary no. I declare it carried. To which particular boosing shed?... My casting vote is: Mooney's!

He led the way, admonishing²⁸⁰:

-- We will sternly refuse to partake of strong waters, will we not? Yes, we will not. By no manner of means.

Mr O'Madden Burke, following close, said with an ally's lunge of his umbrella:

-- Lay on, Macduff!

-- Chip of the old block! the editor cried, slapping Stephen on the shoulder. Let us go. Where are those blasted keys?

He fumbled²⁸¹ in his pocket, pulling out the crushed typesheets.

-- Foot and mouth. I know. That'll be all right. That'll go

in. Where are they? That's all right.

He thrust the sheets back and went into the inner office.

Let Us Hope
J.J. O'Molloy, about to follow him in, said quietly to Stephen:
-- I hope you will live to see it published. Myles, one moment.

He went into the inner office, closing the door behind him.

-- Come along, Stephen, the professor said. That is fine, isn't it? It has the prophetic vision. Fuit Ilium! The sack of windy Troy. Kingdoms of this world. The masters of the Mediterranean²⁸² are fellaheen today.

The first newsboy came pattering down the stairs at their heels and rushed out into the street, yelling:

-- Racing special!

Dublin. I have much, much to learn.

They turned to the left along Abbey street.

-- I have a vision too, Stephen said.

-- Yes, the professor said, skipping to get into step. Crawford will follow.

Another newsboy shot past them, yelling as he ran:

-- Racing special!

Dear Dirty Dublin
Dubliners.
-- Two Dublin vestals, Stephen said, elderly and pious¹⁷², have lived fifty and fiftythree years in Fumbally's lane.

-- Where is that? the professor asked.

-- Off Blackpitts.

Damp night reeking²⁸³ of hungry dough¹¹¹. Against the wall. Face glistening²⁸⁴ tallow under her fustian²⁸⁵ shawl. Frantic²⁸⁶ hearts. Akasic records. Quicker, darlint!

On now. Dare it. Let there be life.

-- They want to see the views of Dublin from the top of Nelson's pillar. They save up three and tenpence in a red tin letterbox moneybox. They shake out the threepenny bits and a sixpence and coax²⁸⁷ out the pennies with the blade of a knife. Two and three in silver and one and seven in coppers²⁸⁸. They put on their bonnets²⁸⁹ and best clothes and take their umbrellas for fear it may come on to rain.

-- Wise virgins²⁹¹, professor MacHugh said.

Life on the Raw
-- They buy one and fourpenceworth of brawn²⁹² and four slices of panloaf at the north city dining rooms in Marlborough street from Miss Kate Collins, proprietress... They purchase-our and twenty ripe plums from a girl at the foot of Nelson's pillar to take off the thirst of the brawn. They give two threepenny bits to the gentleman at the turnstile and begin to waddle²⁹³ slowly up the winding²⁹⁴ staircase, grunting, encouraging each other, afraid of the dark, panting, one asking the other have you the brawn, praising God and the Blessed Virgin²⁹⁰, threatening to come down, peeping at the airslits. Glory be to God. They had no idea it was that high.
Their names are Anne Kearns and Florence MacCabe. Anne Kearns has the lumbago for which she rubs on Lourdes water given her by a lady who got a bottleful from a passionist father. Florence MacCabe takes a crubeen and a bottle of double X for supper every Saturday.

-- Antithesis²⁹⁵, the professor said, nodding twice. Vestal virgins. I can see them. What's keeping our friend?

He turned.

A bevy²⁹⁶ of scampering²⁹⁷ newsboys rushed down the steps, scampering in all directions, yelling, their white papers fluttering. Hard after them Myles Crawford appeared on the steps, his hat aureoling his scarlet face, talking with J.J. O'Molloy.

-- Come along, the professor cried, waving his arm.

He set off again to walk by Stephen's side.

Return of Bloom
-- Yes, he said. I see them.
-- Mr Bloom, breathless, caught in a whirl of wild newsboys near the offices of the Irish Catholic and Dublin Penny Journal, called:

-- Mr Crawford! A moment!

-- Telegraph! Racing special!

-- What is it? Myles Crawford said, falling back a pace. A newsboy cried in Mr Bloom's face:

-- Terrible tragedy in Rathmines! A child bit by a bellows²⁹⁸!

Interview with the Editor
Just this ad, Mr Bloom said, pushing through towards the steps, puffing²⁹⁹, and taking the cutting from his pocket. I spoke with Mr Keyes just now. He'll give a renewal for two months, he says. After he'll see. But he wants a par to call attention in the Telegraph too, the Saturday pink. And he wants it if it's not too late I told councillor Nannetti from the Kilkenny People. I can have access to it in the national library. House of keys, don't you see? His name is Keyes. It's a play on the name. But he practically promised he'd give the renewal. But he wants just a little puff. What will I tell him, Mr Crawford?
K. M. A.
Will you tell him he can kiss my arse? Myles Crawford said, throwing out his arm for emphasis. Tell him that straight from the stable.
A bit nervy. Look out for squalls. All off for a drink. Arm in arm. Lenehan's yachting cap on the cadge³⁰⁰ beyond. Usual blarney. Wonder is that young Dedalus the moving spirit. Has a good pair of boots on him today. Last time I saw him he had his heels on view. Been walking in muck somewhere. Careless chap. What was he doing in Irishtown?

-- Well, Mr Bloom said, his eyes returning, if I can get the design I suppose it's worth a short par. He'd give the ad I think. I'll tell him...

-- He can kiss my royal Irish arse, Myles Crawford cried loudly over his shoulder. Any time he likes, tell him.

While Mr Bloom stood weighing the point and about to smile he strode on jerkily.

Raising the Wind
-- Nulla bona, Jack, he said, raising his hand to his chin. I'm up to here. I've been through the hoop¹⁵⁰ myself. I was looking for a fellow to back a bill for me no later than last week. You must take the will for the deed. Sorry, Jack. With a heart and a half if I could raise the wind anyhow.
J. J. O'Molloy pulled a long face and walked on silently. They caught up on the others and walked abreast³⁰¹.

-- When they have eaten the brawn and the bread and wiped their twenty fingers in the paper the beard was wrapped in, they go nearer to the railings.

-- Something for you, the professor explained to Myles Crawford. Two old Dublin women on the top of Nelson's pillar.

Some Column! - That's What Waddler³⁰² One Said
-- That's new, Myles Crawford said. That's copy. Out for the waxies' Dargle. Two old trickies, what?
-- But they are afraid the pillar will fall, Stephen went on. They see the roofs and argue about where the different churches are: Rathmines' blue dome³⁰³, Adam and Eve's, saint Laurence O'Toole's. But it makes them giddy to look so they pull up their skirts...

Those Slightly Rambunctious³⁰⁴ Females
-- Easy all, Myles Crawford said, no poetic³⁰⁵ licence. We're in the archdiocese here.
-- And settle down on their striped petticoats, peering up at the statue of the onehandled adulterer.

-- Onehandled adulterer! the professor cried. I like that. I see the idea. I see what you mean.

Dames³⁰⁶ Donate Dublin's Cits Speedpills Velocitous Aeroliths, Belief
-- It gives them a crick in their necks, Stephen said, and they are too tired to look up or down or to speak. They put the bag of plums between them and eat the plums out of it one after another, wiping off with their handkerchiefs the plumjuice that dribbles³⁰⁷ out of their mouths and spitting the plumstones slowly out between the railings.
He gave a sudden loud young laugh as a close. Lenehan and Mr O'Madden Burke, hearing, turned, beckoned³⁰⁸ and led on across towards Mooney's.

-- Finished? Myles Crawford said. So long as they do no worse.

Sophist Wallops Haughty³⁰⁹ Helen Square on Proboscis³¹⁰. Spartans³¹¹ Gnash Molars. Ithacans Vow¹⁸⁷ Pen is Champ
-- You remind me of Antisthenes, the professor said, a disciple³¹² of Gorgias, the sophist. It is said of him that none could tell if he were bitterer against others or against himself. He was the son of a noble and a bondwoman. And he wrote a book in which he took away the palm of beauty from Argive Helen and handed it to poor Penelope.
Poor Penelope. Penelope Rich.

They made ready to cross O'Connell street.

Hello There, Central!
At various points along the eight lines tramcars with motionless trolleys³¹³ stood in their tracks, bound for or from Rathmines, Rathfarnham, Blackrock, Kingstown and Dalkey, Sandymount Green, Ringsend and Sandymount Tower, Donnybrook, Palmerston Park and Upper Rathmines, all still, becalmed in short circuit. Hackney cars, cabs, delivery waggons³¹⁴, mail-vans, private broughams, aerated³¹⁵ mineral water floats with rattling³¹⁶ crates³¹⁷ of bottles, rattled³¹⁸, lolled, horsedrawn, rapidly.
What? - and Likewise - Where?
-- But what do you call it? Myles Crawford asked. Where did they get the plums?
Virgilian, Says Pedagogue. Sophomore³¹⁹ Plumps for Old Man Moses
-- Call it, wait, the professor said, opening his long lips wide to reflect. Call it, let me see. Call it: deus nobis hc otia fecit.
-- No, Stephen said, I call it A Pisgah Sight of Palestine or the Parable³²⁰ of the Plums.

-- I see, the professor said.

He laughed richly.

-- I see, he said again with new pleasure. Moses and the promised land. We gave him that idea, he added to J. J. O'Molloy.

Horatio is Cynosure³²¹ this Fair June Day
J. J. O'Molloy sent a weary sidelong glance cowards the statue and held his peace.
-- I see, the professor said.

He halted on sir John Gray's pavement island and peered aloft at Nelson through the meshes³²² of his wry¹⁵⁸ smile.

Diminished Digits³²³ Prove Too Titillating³²⁴ for Frisky³²⁵ Frumps. Anne Wimbles, Flo Wangles - Yet Can You Blame Them?
-- Onehandled adulterer, he said grimly. That tickles³²⁶ me I must say. -- Tickled³²⁷ the old ones too, Myles Crawford said, if the God Almighty's truth was known.


在希勃尼亚[1]首都中心一辆辆电车在纳尔逊纪念柱前减慢了速度，转入岔轨，调换触轮， 重新发车，驶往黑岩、国王镇和多基、克朗斯基亚、拉思加尔和特勒努尔、帕默斯顿公园、上拉思曼斯、沙丘草地、拉思曼斯、林森德和沙丘塔以及哈罗德十字路口。都柏林市联合电车公司那个嗓音嘶哑的调度员咆哮着把电车撵走：

“开到拉思加尔和特勒努尔去!”

“下一辆开往沙丘草地!”

右边是双层电车，左边是辆单层电车。车身咣咣地晃悠着，铃铛丁零零地响着，一辆辆地分别从轨道终点发车，各自拐进下行线，并排驶去。

“开往帕默斯顿公园的，发车!

王冠佩带者

中央邮局的门廊下，擦皮鞋的边吆喝着边擦。亲王北街上是一溜儿朱红色王室邮车，车帮上标着今上御称的首字E·R·[2]。成袋成袋的挂号以及贴了邮票的函件、明信片、邮筒和邮包，都乒啷乓啷地被扔上了车，不是寄往本市或外埠，就是寄往英国本土或外国的。

新闻界人士

穿粗笨靴子的马车夫从亲王货栈[3]里推出酒桶，滚在地上发出钝重的响声，又哐噹哐噹码在啤酒厂的平台货车上。由穿粗笨靴子的马车夫从亲王货栈里推滚出来的酒桶，在啤酒厂的货车上发出一片钝重的咕咚咕咚声。

“在这儿哪，”红穆雷[4]说，“亚历山大·凯斯。”

“请你给剪下来，好吗?”布卢姆先生说，“我把它送到电讯报报馆去。”

拉特利奇的办公室的门嘎地又响了一声。小个子戴维·斯蒂芬斯[5]严严实实地披着一件大斗篷，鬈发上是一顶小毡帽，斗篷下抱着一卷报纸，摆出一副国王信使的架势踱了出去。

红穆雷利利索索地用长剪刀将广告从报纸上铰了下来。剪刀和浆糊。

“我到印刷车间去一趟，”布卢姆先生拿着铰下来的广告说。

“好哇，要是他需要一块补白的话，”红穆雷将钢笔往耳朵上一夹，热切地说，“我们想法安排一下吧。”

“好的，”布卢姆先生点点头说，“我去说说看。”

我们。

沙丘奥克兰兹的

威廉·布雷登[6]阁下

红穆雷用那把大剪刀碰了碰布卢姆先生的胳膊，悄悄地说：

“布雷登。”

布卢姆先生回过头去，看见穿着制服的司阍摘了摘他那顶印有字母的帽子。这当儿，一个仪表堂堂的人[7]从《自由人周刊·国民新闻》和《自由人报·国民新闻》的两排阅报栏之间走过来。发出钝重响声的吉尼斯啤酒[8]桶。他用雨伞开路，庄重地踏上楼梯，长满络腮胡子的脸上是一派严肃神色。他那穿着高级绒面呢上衣的脊背，一步步地往上升。脊背。西蒙·迪达勒斯说，他的脑子全都长在后颈里头了。他背后隆起一棱棱的肉。脖颈上，脂肪起着褶皱。脂肪，脖子，脂肪，脖子。

“你不觉得他长得像咱们的救世主吗?”红穆雷悄悄地说。

拉特利奇那间办公室的门吱吜吜地低声响着。为了通风起见，他们总是把两扇门安得对开着。一进一出。

咱们的救世主。周围镶着络腮胡子的鸭蛋脸，在暮色苍茫中说着话儿。玛丽和玛尔塔。男高音歌手马里奥[9]用剑一般的雨伞探路，来到脚光跟前。

“要么就像马里奥，”布卢姆先生说。

“对，”红穆雷表示同意，“然而人家说，马里奥活脱儿就像咱们的救世主哩。”

红脸蛋的耶稣·马里奥穿着紧身上衣，两条腿又细又长。他把一只手按在胸前，在歌剧《玛尔塔》[10]中演唱着：

回来吧，迷失的你，

回来吧，亲爱的你![11]

牧杖与钢笔

“主教大人今儿早晨来过两次电话，”[12]红穆雪板着面孔说。 他们望着那膝盖、小腿、靴子依次消失。脖子。

一个送电报的少年脚步轻盈地踅进来，往柜台上扔下一封电报，只打了声招呼就匆匆地走了，

“《自由人报》!”

布卢姆先生慢条斯理地说：

“喏，他也是咱们的救世主之一。”

他掀起柜台的活板，穿过一扇侧门，并沿着暖和而昏暗的楼梯和过道走去，还经过如今正回荡着噪音的一个个车间，一路脸上泛着柔和的微笑。然而，难道他挽救得了发行额下跌的局面吗?咣噹噹。咣噹噹。

他推开玻璃旋转门，走了进去，迈过散布在地上的包装纸，穿过一道轮转机铿锵作响的甬路，走向南尼蒂[13]的校对室。

海因斯也在这里，也许是来结讣告的账吧。咣噹噹。咣噹。

讣告

一位至为可敬的都柏林市民仙逝

谨由衷地表示哀悼

今天早晨，已故帕特里克·迪格纳穆先生的遗体。机器。倘若被卷了进去，就会碾成齑粉。如今支配着整个世界。他[14]这部机器也起劲地开动着。就像这些机器一样，控制不住了，一片混乱。一个劲儿地干着，沸腾着。又像那只拼命要钻进去的灰色老鼠。

一份伟大的日报是怎样编印出来的

布卢姆先生在工长瘦削的身子后面停下脚步来，欣赏着他那贼亮的秃脑瓢儿。

奇怪的是他从未见过真正的祖国。爱尔兰啊，我的祖国。学院草地的议员。他竭力以普通一工人的身份，使报纸兴旺起来。[15]周刊全靠广告和各种专栏来增加销数，并非靠官方公报[16]发布的那些陈旧新闻。诸如一千XX年政府发行的官报。安妮女王驾崩[17]等等。罗森纳利斯镇区的地产，廷纳欣奇男爵领地[18]。有关人士注意:根据官方统计从巴利纳出口的骡子与母驴的数目一览表[19]。园艺琐记[20]。漫画[21]。菲尔·布莱克在周刊上连载的《帕特和布尔》的故事。托比大叔为小娃娃开辟的专页。乡下佬问讯栏。亲爱的编辑先生，有没有治肚胀的灵丹妙剂?编这一栏倒不赖，一边教人，一边也学到很多东西。人间花絮。《人物》[22]。大多是照片[23]。黄金海岸上，丽人们穿着泳装婷婷玉立。世界上最大的氢气球。一对姐妹同时举行婚礼，双喜临门。两位新郎脸对着脸，开怀大笑。其中一个就是排字工人卡普拉尼[24]，比爱尔兰人还更富于爱尔兰气质。

机器以四分之三拍开动着。咣噹，咣噹，咣噹。倘若他在那儿突然中了风，谁都不晓得该怎样关机器，那它就会照样开动下去，一遍遍地反反复复印刷，整个儿弄得一塌糊涂。可真得要一副冷静的头脑。

“喏，请把这排在晚报的版面上，参议员先生，”海因斯说。

过不久就会称他作市长大人[25]啦。据说，高个儿约翰[26]是他的后台。

工长没有答话。他只在纸角上潦潦草草地写上“付排”二字，并对排字工人打了个手势。他一声不响地从肮脏的玻璃隔板上面把稿纸递过去。

“好，谢谢啦，”海因斯边说边走开。

布卢姆先生挡住了他的去路。

“假若你想领钱，出纳员可正要去吃午饭哪，”他说着，翘起大拇指朝后指了指。

“你领了吗?”海因斯问。

“唔，”布卢姆先生说，“赶快去，还来得及。”

“谢谢，老伙计，”海因斯说，“我也去领。”

他急切地朝《自由人报》编辑部奔去。

我曾在弥尔酒店里借给他三先令。已经过了三个星期。这是第三回提醒他了。

我们看见广告兜揽员在工作

布卢姆先生将剪报放在南尼蒂先生的写字台上。

“打扰您一下，参议员，”他说，“这条广告是凯斯的，您还记得吗?”

南尼蒂对着那则广告沉吟片刻，点了点头。

“他希望七月里登出来，”布卢姆先生说。

工长把铅笔朝剪报移动。

“等一等，”布卢姆先生说，“他想改动一下。您知道，凯斯，他想在上端再添两把钥匙。”

这噪音真讨厌。他听不见啊，南南。得有钢铁般的神经才行。兴许他能理解我的意思。

工长掉过身来，好耐着性子去倾听。他举起一只胳膊肘，开始慢慢地挠他身上那件羊驼呢夹克的腋窝底下。

“就像这个样子，”布卢姆先生在剪报上端交叉起两个食指比划着。

让他首先领会这一点。布卢姆先生从他用指头交叉成的十字上斜望过去，只见工长脸色灰黄，暗自思量他大概有点儿病。那边，恭顺的大卷筒在往轮转机里输送大卷大卷的印刷用纸。铿锵锵、铿锵锵地闹腾吧。那纸要是打开来，总得有好几英里长。印完之后呢?哦，包肉啦，打包裹啦，足能派上一千零一种用场。

每逢噪音间歇的当儿，他就乖巧地插上一言半语，并在遍体斑痕的木桌上，麻利地面起图样。

钥匙议院[27]

“您瞧，是这样的，这儿有两把十字交叉的钥匙[28]。再加上个圈儿，字号写在这儿：亚历山大·凯斯，茶叶、葡萄酒及烈酒商什么的。”

对他的业务，最好不要去多嘴多舌。

“参议员，您自己晓得他的要求。然后在上端，把钥匙议院这几个铅字排成个圆圈。您明白吧?您不觉得这是个好主意吗?”

工长把挠个不停的手移到下肋部，又悄悄地挠着那儿。

“这个主意，”布卢姆先生说，“是从钥匙议院得来的。您晓得，参议员，是曼克斯议会。这暗示着自治。从曼岛会引来游客的，您瞧，会引人注目的。您能办得到吗?”

也许我可以问问他“voglio”[29]这个字该怎样发音。可要是他不晓得，那只不过是把他弄得很尴尬而已。还是不要问为好。

“我们能办到，”工长说，“你有图案吗?”

“我可以弄来，”布卢姆先生说，“基尔肯尼的一家报纸上登过。他在那儿也开了一家店。我跑一趟去问问他就是了。喏，您可以那么办，再附上一小段，引起注意就成了。您知道通常的写法是：‘店内经特许供应高级酒类，以满足顾客多时的愿望’什么的。”

工长沉吟了片刻。

“我们能办到，”他说，“每隔三个月让他跟我们续订一次合同吧。”

这时，一个排字工人给他送来一份软塌塌的毛样。他一声不响地开始校对。布卢姆先生站在他身边，听着机器发出的震响，望着那些在活字分格盘旁一声不响地操作着的排字工人。

缀字校正

他自己非拼写得准确无讹不可。校对热。今天早晨马丁·坎宁翰忘记给我们出他那个拼写比赛的难题了。“看一个焦虑不安的行商在墓地的墙下，测量一只削了皮的梨有多么匀称所感到的无比困惑，是饶有趣味的。”[30]有些莫名其妙，对不?把“墓地”一词加进去，当然是为了“匀称”。[31]

当他戴上那顶大礼帽时，我本该说声谢谢。我应该扯一扯旧帽子什么的。可不，我本来可以这么说：“看上去还跟新的一样哩。”倒想看看他脸上会有什么反应。

吱。第一部印刷机那最下面的平台把拨纸器吱的一声推了出来，上面托着第一撂对折的报纸。它就这样吱的一声来引起注意，差不多像个活人了。它竭尽全力来说着话。连那扇门也吱吱响着，在招呼人把它关上。每样东西都用各自的方式说话。吱。

著名的神职人员

不定期的撰稿者

工长突如其来地把毛样递过来说：

“等一下。大主教的信在哪儿呢?还得在{电讯报}上重登一遍。那个叫什么名字来着的人在哪儿?”

他朝周围那一部部只顾轰鸣却毫无反响的机器望了望。

“先生，是蒙克斯吗?”铸宇间一个声音问道。

“嗯。蒙克斯在哪儿?”

“蒙克斯！”

布卢姆先生拿起他那份剪报。该走了。

“那么，我把图案弄来，南尼蒂先生，”他说，“我知道你准会给它安排个好位置。”

“蒙克斯！”[33]

“哦，先生。”

每隔三个月，续订一次合同。我先得去吸口新鲜空气。好歹试试看吧。八月见报吧。是个好主意：在巴尔斯布里奇举办马匹 展示会[32]的月份。旅游者会前来参加展示会的。

排字房的老领班

穿过排字房时，他从一个戴眼镜、系了围裙的驼背老人身边走过。那就是排字房的老领班蒙克斯。他这辈子想必亲手排了许多五花八门的消息：讣告、酒店广告、讲演、离婚诉讼、打捞到溺死者。如今，快要走到生命尽头了。我敢说，这是个处世稳重、一丝不苟的人，银行里多少总有些积蓄。老婆做得一手好菜，衣服洗得干净。闺女在客厅里踩着缝纫机。相貌平庸的简，从不惹是生非。

逾越节[34]到了

他停下脚步，望着一个排字工人利利索索地分字模。先得倒过来读。他读起来快得很。这功夫是练出来的。穆纳格迪·克里特怕。可怜的爸爸曾经拿着{哈加达}书[35]，用手指倒指着念给我听。逾越节[36]。明年在耶路撒冷。 唷，哎呀!经过漫长的岁月，吃尽了苦头。我们终于被领出埃及的士地，进入了为奴之家[37]。哈利路亚[38]。以色列人哪，你们要留心听!上主是我们的上帝。[39]不，那是另一档子事。还有那十二个弟兄，雅各的儿子们[40]再就是羔羊[41]、猫、狗、杖[42]、水[43]和屠夫。然后，死亡的天使杀了屠夫，屠夫杀了公牛，狗杀了猫[44]。乍一听好像有点儿莫名其妙，其实再探究一下就会明白，这意味着正义：大家都在相互你吃我，我吃你。这毕竟就是人生。这活儿他干得多快啊。熟能生巧。他像在用指头读着原稿似的。

布卢姆先生从那咣噹咣噹的噪音中踱出，穿过走廊，来到楼梯平台。现在我打算一路搭电车前往。也许能找到他吧。不如先给他挂个电话。号码呢?跟西特伦家的门牌号码一样：二八。二八四四。

只再挪一次，那块肥皂

他走下露天的楼梯。是哪个讨厌鬼用火柴在墙上乱涂一气?看上去仿佛是为了打赌而干的。这些厂房里总是弥漫着浓烈的油脂气味。当我呆在汤姆[45]隔壁的时候，就老是闻到这种温吞吞的鳔胶气味。

他掏出手绢来搌了搌鼻孔。香橼柠檬?啊，我还在那儿放了块肥皂呢。在那个兜儿里会弄丢的。他放回手绢时取出肥皂，然后把它塞进裤后兜，扣上钮扣。

你太太使用哪一种香水?我还来得及乘电车回家一趟。借口说忘了点儿东西。在她换衣服之前，瞧上一眼。不。这儿。不。

抽冷子从《电讯晚报》的编辑部里传出一阵刺耳的尖笑声。我知道那是谁。怎么啦?溜进去一会儿，打个电话吧。那是内德·兰伯特。

他踅了进去。

爱琳[46]，银海上的绿宝石

“幽灵走来了，”[47]麦克休教授嘴里塞满饼干，朝那积着尘埃的窗玻璃低声咕依。

迪达勒斯先生从空洞洞的壁炉旁朝内德·兰伯特那张泛着冷笑的脸望去，尖酸地问：

“真够呛，这会不会使你的屁股感到烟薰火燎呢?”

内德·兰伯特坐在桌子上，继续读下去：

“再则，请注意那打着漩涡蜿蜒曲折地哗哗淌去的泪泪溪流与拦住去路的岩石搏斗，在习习西风轻拂下，冲向海神所支配的波涛汹涌的蔚蓝领国;沿途，水面上荡漾着灿烂的阳光，两边的堤岸爬满青苔，森林中的巨树那架成拱形的繁叶[48]，将荫影投射于溪流那忧郁多思的胸脯上。怎么样，西蒙?”他从报纸的上端望着问，“挺出色吧?”

“他调着样儿喝酒，”迪达勒斯先生说。

内德·兰伯特边笑边用报纸拍着自己的膝盖，重复着：

“忧郁多思的胸脯和蒙在屁股上的繁叶。真够绝的了!”

“色诺芬[49]俯瞰马拉松[50]，”迪达勒斯先生说，他又瞧了瞧壁炉和窗户，“马拉松濒临大海。[51]”

“行啦，”麦克休教授从窗旁人声说，“我再也不想听那套啦。”

他把啃成月牙形的薄脆饼干吃掉，还觉得饿，正准备再去啃拿在另一只手里的饼干。

咬文嚼字的玩艺儿。吹牛皮，空空洞洞。依我看，内德·兰伯特准备请一天假。每逢举行葬礼，这一天就整个儿被打乱了。人家说，他有势力。大学副校长——老查特顿[52]是他的伯祖父或曾伯祖父。据说眼看就九旬了。也许报馆为这位副校长的噩耗所写的短评老早就准备好了。他简直就是为了刁难他们才活得这么长。说不定他自己倒会先死哩。约翰尼，替你伯父让路吧[53]。赫奇斯·艾尔·查特顿阁下。每逢该交租金的日子，老人就用他那颤巍巍的手给他签上一两张字迹古怪的支票。老人一旦踹了腿，他就可以发一笔横财。哈利路亚。

“又一阵发作吧，”内德·兰伯特说。

“什么呀?”布卢姆先生说。

“新近发现的西塞罗[54]断简残篇，”麦克休教授煞有介事地回答说，“《我们美丽的国土》。”

简单然而扼要

“谁的国土?”布卢姆先生简捷地问。

“问得再中肯不过了，”教授边咀嚼着边说，“并且在‘谁的’上加重了语气。”

“丹·道森[55]的国土，”迪达勒斯先生说。

“指的是他昨天晚上的演说吗?”布卢姆先生问。

内德·兰伯特点了点头。

“且听听这个，”他说。

这当儿，门被推开了，球形的门把手碰着了布卢姆先生的腰部。

“对不起，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊边走进来边说。

布卢姆先生敏捷地往旁边一闪。

“不客气，”他说。

“你好，杰克。”

“请进，请进。”

“你好。”

“你好吗，迪达勒斯?”

“蛮好。你呢?”

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊摇了摇头。

伤 心

在年轻一辈的律师中间他曾经是最精明强干的一位。如今患了肺病，可怜的伙计。从他脸上那病态的潮红看，这个人已经病入膏肓，随时都可能一命呜呼。究竟是怎么回事？为金钱发愁吧。

“或者，倘若我们攀登重岩叠嶂的峰巅。”

“你的气色异常地好。”

“能见见主编吗?”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊边往里屋瞅边问。

“当然可以，”麦克休教授说，“可以见他并且谈谈。他正在自己屋里跟利内翰[56]在一起。”

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊踱到办公室里那张斜面写字台前，从后往前翻看着用浅粉色纸印刷的报纸合订本。

本来或许可以有所成就的，可是业务荒疏了，灰心丧气，贪起赌来。弄得债台高筑。播下风，收割的是暴风。[57]过去，狄·与托·菲茨杰拉德[58]事务所常常付给他优厚的预约辩护费。他们是为了显示智力而戴假发的。就像是坐落于葛拉斯涅文的竖像似的，炫耀着自己的头脑。他想必是跟加布里埃尔·康罗伊一道为《快报》[59]撰写一些文章。此人博学。迈尔斯·克劳福德是以在《独立报》[60]上写文章起家的。那些报人只要一听说哪儿有空子可钻，马上就见风使舵，煞是可笑。风信鸡。嘴里一会儿吹热气，一会儿又吹冷风![61]不知道该相信哪个好了。听到第二个故事之前，觉得头一个也蛮好。在报上彼此猛烈地开笔仗，然后一切都被淡忘。一转眼就又握手言欢。

“喂，请你们务必听听吧，”内德·兰伯特央求说。“或者，倘若我们攀登重岩叠嶂的峰巅……”

“言过其实!”教授暴躁地插嘴说，“这种夸夸其谈的空话己经听够啦!”

内德·兰伯特继续读下去：

“峰巅，巍然耸立。我们的灵魂恍若沫浴于……”

“还不如沫浴一下他的嘴巴呢，”迪达勒斯先生说，“永恒的上帝，难道他还能从中得到些报酬吗?”

“沫浴于爱尔兰全景那无与伦比的风光中。论美，尽管在其他以秀丽见称的宝地也能找到被人广为称颂的典型，然而我们温柔、神秘的爱尔兰在黄昏中那无可比拟的半透明光辉，照耀着郁郁葱葱的森林，绵延起伏的田野，和煦芬芳的绿色牧场。所有这些，真是举世无双的……”

“月亮，”麦克休教授说，“他忘记了《哈姆莱特》[62]。”

他家乡的土话

黄昏辽远而广阔地笼罩着这片景色，直到月亮那皎洁的球体喷薄欲出，闪烁出它那银色的光辉……

“哦!”迪达勒斯先生绝望地呻吟着，大声说，“狗屁不值!足够啦，内德，人一生时光有限啊!”

他摘下大礼帽，不耐烦地吹着他那浓密的口髭，把手指扎煞开来，活像一把威尔士梳子[63]梳理着头发。

内德·兰伯特把报纸甩到一旁，高兴地暗自笑着。过了一会儿，麦克休教授那架着黑框眼镜、胡子拉碴的脸上，也漾起刺耳的哄笑。

“夹生面包·大傻瓜[64]!”他大声说。

韦瑟厄普[65]如是说

此文如今白纸黑字己经印了出来，自然尽可以挖苦它一通，可是这类货色就像刚出锅的热饼一样脍炙人口哩。他干过面包糕点这一行，对吧?所以大家才管他叫作“夹生面包·大傻瓜”。反正他也己经赚足了。闺女跟内地税务署的那个拥有小轿车的家伙订了婚。乖巧地让他上了钩，还大张宴席，应酬款待。韦瑟厄普一向说：用酒肉把他们置于掌心。

里屋的门猛地开了，一张有着鹰钩鼻子的红脸膛伸了进来，头上是一撮羽毛似的头发，活像个鸡冠。一双蓝色、盛气凌人的眼睛环视着他们，并且粗声粗气地问：

“什么事?”

“冒牌乡绅[66]亲自光临!”麦克休教授堂哉皇哉地说。

“去你的吧，你这该死的老教书匠!”主编说，算是跟他打了招呼。

“来，内德，”迪达勒浙先生边戴帽子边说，“这事完了之后[67]，我非得去喝上一盅不可啦。”

“喝酒!”主编大声说，“望完弥撒之前，什么也别想喝。”

“说得蛮对，”迪达勒斯先生说着就往外走，“来呀，内德。”

内德·兰伯特贴着桌边哧溜了下来。主编的一双蓝眼睛朝着布卢姆先生那张隐隐含着一丝笑意的脸上瞟去。

“你也跟我们一道来吗，迈尔斯?”内德·兰伯特问。

回顾难忘的战役

“北科克义勇军！”主编跨着大步走到壁炉台跟前，大声嚷着，“咱们连战连胜!北科克和西班牙军官们!”

“是在哪儿呀，迈尔斯?”内德·兰伯特若有所思地望着自己的鞋尖问。

“在俄亥俄!”主编吼道。

“可不是嘛，没错儿，”内德·兰伯特表示同意。 ·

他一面往外走，一面跟杰·杰·奥莫洛伊打耳喳说：

“酒精中毒，真可悲。”

“俄亥俄!”主编仰起红脸膛儿，用尖锐的最高音嚷道，“我的俄亥俄[68]!”

“地地道道的扬抑扬音步!”教授说，“长，短，长。”

哦，风鸣琴[69]!

他从背心兜里掏出一卷清除牙缝的拉线[70]，扯下一截，灵巧地用它在那未刷过的两对牙齿之间奏出声来：

“乒乓，乒乓。"”

布卢姆先生看见时机正好，就走向里屋。

“借光，克劳福德先生，”他说，“为了一件广告的事，我想打个电话。”

他走了进去。

“今天晚上那篇社论怎么样?”麦克休教授问。他走到主编前，一只手牢牢地按在他的肩头。

“那样就行啦。”迈尔斯·克劳福德较为平静地说，“喂，杰克，不用着急。那样就可以啦。”

“你好，迈尔斯，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊说，他手一松，合订本的几页报纸就又软塌塌地滑回去了， “加拿大诈骗案[71]今出登来了吗?”

里屋电话铃在丁零零响着。

“二八……不，二0……四四……对。”

看准赢家

利内翰拿着《体育》[72]的毛样从里面的办公室走了出来。

“谁想知道哪匹马准能得金杯奖?”他问，“就是奥马登所骑的那匹“权杖”。”

他把毛样朝桌上一掼。

打赤脚沿着过道跑来的报童的尖叫声忽然挨近了，门猛地被推开。

“安静点儿，”利内翰说，“我听到脚步声啦。”

麦克休教授跨大步走过去，一把拽住那个战战兢兢的少年的脖领，旁的孩子们赶紧沿着过道往外逃，冲下楼梯。那些毛样被穿堂风刮得沙沙响，蓝色的潦草字迹在空中飘荡，然后落到桌子底下。

“不是我，先生。是我背后那个大个子猛推了我一下，先生。”

“把他赶出去，关上门，”主编说， “正在刮台风哪。”

利内翰开始从地板上抓起毛样，两次蹲下去时全嘟嘟嚷嚷的。

“我们在等赛马特辑哪，先生，”报童说，“帕特·法雷尔猛推了我一把，先生。”

他指了指从门框后面窥伺着的两张脸。

“就是他，先生。”

“快给我滚，”麦克休教授粗暴地说。

他把少年胡乱搡出去，砰的一声关上了门。

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊沙沙地翻着那合订本，边咕哝边查找：

“下接第六页第四栏。”

“对，这里是《电讯晚报》，”布卢姆先生在里间办公室里打着电话，“老板呢?……是的，《电讯》 ……到哪儿去啦?澳!哪家拍卖行?……啊!我明白啦。好的，我一定能找到他。”

接着是一次相撞

他刚挂上电话，那铃又丁零一声响了。他赶忙走进外屋，恰好跟又一次捡起毛样正在直起腰来的利内翰撞了个满怀。

“对不起，先生[73]，”利内翰说，他紧紧抓了布卢姆先生一把，做了个鬼脸。

“都怪我，”布卢姆先生说，他听任对方抓住自己。“没伤着你吗?都怪我太急啦。”

“我的膝盖，”利内翰说。

他做出一副滑稽相，边揉着膝盖边哼哼卿卿地说：

“年岁[74]不饶人啊。”

“对不起，”布卢姆先生说。

他走到门边，把门推开一半，又停下来了。杰·杰·奥莫洛伊还在翻看着那沉甸甸的纸页。两个蹲在大门外台阶上的报童发出的尖声喊叫和一只口琴吹奏出的音响，在空洞洞的过道里回荡着：

我们是韦克斯福德的男子汉，

凭着胆量和双臂酣战。[75]

布卢姆退场

“我要跑一趟巴切勒步道，”布卢姆先生说，“张罗一下凯斯这则广告。想把它定下来。听说他正在狄龙拍卖行那儿哪。”

他望着他们的脸，迟疑了片刻。主编一手支着头，倚着壁炉架，突然将一只臂往前一伸。

“走吧!”他说，“世界在你前面呢。”[76]

“一会儿就回来，”布卢姆边说边匆匆往外走。

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊从利内翰手里接过毛样来读。他轻轻地把它们一页页地吹开，不加评论。

“他准能拉到那宗广告，”他透过黑框眼镜，从半截儿窗帘上端眺望着说，“瞧，那帮小无赖跟在他后面呢。”

“在哪儿?让我瞧瞧。”利内翰边说，边朝窗口跑去。

街头行列

他们两个人面泛微笑，从半截儿窗帘上端眺望那些跳跳蹦蹦地尾随着布卢姆先生的报童们。最后一个少年在和风中放着一只尾巴由一串白色蝴蝶结组成的风筝，像是嘲弄一般在东倒西歪地摆来摆去。

“瞧，那群流浪儿跟在他后面大喊大叫，”利内翰说，“真逗!快把人笑死了。喔，肋骨都笑拧了!学他那扁平足的走法。耍着各种小把戏，乖巧得连云雀都逮得着。”

他以矫捷而滑稽的玛祖卡舞步从壁炉前滑过，来到杰·杰·奥莫洛伊跟前。奥莫洛伊把毛样递到他那摊开来的手里。

“怎么啦?”迈尔斯·克劳福德吃惊地说，“另外两位哪儿去啦?”

“谁?”教授转过身来说，“他们到椭圆酒家[77]喝点儿什么去了。帕迪·胡珀[78]和杰克·霍尔[79]也在那儿。是昨天晚上来的。”

“那就走吧，”迈尔斯·克劳福德说，“我的帽子呢?”

他趔趔趄趄地走进后面的办公室，撩起背心后面的衩口，玎玲噹啷地从后兜里掏出钥匙。钥匙又在半空中响了一下，当他锁书桌抽屉时，它们碰在木桌上又响了。

“他的病情不轻哪，”麦克休教授低声说。

“看来是这样，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊说。他掏出个香烟盒，若有所思地念叨着，“然而也未必如此。谁的火柴最多?”

和平的旱烟袋[80]

他敬一支烟给教授，自己也拿了一支。利内翰赶紧划了根火柴，依次为他们点燃了香烟。杰·杰·奥莫洛伊又打开烟盒来让。

“谢谢你[81]”利内翰说着，拿了一支。

主编从里面的办公室走了出来，草帽歪戴在额头上。他凛然地指着麦克休教授，背诵了两句歌词：

地位名声将你蛊惑，

使你醉心的是帝国[82]。

教授那长嘴唇抿得紧紧的，嘻笑着。

“呃?你这暴戾的老罗马帝国?”迈尔斯·克劳福德说。

他从开着盖儿的烟盒里取了一支香烟。利内翰立刻殷勤地为他点上，并且说：

“静一静，听听我这崭新的谜语!”

“罗马帝国[83]呗。”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊安详地说，“听上去要比不列颠的或布里克斯顿[84]文雅一些。这个词儿不知怎地使人想到火里的脂肪。”

迈尔斯·克劳福德噗的一声猛地朝天花板喷出第一口烟。

“对呀，”他说，“咱们是脂肪。你和我就是火星的脂肪。咱们的处境甚至还不如地狱里的雪球呢。”

罗马往昔的辉煌[85]

“且慢，”麦克休教授从从容容地举起瘦削得像爪子一样的两只手说，“咱们可不能被词藻，被词藻的音调牵着鼻子走。咱们心目中的罗马是帝国的，专制的，专横的[86]。”

稍顿了顿，他又以雄辩家的派头，摊开那双从又脏又破的衬衫袖口里伸出的胳膊：

“他们的文明是什么?我承认它是庞大的，然而是粗鄙的。厕所[87]。下水道。犹太人在荒野里以及山顶上说，‘这是个适当的地 方，我们为耶和华筑一座圣坛吧。’罗马人，正如跟他亦步亦趋的英格兰人一样，每当踏上新岸(他从未踏上过我们的岸边)，就一味地执着于修厕所。身穿宽大长袍的他，四下里打量了一下，然后说，‘这是个适当的地方，我们装个抽水马桶吧。’”

“他们这么说，也就这么做了，”利内翰说，“据《吉尼斯》第一章[88]咱们古老的祖先对流水曾有过偏爱。”

“他们生来就是绅士，”杰·杰、奥莫洛伊咕依道，然而，咱们也有·《罗马法》[89]。”

“而庞修斯·彼拉多[90]那部法典的先知，”麦克休教授回答说。

“你晓得税务法庭庭长帕利斯[91]那档子事吗?”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊问；“ “那是在王家大学[92]的宴会上。一切都进行得顺顺当当

“先听我的谜语吧，”利内翰说， “你们准备好了吗?”

身着宽松的多尼格尔[93]灰色花呢衣服、个子高高的奥马登·伯克[94]先生从过道里走了进来。斯蒂芬·迪达勒斯跟在他后面，边进屋边摘下帽子。

“请进，小伙子们!”[95]利内翰大声说。

“我是前来护送一个求情者的，”奥马登·伯克先生悦耳的声调说，“这位青年在饱有经验者的引导下，来拜访一名声名狼藉者了。”

“你好吗?”主编说着，伸出一只手来， “请进。你家老爷子刚走。”

? ? ?

利内翰对大家说：

“静一静!哪一出歌剧跟铁路线相似?考虑，沉思，默想，解决了再回答我。”

斯蒂芬一面把打字信稿递过去，一面指着标题和署名。

“谁?”主编问。

撕掉了一个角儿。

“加勒特·迪希先生，”斯蒂芬说。

“又是那个矫情鬼，”主编说，“这是谁撕的?他忽然想解手了吗?”

扬起火焰般的帆，

从南方的风暴中乘快船，

他来了，苍白的吸血鬼，

跟我嘴对嘴地亲吻。[96]

“你好，斯蒂芬，”教授说，他凑过来，隔着他们的肩膀望去，“口蹄疫?你改行了吗?……”

阉牛之友派“大诗人”[97]呐。

在一家著名餐馆里闹起的纠纷

“您好，先生，”斯蒂芬涨红了脸回答说，“这封信不是我写的。加勒特·迪希先生托我……”

“哦，我认识他，”迈尔斯·克劳福德说，“我也认识他老婆。 是个举世无双的凶悍老泼妇。天哪，她淮是害上了口蹄疫!那天晚上，她在‘金星嘉德’饭店里，把一盆汤全泼到侍者脸上啦。哎呀!”

一个女人把罪恶带到人世间。为了墨涅拉俄斯那个跟人私奔了的妻子海伦，希腊人竟足足打了十年仗。布雷夫尼大公奥鲁尔克。[98]

“他是个鳏夫吗?”斯蒂芬问。

“啊，跟老婆分居着哪，”迈尔斯·克劳福德边浏览着打字信稿边说。“御用马群。哈布斯堡[99]。一个爱尔兰人在维也纳的城堡跟前救了皇帝一命。可不要忘记!爱尔兰的封蒂尔柯涅尔伯爵马克西米连·卡尔·奥唐奈。[100]为了封国王作奥地利陆军元帅，而今把他的嗣子派了来。[101]那儿迟早总有一天会出事。‘野鹅’[102]。啊，是的，每一次都是这样。可不要忘记这一点!”

“关键在于他忘没忘记，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊把马蹄形的镇纸翻了个过儿，安详地说，“拯救了王侯，也不过赢得一声道谢而已。”

麦克休教授朝他转过身来。

“不然的话呢?”他说。

“我把事情的来龙去脉说一说吧，”迈尔斯·克劳福德开口说，“有一天，一个匈牙利人[103]……”

失 败 者

被提名的高贵的侯爵

“我们一向忠于失败者[104]，”教授说，“对我们来说，成功乃是智慧与想象力的灭亡。我们从来不曾效忠于成功者。只不过侍奉他们就是了。我教的是刺耳的拉丁文。我讲的是这样一个民族的语言，他们的智力的顶点乃是‘一寸光阴一寸金’这么一条格言。物质占支配地位。主啊![105]主啊!这句话的灵性何在?主耶稣还是索尔兹伯里勋爵[106]？伦敦西区一家俱乐部里的沙发[107]。然而希腊文却不同!”

主啊，怜悯我们吧![108]

开朗的微笑使他那戴着黑框眼镜的两眼炯炯有神，长嘴唇咧得更长了。

“希腊文!”他又说，“主![109]辉煌的字眼!闪米特族和撒克逊族都不晓得的母音[110]。主啊[111]!智慧的光辉。我应该教希腊文——教这心灵的语言。主啊，怜悯我们吧![112]修厕所的和挖下水道的[113]永远不能成为我们精神上的主宰。我们是溃败于特拉法尔加[114]的欧洲天主教骑士精神的忠实仆从，又是在伊哥斯波塔米随着雅典舰队一道沉没了的精神帝国[115]——而不是统治权[116]——的忠实仆从。对，对，他们沉没了。皮勒斯被神谕所哄骗[117]，孤注一掷，试图挽回希腊的命运。这是对于失败者的效忠啊。”

他离开了他们，跨着大步走向窗口。

“他们开赴战场，”奥马登·伯克先生用阴郁的口吻说，“然而总吃败仗。”[118]

“呜呜!”利内翰低声哭泣着，“演出[119]快要结束的时候，竟被一片瓦击中。[120]可怜的、可怜的、可怜的皮勒斯!”

然后，他跟斯蒂芬打起耳喳来。

利内翰的五行打油诗

学究麦克休好气派，

黑框眼镜成天戴，

醉得瞧啥皆双影，

何必费事把它戴?

我看不出这有啥可笑[121]，你呢?

穆利根说，这是为了悼念萨卢斯特[122]。他母亲死得像头牲口[123]。

迈尔斯·克劳福德把那几张信稿塞进侧兜里。

“这样就可以啦，”他说，“回头我再读其余的部分。这样就可以啦。”

利内翰摊开双手表示抗议。

“还有我的谜语呢!”他说，“哪一出歌剧跟铁路线相似?”

“歌剧?”奥马登·伯克先生那张斯芬克斯般的脸把谜语重复了一遍。

利内翰欢欢喜喜地宣布说”

“《卡斯蒂利亚的玫瑰》。你懂得它俏皮在什么地方吗?谜底是，并排的铸铁。嘻嘻嘻。”[124]

他轻轻戳了一下奥马登·伯克先生的侧腹。奥马登·伯克先生假装连气儿都透不过来了，手拄阳伞，风度优雅地朝后一仰。

“帮我一把!”他叹了口气，“我虚弱得很。”

利内翰踮起脚尖，赶紧用毛样沙沙沙地扇了搧他的脸。

教授沿着合订本的架子往回走的时候，用手掠了一下斯蒂芬和奥莫洛伊先生那系得稀松的领带。

“过去和现在的巴黎，”他说，“你们活像是巴黎公社社员。”

“像是炸掉巴士底狱的家伙[125]，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊用安详的口吻挖苦说，“要不然，芬兰总督就是你们暗杀的吧?看上去你们仿佛干了这档子事——干掉了博布里科夫将军。[126]”

“我们仅仅有过这样的念头罢了，”斯蒂芬说。

万紫千红[127]

“这里人材济济，”迈尔斯·克劳福德先生说，“法律方面啦，古典方面啦……”

“赛马啦，”利内翰插嘴道。

“文学，新闻界。”

“要是布卢姆在场的话，”教授说，“还有广告这高雅的一行哩。”

“还有布卢姆夫人，”奥马登·伯克先生加上一句，“声乐女神。都柏林的首席歌星。”

利内翰大咳一声。

“啊嗨!”他用极其细柔的嗓音说，“哎，缺口新鲜空气!我在公园里感冒了，大门是敞着的。”

“你能胜任!”

主编将一只手神经质地搭在斯蒂芬的肩上。

“我想请你写点东西，”他说，“带点刺儿的。你准能胜任!一看你的脸就知道。青春的词汇里[128]……”

从你的脸上就看得出来。从你的眼神里也看得出来。你是个懒散、吊儿郎当的小调皮鬼。[129]

“口蹄疫!”主编用轻蔑口吻谩骂道，“民族主义党在勃里斯－因－奥索里召开大会[130]。真荒唐!威胁民众!得刺他们两下!把我们统统写进去，让灵魂见鬼去吧。圣父圣子和圣灵，还有茅坑杰克·麦卡锡[131]。”

“咱们都能提供精神食粮，”奥马登·伯克先生说。

斯蒂芬抬起两眼，目光与那大胆而鲁莽的视线相遇。

“他[132]要把你拉进记者帮呢!”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊说。

了不起的加拉赫[133]

“你能胜任，”迈尔斯·克劳福德为了加强语气，还擦起拳头，又说了一遍，“等着瞧吧，咱们会使欧洲大吃一惊。还是依格内修斯·加拉赫丢了差事之后，在克拉伦斯[134]当台球记分员时经常说的。加拉赫才算得上是个新闻记者呢。 那才叫作笔杆子。你晓得他是怎样一举成名的吗?我告诉你吧。 那可是报界有史以来最精采的一篇特讯哩。八一年[135]五月六日，‘常胜军’时期， 凤凰公园发生了暗杀事件[136]。你那时大概还没有出生[137]呢。我找给你看看。”

他推开人们，踱向报纸合订本。

“喂，瞧瞧，”他回过头来说，“《纽约世界报》[138]拍了封海底电报来约一篇特稿。你还记得当时的事吗?”

麦克休教授点了点头。

“《纽约世界报》哩，”主编兴奋地把草帽往后推了推说，“案件发生的地点。蒂姆·凯里，我的意思是说，还有卡瓦纳、乔·布雷迪[139]和其他那些人。‘剥山羊皮’[140]赶马车经过的路程。写明整个路程，明白吧?”

“‘剥山羊皮’，”奥马登·伯克先生说，“就是菲茨哈里斯。听说他在巴特桥那儿经营着一座马车夫棚[141]。是霍罗翰告诉我的。你认识霍罗翰吗?”

“那个一瘸一拐的吧?”迈尔斯·克劳福德说。

“他告诉我说，可怜的冈穆利也在那儿，替市政府照看石料，守夜的。”

斯蒂芬惊愕地回过头来。

“冈穆利?”他说。“真的吗?那不是家父的一个朋友吗?”

“不必管什么冈穆利了!”迈尔斯·克劳福德气愤地大声说，“就让冈穆利去守着他那石头吧，免得它们跑掉。瞧这个。依纳爵·加拉赫做了什么? 我告诉你。凭着天才和灵感，他马上就拍了海底电报。你有二月十七号的《自由人周刊》吗? 对，翻到了吗?”

他把合订本胡乱往回翻着，将手指戳在一个地方。

“掀到第四版，请看布朗梦想[142]的广告。找到了吗？对。”

电话铃响了。

远方的声音

“我去接，”教授边走向里屋，边说。

“B代表公园大门[143]。对。”

他的手指颤悠悠地跳跃着，从一个点戳到另一个点上。

“T代表总督府。 C是行凶地点。 K是诺克马龙大门[144l。”

他颈部那松弛的筋肉像公鸡的垂肉般颤悠着。没有浆好的衬衫假前脑一下子翘了起来，他猛地将它掖回背心里面。

“喂?是《电讯晚报》。喂?……哪一位?……是的……是的……是的。”

“F至P是‘剥山羊皮’为了证明他们当时不在犯罪现场而赶车走边的路线。英奇科尔、圆镇、风亭、帕默斯顿公园、拉尼拉。符号是F·A·B·P·。懂了吧?X是上利森街的戴维酒吧[145]。”

教授出现在里屋门口。

“是布卢姆打来的，”他说。

“叫他下地狱去吧，”主编立刻说，“X戴维酒吧，晓得了吧?”

伶俐极了

“伶俐……”利内翰说，“极了。”

“趁热给他们端上来，”迈尔斯·克劳福德说，“血淋淋地和盘托出。”

你永远不会从这场恶梦中苏醒过来。[146]

“我瞧见了，”主编自豪地说，“我刚好在场。迪克·亚当斯[147]是天主把生命的气吹进去[148]的科克人当中心地最他妈善良的一位。他和我本人都在场。”

利内翰朝空中的身影鞠了一躬，宣布说：

“太太，我是亚当。在见到夏娃之前曾经是亚伯。”[149]

“历史!”迈尔斯·克劳福德大声说，“亲王街的老太婆[150]打头阵。读了这篇特稿，哀哭并咬牙切齿。[151]特稿是插在广告里的。格雷戈尔·格雷[152]设计的图案。他从此就扶摇直上。后来帕迪·胡珀在托·鲍面前替他说项，托·鲍就把他拉进了《星报》[153]。如今他和布卢门菲尔德[154]打得火热。这才叫报业呢!这才叫天才呢!派亚特[155]!他简直就是大家的老爹!”

“黄色报纸的老爹，”利内翰加以证实说，“又是克里斯·卡利南[156]的姻亲。”

“喂?听得见吗?嗯，他还在这儿哪。你自已过来吧。”

“如今晚儿，你可到哪儿去找这样的新闻记者呀，呃?”主编大声说。

他呼啦一下把合订本合上了。

“很得鬼，”[157]利内翰对奥马登·伯克先生说。

“非常精明，”奥马登·伯克先生说。

麦克休教授从里面的办公室走了出来。

“说起‘常胜军’，”他说，“你们晓得吗，一些小贩被市记录法官[158]传了去……”

“可不是嘛，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊热切地说，“达德利夫人[159]为了瞧瞧被去年那场旋风[160]刮倒了的树，穿过公园走回家去。她打算买一张都柏林市一览图。原来那竟是纪念乔·布雷迪或是‘老大哥’[161]或是‘剥山羊皮’的明信片。而且就在总督府大门外出售

着哩，想想看!”

“如今晚儿这帮家伙净抓些鸡毛蒜皮，”迈尔斯·克劳福德说，“呸!报业和律师业都是这样!现在吃律师这碗饭的，哪里还有像怀持赛德[162]、 像伊萨克·巴特[163]、像口才流利的奥黑根[164那样的人呢?呃?哎，真是荒唐透顶!呸!只不过是撮堆儿真的货色!”

他没再说下去。嘴唇却一个劲儿地抽搐着，显示出神经质的嘲讽。

难道会有人愿意跟那么个嘴唇接吻吗?你怎么知道呢?那么你为什么又把这写下来呢?

韵律与理性

冒斯，扫斯。冒斯和扫斯之间多少有些关联吧?要么，难道扫斯就是一种冒斯吗?准是有点儿什么。扫斯，泡特，奥特，少特，芝欧斯。[165]押：两个人身穿一样的衣服，长得一模一样，并立着。[166]

……给你太平日子，

……听你喜悦的话语，

趁现在风平浪静的一刻。[167]

但丁瞥见少女们三个三个地走了过来。着绿色、玫瑰色、枯叶色的衣服，相互搂着;穿过了这样幽暗的地方[168]，身着紫红色、紫色的衣服，打着那和平的金光旗[169]，使人更加恳切地注视[170]的金光灿烂的军旗，走了过来。可我瞧见的却是一些年迈的男人，在黯夜中，忏悔着自己的罪行，抱着铅一般沉重的脚步：冒斯、扫斯；拖姆、卧姆。[171]

“说说你的高见吧，”奥马登·伯克先生说。

一天应付一天的就够了……

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊那苍白的脸上泛着微笑，应战了。

“亲爱的迈尔斯，”他说，一边丢掉纸烟，“你曲解了我的话。就我目前掌握的情况而言，我并不认为第三种职业[172]这整个行当都是值得辩护的。 然而你的科克腿[173]被感情驱使着哪。为什么不把亨利·格拉顿[174]弗勒德[175]， 以及狄靡西尼[176]和埃德蒙·伯克[177]也抬出来呢?我们全都晓得伊格内修斯· 加拉赫，还有他那个老板，在查佩利佐德出版小报的哈姆斯沃思[178]； 再有就是他那个出版鲍厄里通俗报纸的美国堂弟[179]。《珀迪·凯利要闻汇编》、《皮尤纪事》以及我们那反映敏捷的朋友《斯基勃林之鹰》[180]，就更不用说了。 何必扯到怀特赛德这么个法庭辩论场上的雄辩家呢?编报纸，一天应付一天的就够了[181]。”

同往昔岁月的联系

“格拉顿和弗勒德都为这家报纸撰过稿，”主编朝着他嚷道，“爱尔兰义勇军[182]。你们如今都哪儿去啦?一七六三年创刊的。卢卡斯大夫。像约翰·菲尔波特·柯伦[183]这样的人，如今上哪儿去找呀?呸!”

“喏，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊说，“比方说，英国皇家法律顾问布什[184]。”

“布什?”主编说，“啊，对。布什，对。他有这方面的气质。肯德尔·布什[185]我指的是西摩·布什。”

“他老早就该升任法官了，”教授说，“要不是……唉，算啦。”

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊转向斯蒂芬，安详而慢腾腾地说：

“在我听到过的申辩演说中，最精采的正是出自西摩·布什之口。那是在审理杀兄事件一一蔡尔兹凶杀案。布什替他辩护来着。”

注入我的耳腔之内。[186]

顺便问一下，是怎样发觉的呢?他是正在睡着的时候死的呀。还有另外那个双背禽兽[187]的故事呢?

“演说的内容是什么?”教授问。

意大利，艺术的女王[188]

“他谈的是《罗马法》的证据法，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊说， “把它拿来跟古老的《摩西法典》一一也就是说，跟《同态复仇法》[189]一一相对照。于是，他就举出安置于罗马教廷的米开朗琪罗的雕塑《摩西》作例证。”

“嗬。”

“讲几句恰当的话，”利内翰作了开场白，“请肃静!”

静场，杰·杰·奥莫洛伊掏出他的香烟盒。

虚妄的肃静。其实不过是些老生常谈。

那位致开场白的取出他的火柴盒，若有所思地点上一支香烟。

从此，我[190]经常回顾那奇怪的辰光，并发现，划火柴本身固然是很小的一个动作，它却决定了我们两个人那以后的生涯。

干锤百炼的掉尾句

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊字斟句酌地说下去：

“他是这么说的：那座堪称为冻结的音乐[191]的石像， 那个长了犄角的可怕的半神半人的形象[192]，那智慧与预言的永恒象征。 倘若雕刻家凭着想象力和技艺，用大理石雕成的那些净化了的灵魂和正在净化着的灵魂的化身，作为艺术品有永垂不朽的价值的话，它是当之无愧的。”

他挥了挥细长的手，给词句的韵律和抑扬平添了一番优雅。

“很好!”迈尔斯·克劳福德立刻说。

“非凡的灵感，”奥马登·伯克说。

“你喜欢吗?”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊问斯蒂芬。

那些词藻和手势的优美使得斯蒂芬从血液里受到感染。他涨红了脸，从烟盒里取出一支香烟。杰·杰·奥莫洛伊把那烟盒伸向迈尔斯·克劳福德。利内翰像刚才那样为大家点燃香烟，自己也当作战利品似地拿了一支，并且说：

“多多谢谢嘞。”

高风亮节之士

“马吉尼斯教授[193]跟我谈到过你，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊对斯蒂芬说，“对于那些神秘主义者[194]，乳白色的、沉寂的[195]诗人们以及神秘主义大师A· E·[196]，你真正的看法是怎样的?这是那个姓勃拉瓦茨基[197]的女人搞起来的。她是个惯于耍花招的老婆子。A·E·曾跟前来采访的美国记者[198]说，你曾在凌晨去看他，向他打听过心理意识的层次。马吉尼斯认为你是在嘲弄A· E·。马吉尼斯可是一位高风亮节之士哩。”

谈到了我。他说了些什么?他说了些什么?他是怎样谈论我的?不要去问。

“不抽，谢谢，”麦克休教授边推开香烟盒边说，“且慢，我只说说一件事。我平生听到的最精采的一次演说，是约翰·弗·泰勤[199]学院的史学会上发表的[200]法官菲茨吉本[201]先生一一现任上诉法庭庭长一一刚刚讲完。所要讨论的论文(当时还是蛮新鲜的)是提倡复兴爱尔兰语[202]。”

他转过身来对迈尔斯·克劳福德说：

“你认识杰拉尔德·菲茨吉本。那么你就不难想象出他演说的格调了。”

“听说眼下他正跟蒂姆·希利[203]一道，”杰·杰·奥莫洛伊说，“在三一学院担任财产管理委员会委员哪。”

“他正跟一个穿长罩衫的乖娃儿[204]在一起哪。”迈尔斯·克劳福德说，“讲下去吧，呃？”

“那篇讲演嘛，你们注意听着，”教授说，“是雄辩家完美的演说词。既彬彬有礼，又奔放豪迈，用语洗练而流畅。对于新兴的运动虽然还说不上是把惩戒的愤怒倾泄出来，[205]但总归是倾注了高傲者的侮辱。 当时那还是个崭新的运动呢。咱们是软弱的，因而是微不足道的。”

他那长长的薄嘴唇闭了一下。但他急于说下去，就将一只扎煞开来的手举到眼镜那儿，用颤巍巍的拇指和无名指轻轻扶了一下黑色镜框，使眼镜对准新的焦点。

即席演说

他恢复了平素的口吻，对杰·杰、奥莫洛伊说：

“你应该知道，泰勒是带病前往的。我不相信他预先准备过演说词，因为会场上连一个速记员都没有。他那黝黑瘦削的脸上，胡子拉碴，肮里肮脏的。松松地系着一条白绸领巾，整个来说，看上去像个行将就木之人(尽管并不是这样)。

此刻他的视线徐徐地从杰·杰·奥莫洛伊的脸上转向斯蒂芬，然后垂向地面，仿佛若有所寻。他那没有浆洗过的亚麻布领子从弯下去的脖颈后面露了出来，领子已被枯草般的头发蹭脏了。他继续搜寻着，并且说：

“菲茨吉本的演说结束后，约翰·弗·泰勒站起来反驳他。据我的回忆，大致是这么说的。”

他坚毅地抬起头。眼睛里又露出沉思的神色。迟钝的贝壳在厚实的镜片中游来游去，在寻找着出口。

他说：

“主席先生，诸位女士们，先生们：刚才听到我那位学识渊博的朋友对爱尔兰青年所发表的演说，佩服之至。我仿佛被送到离这个国家很远的一个国家，来到离本时代很远的一个时代;我仿佛站在古代埃及的大地上， 聆听着那里的某位祭司长对年轻的摩西训话。”

听众指间一动也不动地夹着香烟，聆听着。细微的轻烟徐徐上升，和演说一道绽开了花。让香烟袅袅上升[206]。这就要说出崇高的言词来了。 请注意。你自己想不想尝试一下呢?

“我好像听见那位埃及祭司长把声音提高了，带有自豪而傲慢的腔调。我听见了他的话语，并且领悟了他所启迪的含义。”

教父[207]们所示

我受到的启迪是：这些事物固然美好，却难免受到腐蚀；只有无比美好的事物，抑或并不美好的事物，才不可能被腐蚀。[208]啊，笨蛋!这是圣奥古期丁的话哩。

“你们这些犹太人为什么不接受我们的文化、我们的宗教和我们的语言?你们不过是一介牧民，我们却是强大的民族。你们没有城市，更没有财富。我们的都市里，人群熙攘;有着三至四层桨的大帆船[209]，满载着各式各样的商品，驶入全世界各个已知的海洋。你们刚刚脱离原始状态，而我们却拥有文学、僧侣、悠久的历史和政治组织[210]。”

尼罗河。

娃娃，大人，偶像。[211]

婴儿的奶妈们跪在尼罗河畔。[212]用宽叶香蒲编的摇篮。格斗起来矫健敏捷[213]的男子。长着一对石角[214]，一副石须，一颗石心。

“你们向本地那无名的偶像[215]祷告。我们的寺院却宏伟而神秘， 居住着伊希斯和俄赛里斯，何露斯和阿蒙一端。[216]你们信仰奴役、畏惧与谦卑;我们信仰雷和海洋。以色列人是孱弱的，子孙很少;埃及人口众多，武力令人生畏。 你们被称作流浪者和打零工的;世界听到我们的名字就吓得发抖。”

演说到此顿了一下，他悄悄地打了个饿嗝，接着又气势澎湃地扬起了嗓门：

“可是，各位女士，各位先生，倘若年轻的摩西聆听并接受这样的人生观；倘若他在如此妄自尊大的训诫面前俯首屈从，精神萎顿，那么他就永远也不会领着选民离开他们被奴役的地方了[217]，更不会白天跟着云柱走。[218]他决不会在雷电交加中在西奈山顶与永生的天主交谈。[219] 更永远不会脸上焕发着灵感之光走下山来，双手捧着十诫的法版，而那是用亡命徒的语言镌刻的。”

他住了口，望着他们，欣赏着这片寂静。

不祥之兆——对他而言!

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊不无遗憾地说：

“然而，他还没进入应许给他们的土地就去世啦。”[220]

“当时一来得一突然一不过一这病一拖延一已久一早就一频频一预期到会因吐血症一致死的，”[221]利内翰说，“他本来是会有锦绣前程的。”

传来了一群赤足者奔过走廊，并吧哒吧哒地上楼梯的声音。

“那才是雄辩之才呢，”教授说，“没有一个人反驳得了。”

随风飘去[222]。位于马勒麻斯特和塔拉那诸王的军队。连绵数英里的柱廊，侧耳聆听。保民官怒吼着，他的话语随风向四方飘去。 人们隐蔽在他的嗓音里。[223]业已消逝了的音波。阿卡沙秘录[224]——它记载着古往今来在任何地方发生过的一切。爱戴并称赞他。不要再提我。

我有钱。[225]

“先生们，”斯蒂芬说，“作为下一项议程，我可不可以提议议会立即休会?”

“你叫我吃了一惊。这该不会是法国式的恭维[226]吧？” 奥马登·伯克先生问道，“打个比喻吧，我认为现在正是古老客栈里的那只酒甕使人觉得无比枢意的时刻哩。”

“那么，就明确地加以表决。凡是同意的，请说‘是’，”利内翰宣布说，“不同意的，就说‘不’。一致通过。到哪家酒馆去呢?……我投穆尼[227]一票!”

他领头走着，并告诫说：

“咱们是不是要断然拒绝喝烈性酒呢?对，咱们不喝。无论如何也不。”

奥马登·伯克先生紧跟在他后面，用雨伞戳了他一下，以表示是同伙，并且说：

“来，麦克德夫!”[228]

“跟你老子长得一模一样!”主编入声说着，拍了拍斯蒂芬的肩膀。“咱们走吧。那串讨厌的钥匙哪儿去啦?”

他在兜里摸索着，拽出那儿页揉皱了的打字信稿。

“口蹄疫。我晓得。那能行吧。登得上的。钥匙哪儿去了呢?有啦。”

他把信稿塞回兜里，走进了里间办公室。

寄予希望

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊正要跟他往里走，却先悄悄地对斯蒂芬说：

“我希望你能活到它刊登出来的那一天。迈尔斯，等一下。”

他走进里间办公室，随手带上了门。

“来吧，斯蒂芬，”教授说，“挺好的，对吧?颇有预言家的远见。特洛伊不复存![229]对多风的特洛伊[230]大举掠夺。世上的万国。 地中海的主人们而今已沦落为农奴[231]。”

走在顶前面的那个报童紧跟在他们后面。吧哒吧哒地冲下楼梯，奔上街头，吆喝着：

“赛马号外!”

都柏林。我还有许许多多要学的。

他们沿着阿贝街向左拐去。

“我也有我的远见，”斯蒂芬说。

“呃?”教授说，为了赶上斯蒂芬的步伐，他双脚跳动着，“克劳福德会跟上来的。”

另一个报童一个箭步从他们身旁蹿了过去，边跑边吆喝着：

“赛马号外!”

亲爱而肮脏的都柏林[232]

都柏林人。

“两位都柏林的维斯太[233]，”斯蒂芬说，“曾经住在凡巴利小巷[234]里。一个是五十岁，另一个五十三。”

“在什么地方?”教授问。

“在黑坑[235]口外，”斯蒂芬说。

湿漉漉的夜晚，飘来生面团气味，引人发馋。倚着墙壁。她那粗斜纹布围巾下面，闪烁着一张苍白的脸。狂乱的心。阿卡沙秘录。快点儿呀，乖乖![236]

讲出来吧，果敢地。要有生命。[237]

“她们想从纳尔逊纪念柱顶上眺望都柏林的景色。她们在红锡做的信箱型攒钱罐里存起了三先令十便士。从罐里摇出几枚三便士和一枚六便士的小银币，又用刀刃拨出些铜币。两先令三便士是银币，一先令七便士是铜币。然后戴上软帽，穿上最好的衣服，还拿了雨伞，防备下雨。”

“聪明的处女们[238]，”麦克休教授说。

粗鄙的生活

“她们在马尔巴勒的北城食堂，从老板娘凯持·科林新手里头了一先令四便士的腌野猪肉和四片面包。在纳尔逊纪念柱脚下，又从一个姑娘手里头了二十四个熟李子，为了吃完咸肉好解渴。她们付给把守旋转栅门的人两枚三便士银币，然后打着趔趄，慢慢腾腾地沿着那螺旋梯攀登，一路咕依着，气喘吁吁，都害怕黑暗，相互鼓着劲儿。这个问那个带没带上咸肉，并赞颂着天主和童贞圣母玛利亚。忽而说什么干脆下去算了，忽而又隔着通气口往外瞧。荣耀归于天主。她们再也没想到纪念柱会有这么高。

“有一个叫安妮·基恩斯，另一个叫弗萝伦斯·麦凯布[239]。安妮·基恩斯患腰肌病，擦着一位太太分给她的路德圣水——一位受难会[240]神父送给那位太太一整瓶。弗萝伦斯·麦凯布每逢星期六晚饭时吃一只猪蹄子，干一瓶双X牌啤酒[241]。”

“正好相反，”教授点了两下头说，“维斯太贞女们。我仿佛能够看见她们。咱们的朋友在磨蹭什么哪?”

他回过头去。

一群报童连蹦带跳地冲下台阶，吆喝着朝四面八方散去，呼扇呼扇地挥着白色报纸。紧接着，迈尔斯·克劳福德出现在台阶上，帽子像一道光环，镶着他那张红脸。他正在跟杰、杰·奥莫洛伊谈着话。

“来吧，”教授挥臂大声嚷道。

他又和斯蒂芬并肩而行。

“是啊，”他说，“我仿佛看得见她们。”

布卢姆归来

在《爱尔兰天主教报》和《都柏林小报》[242]的公事房附近，布卢姆先生被卷进粗野的报童们的旋涡里，气儿都透不过来了。他招呼道：

“克劳福德先生!等一等!”

“《电讯报)》！赛马号外!”

“什么呀?”迈尔斯·克劳福德退后一步说。

一个报童冲着布卢姆的脸嚷道：

“鲁思迈因斯的大惨剧!风箱叼住了娃娃!”

会见主编

“就是这份广告的事儿，”布卢姆先生推开报童们，呼哧呼哧地挤向台阶，并从兜里掏出剪报说，“我刚刚跟凯斯先生谈过。他说，他要继续刊登两个月广告，以后再说。然而他还想在星期六的《电讯报》上登一则花边广告，好引人注目。要是来得及的话，他想把《基尔肯尼民众报》[243]的图案描摹下来。这，我己经告诉南尼蒂参议员了。我可以从国立图书馆弄到这图案。‘钥匙议院’，你明白吧。他姓凯斯。刚好谐音[244]。然而他实际上己经答应续登了。不过，他要求给弄得花哨一点。你有什么话要我捎给他吗，克劳福德先生?”

吻我的屁股[245]

“请你告诉他‘吻我的屁股’好吗?”迈尔斯·克劳福德边说边摊开胳膊，加强了语气，“马上去告诉他这是条直接来自马房的消息。”

怪心烦的。留神着点狂风。相互挽着胳膊，大家一道出去喝酒。头戴水手帽的利内翰也跟在后面，想捞上一盅。他像往常一样拍马屁。令人纳闷的是，竟然由小迪达勒斯带头。今天他穿了双好靴子。上次我见到他的时候，连脚后跟都露出来了。也不知道在什么地方膛过烂泥。这小子就是这么大大咧咧。他在爱尔兰区干什么来着?

“喏，”布卢姆先生把视线移回来说，“要是我能够把图案弄到手，我认为是值得为它写上一段的。他想必会刊登广告。我要对他说……”

吻我高贵的爱尔兰屁股[z46]

“他可以吻我高贵的爱尔兰屁股，”迈尔斯·克劳福德回过头来大声嚷道，“告诉他吧，随便什么时候来都行。”

正当布卢姆先生站在那儿琢磨着该怎样回答才好并正要泛出笑容的当儿，对方已跨着大步一颠一颠地走掉了。

筹 款

“囊空如洗，[247]杰克，”他把手举到下巴颏那儿说，“水已经淹到我这儿啦。我自己也是穷得一筹莫展。上礼拜找还在找个人出面在我的借据上签字担保呢! 对不起，杰克。我是心有余而力不足啊。请你务必体谅我这苦衷。要是好歹能够筹到钱，我一定乐意帮你忙。”

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊把脸一耷拉，默默地继续踱着步。他们追上前面的人，和他们并肩而行。

“当她们吃完腌肉和面包，用包面包的纸把二十个指头擦干净之后，就靠近了栅栏。”

“你听了会开心的，”教授向迈尔斯·克劳福德解释道，“两个都柏林老枢爬到纳尔逊纪念柱顶上去啦。”

了不起的圆柱!——一瞒珊走路者如是说

“这可是挺新鲜，”迈尔斯·克劳福德说，“够得上是条新闻素材。简直就像是到达格尔[248]去参加皮匠的野餐会。两个刁婆子，后来呢?”

“可是她们都害怕柱子会倒下来，”斯蒂芬接下去说，“她们眺望着那些屋顶，议论着哪座教堂在哪儿，拉思曼斯的蓝色拱顶[249]，亚当与夏娃教堂[250]，圣劳伦斯·奥图尔教堂[251]瞧着瞧着，她们发晕了。于是，撩起了裙子……”

有点无法无天的妇女

“大家安静下来!”迈尔斯·克劳福德说，“谁作诗也不许破格。如今咱们是在大主教的辖区里哪。”

“她们垫着条纹衬裙坐了下去，仰望着独臂奸夫[252]的那座铜像。”

“独臂奸夫!”教授大声说， “我喜欢这种说法。我明白你的意思。我明白你指的是什么。”

据信，三位女士赠予都柏林市民

高速陨石及催长粒肥

“后来她们的脖子引起了痉挛，”斯蒂芬说，“累得既不能抬头，也不能低头或说话。她们把那袋李子放在中间，一枚接一枚地掏出来吃。用手绢擦掉从嘴里淌下的汁子，慢悠悠地将核儿吐到栅栏之间。”[253]

他猛地发出青春的朗笑声，把故事结束了。利内翰和奥马登·伯克先生闻声回过头来，招招手，带头向穆尼酒馆走去。

“完了吗?”迈尔斯·克劳福德说，“只要她们没干出更越轨的事就好。”

智者派[254]使傲慢的海伦丢丑

斯巴达人咬牙切齿

伊大嘉人断言潘奈洛佩[255]乃天下第一美人

“你使我联想到安提西尼[256]，”教授说，“智者派高尔吉亚[257]的门徒。据说，谁也弄不清他究竟是对旁人还是对自己更加怨恨。他是一位贵族同一个女奴所生之子。他写过一本书，其中从阿凯人[258]海伦那儿夺走了美的棕榈枝，将它交给了可怜的潘奈洛佩。”

贫穷的潘奈洛佩。潘奈洛佩·里奇。[259]

他们准备横穿过奥康内尔街。

喂，喂，总站!

八条轨道上，这儿那儿停着多辆电车，触轮一动也不动。有往外开的，也有开回来的。拉思曼斯、拉思法纳姆[260]、黑岩国王镇，以及多基、沙丘草地、林森德;还有沙丘塔、唐尼布鲁克[261]、帕默斯顿公园，以及上拉思曼斯，全都纹丝不动。由于电流短路的缘故，开不出去了。出租马车、街头揽座儿的马车、送货马车、邮件马车、私人的四轮轿式马车，以及一瓶瓶的矿泉汽水在板条箱里恍当恍当响的平台货车，全都由蹄子碍碍响的马儿拉着，咯哒咯哒地疾驰而去。

叫什么?——一还有——一在哪儿?

“然而，你管它叫什么?”迈尔斯·克劳福德问道，“她们是在哪儿买到李子的?”

老师说要维吉尔风格的，

大学生[262]为摩西老人投一票

“管它叫作一一且慢，”教授张大了他那长长的嘴唇，左思右想，。管它叫作一一让我想想。管它叫作：《神赐与我们安宁》[263]怎么样?”

“不，”斯蒂芬说，“我要管它叫《登比斯迦眺望巴勒斯坦[264]，要么就叫它《李子寓言[265]》。”

“我明白了，”教授说。

他朗声笑了。

“我明白啦，”他带着新的喜悦重复了一遍，“摩西和神许诺给他们的土地。”他对杰·杰·奥莫洛伊又补了一句:“这还是咱们启发他的呢。”

在这个明媚的六月日子里，

霍雷肖[266]在众目睽睽之下

杰·杰·奥莫洛伊疲惫地斜睨了铜像一眼，默不作声。

“我明白啦，”教授说。

他在竖有约翰·格雷爵士[267]的街心岛上停下脚步，布满皱纹的脸上泛着苦笑，仰望那高耸的纳尔逊。

对轻佻的老妪来说，缺指头简直太逗乐了。

安妮钻孔。 弗萝[268]遮遮掩掩

然而，你能责备她们吗？

“独臂奸夫，”他狞笑着说，“不能不说是挺逗乐的。”

“要是能让人们晓得全能的天主的真理的话，”迈尔斯·克劳福德说，“两位老太婆也觉得挺逗乐的。”

1 metropolis   

n.首府；大城市

参考例句：

• Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
• He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。

2 trolley   

n.手推车，台车；无轨电车；有轨电车

参考例句：

• The waiter had brought the sweet trolley.侍者已经推来了甜食推车。
• In a library,books are moved on a trolley.在图书馆，书籍是放在台车上搬动的。

3 par   

n.标准，票面价值，平均数量；adj.票面的，平常的，标准的

参考例句：

• Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
• I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。

4 hoarse   

adj.嘶哑的，沙哑的

参考例句：

• He asked me a question in a hoarse voice.他用嘶哑的声音问了我一个问题。
• He was too excited and roared himself hoarse.他过于激动，嗓子都喊哑了。

5 bawled   

v.大叫，大喊( bawl的过去式和过去分词 )；放声大哭；大声叫出；叫卖（货物）

参考例句：

• She bawled at him in front of everyone. 她当着大家的面冲他大喊大叫。
• My boss bawled me out for being late. 我迟到，给老板训斥了一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 swerved   

v.（使）改变方向，改变目的( swerve的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She swerved sharply to avoid a cyclist. 她猛地急转弯，以躲开一个骑自行车的人。
• The driver has swerved on a sudden to avoid a file of geese. 为了躲避一队鹅，司机突然来个急转弯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 glided   

v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔

参考例句：

• The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
• They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

9 brewery   

n.啤酒厂

参考例句：

• The brewery had 25 heavy horses delivering beer in London.啤酒厂有25匹高头大马在伦敦城中运送啤酒。
• When business was good,the brewery employed 20 people.在生意好的时候，这家酿造厂曾经雇佣过20人。

10 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

11 shears   

n.大剪刀

参考例句：

• These garden shears are lightweight and easy to use.这些园丁剪刀又轻又好用。
• With a few quick snips of the shears he pruned the bush.他用大剪刀几下子就把灌木给修剪好了。

12 squire   

n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅

参考例句：

• I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
• The squire was hard at work at Bristol.乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。

13 steered   

v.驾驶( steer的过去式和过去分词 )；操纵；控制；引导

参考例句：

• He steered the boat into the harbour. 他把船开进港。
• The freighter steered out of Santiago Bay that evening. 那天晚上货轮驶出了圣地亚哥湾。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 ascended   

v.上升，攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He has ascended into heaven. 他已经升入了天堂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The climbers slowly ascended the mountain. 爬山运动员慢慢地登上了这座山。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 saviour   

n.拯救者，救星

参考例句：

• I saw myself as the saviour of my country.我幻想自己为国家的救星。
• The people clearly saw her as their saviour.人们显然把她看成了救星。

16 tenor   

n.男高音（歌手），次中音（乐器），要旨，大意

参考例句：

• The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
• The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。

17 saviours   

n.救助者( saviour的名词复数 )；救星；救世主；耶稣基督

参考例句：

• No saviours are on the ballot. 选举没有救世主。 来自互联网

18 meek   

adj.温顺的，逆来顺受的

参考例句：

• He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。
• The little girl is as meek as a lamb.那个小姑娘像羔羊一般温顺。

19 reverberating   

回响，回荡( reverberate的现在分词 )； 使反响，使回荡，使反射

参考例句：

• The words are still ringing [reverberating] in one's ears. 言犹在耳。
• I heard a voice reverberating: "Crawl out! I give you liberty!" 我听到一个声音在回荡：“爬出来吧，我给你自由！”

20 thump   

v.重击，砰然地响；n.重击，重击声

参考例句：

• The thief hit him a thump on the head.贼在他的头上重击一下。
• The excitement made her heart thump.她兴奋得心怦怦地跳。

21 thumping   

adj.重大的，巨大的；重击的；尺码大的；极好的adv.极端地；非常地v.重击(thump的现在分词)；狠打；怦怦地跳；全力支持

参考例句：

• Her heart was thumping with emotion. 她激动得心怦怦直跳。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He was thumping the keys of the piano. 他用力弹钢琴。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

22 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

23 pegging   

n.外汇钉住，固定证券价格v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的现在分词 )；使固定在某水平

参考例句：

• To write a novel,one must keep pegging away at it consistently. 要写小说，必须不断辛勤劳动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She was pegging the clothes out on the line to dry. 她正在把衣服夹在晒衣绳上晾干。 来自辞典例句

24 fermenting   

v.（使）发酵( ferment的现在分词 )；（使）激动；骚动；骚扰

参考例句：

• The fermenting wine has bubbled up and over the top. 发酵的葡萄酒已经冒泡，溢了出来。 来自辞典例句
• It must be processed through methods like boiling, grinding or fermenting. 它必须通过煮沸、研磨、或者发酵等方法加工。 来自互联网

25 glossy   

adj.平滑的；有光泽的

参考例句：

• I like these glossy spots.我喜欢这些闪闪发光的花点。
• She had glossy black hair.她长着乌黑发亮的头发。

26 tack   

n.大头钉；假缝，粗缝

参考例句：

• He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.他正往墙上钉一枚平头钉用来挂画。
• We are going to tack the map on the wall.我们打算把这张地图钉在墙上。

27 demesne   

n.领域，私有土地

参考例句：

• The tenants of the demesne enjoyed certain privileges.领地的占有者享有一定的特权。
• Keats is referring to epic poetry when he mentions Homer's"proud demesne".当济慈提到荷马的“骄傲的领域”时，他指的是史诗。

28 baron   

n.男爵；(商业界等)巨头，大王

参考例句：

• Henry Ford was an automobile baron.亨利·福特是一位汽车业巨头。
• The baron lived in a strong castle.男爵住在一座坚固的城堡中。

29 statute   

n.成文法，法令，法规；章程，规则，条例

参考例句：

• Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
• The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。

30 mules   

骡( mule的名词复数 )； 拖鞋； 顽固的人； 越境运毒者

参考例句：

• The cart was pulled by two mules. 两匹骡子拉这辆大车。
• She wore tight trousers and high-heeled mules. 她穿紧身裤和拖鞋式高跟鞋。

31 queries   

n.问题( query的名词复数 )；疑问；询问；问号v.质疑，对…表示疑问( query的第三人称单数 )；询问

参考例句：

• Our assistants will be happy to answer your queries. 我们的助理很乐意回答诸位的问题。
• Her queries were rhetorical,and best ignored. 她的质问只不过是说说而已，最好不予理睬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

32 strand   

vt.使（船）搁浅，使（某人）困于（某地）

参考例句：

• She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
• The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。

33 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

34 heartily   

adv.衷心地，诚恳地，十分，很

参考例句：

• He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿，就出去找他的马。
• The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手，热情地和我握手。

35 scribbled   

v.潦草的书写( scribble的过去式和过去分词 )；乱画；草草地写；匆匆记下

参考例句：

• She scribbled his phone number on a scrap of paper. 她把他的电话号码匆匆写在一张小纸片上。
• He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving. 临行前，他给妹妹草草写了一封短信。

36 rib   

n.肋骨，肋状物

参考例句：

• He broke a rib when he fell off his horse.他从马上摔下来折断了一根肋骨。
• He has broken a rib and the doctor has strapped it up.他断了一根肋骨，医生已包扎好了。

37 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

38 canvasser   

n.挨户推销商品的推销员

参考例句：

• It'seems the canvasser was once a general.那位推销员好像原来是一位将军。
• Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house--a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day drummers.这人是为生产厂家推销产品的旅行推销员,当时刚刚流行把这类人称作皮包客。

39 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

40 forefingers   

n.食指( forefinger的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• When her eyes were withdrawn, he secretly crossed his two forefingers. 一等她的眼睛转过去，他便偷偷用两个食指交叠成一个十字架。 来自辞典例句
• The ornithologists made Vs with their thumbs and forefingers, measuring angles. 鸟类学家们用大拇指和食指构成V形量测角度。 来自互联网

41 deftly   

adv.灵巧地，熟练地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He deftly folded the typed sheets and replaced them in the envelope. 他灵巧地将打有字的纸折好重新放回信封。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• At last he had a clew to her interest, and followed it deftly. 这一下终于让他发现了她的兴趣所在，于是他熟练地继续谈这个话题。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

42 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

43 innuendo   

n.暗指，讽刺

参考例句：

• The report was based on rumours,speculation,and innuendo.这份报告建立在谣言、臆断和含沙射影的基础之上。
• Mark told by innuendo that the opposing team would lose the game.马克暗讽地说敌队会在比赛中输掉。

44 isle   

n.小岛，岛

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。

45 licensed   

adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
• Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？

46 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。

47 renewal   

adj.(契约)延期，续订，更新，复活，重来

参考例句：

• Her contract is coming up for renewal in the autumn.她的合同秋天就应该续签了。
• Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。

48 throbs   

体内的跳动( throb的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• My finger throbs with the cut. 我的手指因切伤而阵阵抽痛。
• We should count time by heart throbs, in the cause of right. 我们应该在正确的目标下，以心跳的速度来计算时间。

49 orthographical   

adj.正字法的，拼字正确的

参考例句：

50 conundrum   

n.谜语；难题

参考例句：

• Let me give you some history about a conundrum.让我给你们一些关于谜题的历史。
• Scientists had focused on two explanations to solve this conundrum.科学家已锁定两种解释来解开这个难题。

51 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们

52 gauging   

n.测量[试]，测定，计量v.（用仪器）测量( gauge的现在分词 )；估计；计量；划分

参考例句：

• The method is especially attractive for gauging natural streams. 该方法对于测量天然的流注具有特殊的吸引力。 来自辞典例句
• Incommunicative as he was, some time elapsed before I had an opportunity of gauging his mind. 由于他不爱说话，我过了一些时候才有机会探测他的心灵。 来自辞典例句

53 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

54 nethermost   

adj.最下面的

参考例句：

• Put your clothes in the nethermost drawer. 把你的衣服放在最下面的抽屉里。 来自辞典例句

55 slit   

n.狭长的切口；裂缝；vt.切开，撕裂

参考例句：

• The coat has been slit in two places.这件外衣有两处裂开了。
• He began to slit open each envelope.他开始裁开每个信封。

56 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

57 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

58 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

59 monks   

n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
• He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》

60 obituary   

n.讣告，死亡公告；adj.死亡的

参考例句：

• The obituary records the whole life of the deceased.讣文记述了这位死者的生平。
• Five days after the letter came,he found Andersen s obituary in the morning paper.收到那封信五天后，他在早报上发现了安德森的讣告。

61 neatly   

adv.整洁地，干净地，灵巧地，熟练地

参考例句：

• Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
• The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。

62 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

63 bondage   

n.奴役，束缚

参考例句：

• Masters sometimes allowed their slaves to buy their way out of bondage.奴隶主们有时允许奴隶为自己赎身。
• They aim to deliver the people who are in bondage to superstitious belief.他们的目的在于解脱那些受迷信束缚的人。

64 scrawled   

乱涂，潦草地写( scrawl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper. 我尽量弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。
• Tom scrawled on his slate, "Please take it -- I got more." 汤姆在他的写字板上写了几个字：“请你收下吧，我多得是哩。”

65 greasy   

adj. 多脂的，油脂的

参考例句：

• He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。
• You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

66 dab   

v.轻触，轻拍，轻涂；n.(颜料等的)轻涂

参考例句：

• She returned wearing a dab of rouge on each cheekbone.她回来时，两边面颊上涂有一点淡淡的胭脂。
• She gave me a dab of potatoes with my supper.她给我晚饭时，还给了一点土豆。

67 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

68 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

69 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

70 screech   

n./v.尖叫；(发出)刺耳的声音

参考例句：

• He heard a screech of brakes and then fell down. 他听到汽车刹车发出的尖锐的声音,然后就摔倒了。
• The screech of jet planes violated the peace of the afternoon. 喷射机的尖啸声侵犯了下午的平静。

71 gem   

n.宝石，珠宝；受爱戴的人 [同]jewel

参考例句：

• The gem is beyond my pocket.这颗宝石我可买不起。
• The little gem is worth two thousand dollars.这块小宝石价值两千美元。

72 profess   

v.声称，冒称，以...为业，正式接受入教，表明信仰

参考例句：

• I profess that I was surprised at the news.我承认这消息使我惊讶。
• What religion does he profess?他信仰哪种宗教？

73 babbles   

n.胡言乱语( babble的名词复数 )；听不清的声音；乱哄哄的说话声v.喋喋不休( babble的第三人称单数 )；作潺潺声（如流水）；含糊不清地说话；泄漏秘密

参考例句：

• She always babbles about trifles. 她总是为一点小事唠叨个没完。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Nobody likes a chatterbox who babbles about every little thing they do. 没有人喜欢一个爱唠叨的人整天对一些所做的小事胡言乱语。 来自互联网

74 zephyrs   

n.和风，微风( zephyr的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• If you but smile, spring zephyrs blow through my spirits, wondrously. 假使你只是仅仅对我微笑，春天的和风就会惊奇的吹过我的心灵间。 来自互联网

75 stony   

adj.石头的，多石头的，冷酷的，无情的

参考例句：

• The ground is too dry and stony.这块地太干，而且布满了石头。
• He listened to her story with a stony expression.他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历。

76 domain   

n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围

参考例句：

• This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。
• This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。

77 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

78 pensive   

a.沉思的,哀思的,忧沉的

参考例句：

• He looked suddenly sombre,pensive.他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。
• He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought.他陷入沉思之中,她不想打断他的思路。

79 bosom   

n.胸，胸部；胸怀；内心；adj.亲密的

参考例句：

• She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
• A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。

80 nibbling   

v.啃，一点一点地咬（吃）( nibble的现在分词 )；啃出（洞），一点一点咬出（洞）；慢慢减少；小口咬

参考例句：

• We sat drinking wine and nibbling olives. 我们坐在那儿，喝着葡萄酒嚼着橄榄。
• He was nibbling on the apple. 他在啃苹果。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

81 nibble   

n.轻咬，啃；v.一点点地咬，慢慢啃，吹毛求疵

参考例句：

• Inflation began to nibble away at their savings.通货膨胀开始蚕食他们的存款。
• The birds cling to the wall and nibble at the brickwork.鸟儿们紧贴在墙上，啄着砖缝。

82 honourable   

adj.可敬的；荣誉的，光荣的

参考例句：

• I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号，我可担当不起。
• I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties.我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。

83 gale   

n.大风，强风，一阵闹声（尤指笑声等）

参考例句：

• We got our roof blown off in the gale last night.昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
• According to the weather forecast,there will be a gale tomorrow.据气象台预报，明天有大风。

84 spasm   

n.痉挛，抽搐；一阵发作

参考例句：

• When the spasm passed,it left him weak and sweating.一阵痉挛之后，他虚弱无力，一直冒汗。
• He kicked the chair in a spasm of impatience.他突然变得不耐烦，一脚踢向椅子。

85 pertinent   

adj.恰当的；贴切的；中肯的；有关的；相干的

参考例句：

• The expert made some pertinent comments on the scheme.那专家对规划提出了一些中肯的意见。
• These should guide him to pertinent questions for further study.这些将有助于他进一步研究有关问题。

86 hectic   

adj.肺病的；消耗热的；发热的；闹哄哄的

参考例句：

• I spent a very hectic Sunday.我度过了一个忙乱的星期天。
• The two days we spent there were enjoyable but hectic.我们在那里度过的两天愉快但闹哄哄的。

87 serried   

adj.拥挤的；密集的

参考例句：

• The fields were mostly patches laid on the serried landscape.between crevices and small streams.农田大部分是地缝和小溪之间的条状小块。
• On the shelf are serried rows of law books and law reports.书橱上是排得密密匝匝的几排法律书籍和判例汇编。

88 dwindling   

adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句

89 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

90 wigs   

n.假发，法官帽( wig的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They say that wigs will be coming in again this year. 据说今年又要流行戴假发了。 来自辞典例句
• Frank, we needed more wigs than we thought, and we have to do some advertising. 弗兰克，因为我们需要更多的假发，而且我们还要做点广告。 来自电影对白

91 veer   

vt.转向，顺时针转，改变；n.转向

参考例句：

• He is unlikely to veer from his boss's strongly held views.他不可能背离他老板的强硬立场。
• If you fall asleep while driving,you'll probably veer off the road.假如你开车时打瞌睡，可能会驶离道路。

92 bombast   

n.高调，夸大之辞

参考例句：

• There was no bombast or conceit in his speech.他的演讲并没有夸大其词和自吹自擂。
• Yasha realized that Wolsky's bombast was unnecessary.雅夏看出沃尔斯基是在无中生有地吹嘘。

93 testily   

adv. 易怒地, 暴躁地

参考例句：

• He reacted testily to reports that he'd opposed military involvement. 有报道称他反对军队参与，对此他很是恼火。 来自柯林斯例句

94 inflated   

adj.（价格）飞涨的；（通货）膨胀的；言过其实的；充了气的v.使充气（于轮胎、气球等）( inflate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）膨胀；（使）通货膨胀；物价上涨

参考例句：

• He has an inflated sense of his own importance. 他自视过高。
• They all seem to take an inflated view of their collective identity. 他们对自己的集体身份似乎都持有一种夸大的看法。 来自《简明英汉词典》

95 windbag   

n.风囊，饶舌之人，好说话的人

参考例句：

• Everyone knows he's a real windbag.大家都知道他是个很罗嗦的人。
• Did you ever see such a windbag?你有见过这样饶舌的人?

96 panorama   

n.全景，全景画，全景摄影，全景照片[装置]

参考例句：

• A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前。
• A flourishing and prosperous panorama spread out before our eyes.一派欣欣向荣的景象展现在我们的眼前。

97 portfolio   

n.公事包；文件夹；大臣及部长职位

参考例句：

• He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
• He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。

98 grove   

n.林子，小树林，园林

参考例句：

• On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。
• The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。

99 luscious   

adj.美味的；芬芳的；肉感的，引与性欲的

参考例句：

• The watermelon was very luscious.Everyone wanted another slice.西瓜很可口，每个人都想再来一片。
• What I like most about Gabby is her luscious lips!我最喜欢的是盖比那性感饱满的双唇！

100 translucent   

adj.半透明的；透明的

参考例句：

• The building is roofed entirely with translucent corrugated plastic.这座建筑完全用半透明瓦楞塑料封顶。
• A small difference between them will render the composite translucent.微小的差别,也会使复合材料变成半透明。

101 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

102 mantles   

vt.&vi.覆盖（mantle的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• The ivy mantles the building. 长春藤覆盖了建筑物。 来自互联网

103 vista   

n.远景，深景，展望，回想

参考例句：

• From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.我从卧室窗口望去，远处尽是连绵的山峦和屋顶。
• These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路，未来看不到一点儿希望。

104 orb   

n.太阳；星球；v.弄圆；成球形

参考例句：

• The blue heaven,holding its one golden orb,poured down a crystal wash of warm light.蓝蓝的天空托着金色的太阳，洒下一片水晶般明亮温暖的光辉。
• It is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.它是从远处那个发出不灭之光的天体上放射出来的。

105 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

106 effulgence   

n.光辉

参考例句：

• The effulgence of algorithm will shine the dark future brightly! 这句不知道翻译的好不好，我的原意是：算法之光辉将照亮黑暗前路！ 来自互联网

107 vent   

n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄

参考例句：

• He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
• When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。

108 groan   

vi./n.呻吟，抱怨；(发出)呻吟般的声音

参考例句：

• The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。
• The people groan under the burden of taxes.人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。

109 chuckling   

轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read his book. 他看书时，我能听见他的轻声发笑。
• He couldn't help chuckling aloud. 他忍不住的笑了出来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

110 doughy   

adj.面团的，苍白的，半熟的；软弱无力

参考例句：

• The cake fell; it's a doughy mess. 蛋糕掉在地上，粘糊糊的一团。 来自互联网
• Soon the mixture was doughy. 很快，混合物成了面团状。 来自互联网

111 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

112 jeer   

vi.嘲弄，揶揄；vt.奚落；n.嘲笑，讥评

参考例句：

• Do not jeer at the mistakes or misfortunes of others.不要嘲笑别人的错误或不幸。
• The children liked to jeer at the awkward students.孩子们喜欢嘲笑笨拙的学生。

113 gage   

n.标准尺寸，规格；量规，量表 [=gauge]

参考例句：

• Can you gage what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gage one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

114 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

115 beaked   

adj.有喙的，鸟嘴状的

参考例句：

• A Fox invited a long-beaked Stork to have dinner with him. 狐狸请长嘴鹳同他一起吃饭。 来自互联网
• Most of the other fossils come from rhynchosaurs (parrot-beaked reptiles). 其他大部分化石来自剪嘴龙（嘴像鹦鹉的爬行动物）。 来自互联网

116 crested   

adj.有顶饰的，有纹章的，有冠毛的v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的过去式和过去分词 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点

参考例句：

• a great crested grebe 凤头䴙䴘
• The stately mansion crested the hill. 庄严的大厦位于山顶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

117 sham   

n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)

参考例句：

• They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
• His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。

118 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

119 pedagogue   

n.教师

参考例句：

• The pedagogue is correcting the paper with a new pen.这位教师正用一支新笔批改论文。
• Misfortune is a good pedagogue.不幸是良好的教师。

120 memorable   

adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的

参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。

121 cork   

n.软木，软木塞

参考例句：

• We heard the pop of a cork.我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开。
• Cork is a very buoyant material.软木是极易浮起的材料。

122 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

123 incipient   

adj.起初的，发端的，初期的

参考例句：

• The anxiety has been sharpened by the incipient mining boom.采矿业初期的蓬勃发展加剧了这种担忧。
• What we see then is an incipient global inflation.因此，我们看到的是初期阶段的全球通胀.

124 jigs   

n.快步舞（曲）极快地( jig的名词复数 )；夹具v.（使）上下急动( jig的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The simplest method for small volume production requires a number of jigs. 对于小规模生产，最简单方法需要几个装配架。 来自辞典例句
• So the old witch was forced to dance a jigs. 老女巫也只好跳起快步舞来。 来自辞典例句

125 resonant   

adj.(声音)洪亮的，共鸣的

参考例句：

• She has a resonant voice.她的嗓子真亮。
• He responded with a resonant laugh.他报以洪亮的笑声。

126 fret   

v.(使)烦恼；(使)焦急；(使)腐蚀，(使)磨损

参考例句：

• Don't fret.We'll get there on time.别着急，我们能准时到那里。
• She'll fret herself to death one of these days.她总有一天会愁死的.

127 hush   

int.嘘，别出声；n.沉默，静寂；v.使安静

参考例句：

• A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
• Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去！

128 cringing   

adj.谄媚，奉承

参考例句：

• He had a cringing manner but a very harsh voice.他有卑屈谄媚的神情，但是声音却十分粗沙。
• She stepped towards him with a movement that was horribly cringing.她冲他走了一步，做出一个低三下四，令人作呕的动作。

129 urchin   

n.顽童；海胆

参考例句：

• You should sheer off the urchin.你应该躲避这顽童。
• He is a most wicked urchin.他是个非常调皮的顽童。

130 scampered   

v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑，惊惶奔跑( scamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The cat scampered away. 猫刺棱一下跑了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The rabbIt'scampered off. 兔子迅速跑掉了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

131 rustled   

v.发出沙沙的声音( rustle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He rustled his papers. 他把试卷弄得沙沙地响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Leaves rustled gently in the breeze. 树叶迎着微风沙沙作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

132 draught   

n.拉，牵引，拖；一网（饮，吸，阵)；顿服药量，通风；v.起草，设计

参考例句：

• He emptied his glass at one draught.他将杯中物一饮而尽。
• It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.可惜这房间没北窗，没有过堂风。

133 scrawls   

潦草的笔迹( scrawl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He scrawls, and no one can recognize what he writes. 他写字像鬼画符，没人能认出来。

134 grunting   

咕哝的，呼噜的

参考例句：

• He pulled harder on the rope, grunting with the effort. 他边用力边哼声，使出更大的力气拉绳子。
• Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard. 猪在院子里哼哼地叫个不停。

135 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

136 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

137 hustled   

催促（hustle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room. 他抓住她的胳膊把她推出房间。
• The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater. 特务机关的代理人把演讲者驱逐出竞技场。

138 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

139 grimace   

v.做鬼脸，面部歪扭

参考例句：

• The boy stole a look at his father with grimace.那男孩扮着鬼脸偷看了他父亲一眼。
• Thomas made a grimace after he had tasted the wine.托马斯尝了那葡萄酒后做了个鬼脸。

140 whined   

v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 )；哀诉，诉怨

参考例句：

• The dog whined at the door, asking to be let out. 狗在门前嚎叫着要出去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted. 他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。 来自辞典例句

141 shrill   

adj.尖声的；刺耳的；v尖叫

参考例句：

• Whistles began to shrill outside the barn.哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
• The shrill ringing of a bell broke up the card game on the cutter.刺耳的铃声打散了小汽艇的牌局。

142 squatted   

v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的过去式和过去分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。

参考例句：

• He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely. 他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He squatted in the grass discussing with someone. 他蹲在草地上与一个人谈话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

143 propped   

支撑，支持，维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。
• This fence should be propped up. 这栅栏该用东西支一支。

144 capering   

v.跳跃，雀跃( caper的现在分词 )；蹦蹦跳跳

参考例句：

• The lambs were capering in the fields. 羊羔在地里欢快地跳跃。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The boy was Capering dersively, with obscene unambiguous gestures, before a party of English tourists. 这个顽童在一群英国旅游客人面前用明显下流的动作可笑地蹦蹦跳跳着。 来自辞典例句

145 zigzagging   

v.弯弯曲曲地走路，曲折地前进( zigzag的现在分词 )；盘陀

参考例句：

• She walked along, zigzagging with her head back. 她回头看着，弯弯扭扭地向前走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We followed the path zigzagging up the steep slope. 我们沿着小径曲曲折折地爬上陡坡。 来自互联网

146 gutter   

n.沟，街沟，水槽，檐槽，贫民窟

参考例句：

• There's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter.阴沟里有个香烟盒。
• He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.他使她脱离贫苦生活，并成为贵妇。

147 hue   

n.色度；色调；样子

参考例句：

• The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
• The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。

148 risible   

adj.能笑的；可笑的

参考例句：

• The entire proposal is risible.这个建议完全是荒唐可笑的。
• He drew a risible picture on the wall.他在墙上画了一张滑稽的画。

149 larks   

n.百灵科鸟（尤指云雀）( lark的名词复数 )；一大早就起床；鸡鸣即起；（因太费力而不想干时说）算了v.百灵科鸟（尤指云雀）( lark的第三人称单数 )；一大早就起床；鸡鸣即起；（因太费力而不想干时说）算了

参考例句：

• Maybe if she heard the larks sing she'd write. 玛丽听到云雀的歌声也许会写信的。 来自名作英译部分
• But sure there are no larks in big cities. 可大城市里哪有云雀呢。” 来自名作英译部分

150 hoop   

n.（篮球）篮圈，篮

参考例句：

• The child was rolling a hoop.那个孩子在滚铁环。
• The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.木盆都用铁箍箍紧。

151 jingling   

叮当声

参考例句：

• A carriage went jingling by with some reclining figure in it. 一辆马车叮当驶过，车上斜倚着一个人。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Melanie did not seem to know, or care, that life was riding by with jingling spurs. 媚兰好像并不知道，或者不关心，生活正马刺丁当地一路驶过去了呢。

152 jingled   

喝醉的

参考例句：

• The bells jingled all the way. 一路上铃儿叮当响。
• Coins in his pocket jingled as he walked. 走路时，他衣袋里的钱币丁当作响。

153 awe   

n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧

参考例句：

• The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

154 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

155 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

156 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

157 awry   

adj.扭曲的，错的

参考例句：

• She was in a fury over a plan that had gone awry. 计划出了问题，她很愤怒。
• Something has gone awry in our plans.我们的计划出差错了。

158 wry   

adj.讽刺的；扭曲的

参考例句：

• He made a wry face and attempted to wash the taste away with coffee.他做了个鬼脸，打算用咖啡把那怪味地冲下去。
• Bethune released Tung's horse and made a wry mouth.白求恩放开了董的马，噘了噘嘴。

159 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

160 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

161 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

162 puff   

n.一口(气)；一阵(风)；v.喷气，喘气

参考例句：

• He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
• They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。

163 grandeur   

n.伟大，崇高，宏伟，庄严，豪华

参考例句：

• The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
• These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。

164 imperative   

n.命令，需要；规则；祈使语气；adj.强制的；紧急的

参考例句：

• He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
• The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。

165 frayed   

adj.磨损的v.（使布、绳等）磨损，磨破( fray的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His shirt was frayed. 他的衬衫穿破了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The argument frayed their nerves. 争辩使他们不快。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

166 civilisation   

n.文明，文化，开化，教化

参考例句：

• Energy and ideas are the twin bases of our civilisation.能源和思想是我们文明的两大基石。
• This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。

167 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

168 sewers   

n.阴沟，污水管，下水道( sewer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sewers discharge out at sea. 下水道的污水排入海里。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Another municipal waste problem is street runoff into storm sewers. 有关都市废水的另外一个问题是进入雨水沟的街道雨水。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

169 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

170 obsession   

n.困扰，无法摆脱的思想(或情感)

参考例句：

• I was suffering from obsession that my career would be ended.那时的我陷入了我的事业有可能就此终止的困扰当中。
• She would try to forget her obsession with Christopher.她会努力忘记对克里斯托弗的迷恋。

171 copious   

adj.丰富的，大量的

参考例句：

• She supports her theory with copious evidences.她以大量的例证来充实自己的理论。
• Every star is a copious source of neutrinos.每颗恒星都是丰富的中微子源。

172 pious   

adj.虔诚的；道貌岸然的

参考例句：

• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。
• Her mother was a pious Christian.她母亲是一个虔诚的基督教徒。

173 suppliant   

adj.哀恳的；n.恳求者，哀求者

参考例句：

• He asked for help in a suppliant attitude.他以恳求的态度要我帮忙。
• He knelt as a suppliant at the altar.他跪在祭坛前祈祷。

174 melodiously   

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175 vampire   

n.吸血鬼

参考例句：

• It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆，而是个吸人血的妖精！
• Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说，孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。

176 bard   

n.吟游诗人

参考例句：

• I'll use my bard song to help you concentrate!我会用我的吟游诗人歌曲帮你集中精神！
• I find him,the wandering grey bard.我发现了正在徘徊的衰老游唱诗人。

177 bloodiest   

adj.血污的( bloody的最高级 )；流血的；屠杀的；残忍的

参考例句：

• The Russians were going to suffer their bloodiest defeat of all before Berlin. 俄国人在柏林城下要遭到他们的最惨重的失败。 来自辞典例句
• It was perhaps the bloodiest hour in the history of warfare. 这也许是战争史上血腥味最浓的1个小时。 来自互联网

178 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

179 widower   

n.鳏夫

参考例句：

• George was a widower with six young children.乔治是个带著六个小孩子的鳏夫。
• Having been a widower for many years,he finally decided to marry again.丧偶多年后，他终于决定二婚了。

180 maxim   

n.格言，箴言

参考例句：

• Please lay the maxim to your heart.请把此格言记在心里。
• "Waste not,want not" is her favourite maxim.“不浪费则不匮乏”是她喜爱的格言。

181 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！

182 moot   

v.提出；adj.未决议的；n.大会；辩论会

参考例句：

• The question mooted in the board meeting is still a moot point.那个在董事会上提出讨论的问题仍未决的。
• The oil versus nuclear equation is largely moot.石油和核能之间的关系还很有争议。

183 blatant   

adj.厚颜无耻的；显眼的；炫耀的

参考例句：

• I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁。
• His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.他管理的傲慢作风在他对待秘书的态度上表露无遗。

184 acme   

n.顶点，极点

参考例句：

• His work is considered the acme of cinematic art. 他的作品被认为是电影艺术的巅峰之作。
• Schubert reached the acme of his skill while quite young. 舒伯特的技巧在他十分年轻时即已达到了顶峰。

185 mentality   

n.心理，思想，脑力

参考例句：

• He has many years'experience of the criminal mentality.他研究犯罪心理有多年经验。
• Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.经营企业所要求具备的心态和上班族的心态截然不同。

186 lengthened   

（时间或空间）延长，伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
• He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。

187 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

188 vowels   

n.元音，元音字母( vowel的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Vowels possess greater sonority than consonants. 元音比辅音响亮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Note the various sounds of vowels followed by r. 注意r跟随的各种元音的发音。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

189 chivalry   

n.骑士气概，侠义；（男人）对女人彬彬有礼，献殷勤

参考例句：

• The Middle Ages were also the great age of chivalry.中世纪也是骑士制度盛行的时代。
• He looked up at them with great chivalry.他非常有礼貌地抬头瞧她们。

190 foundered   

v.创始人( founder的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Three ships foundered in heavy seas. 三艘船在波涛汹涌的海面上沉没了。 来自辞典例句
• The project foundered as a result of lack of finance. 该项目因缺乏资金而告吹。 来自辞典例句

191 oracle   

n.神谕，神谕处，预言

参考例句：

• In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候，她祈祷神谕来指引她。
• It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕，常常能预言最重要的事情。

192 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

193 ponderous   

adj.沉重的，笨重的，(文章)冗长的

参考例句：

• His steps were heavy and ponderous.他的步伐沉重缓慢。
• It was easy to underestimate him because of his occasionally ponderous manner.由于他偶尔现出的沉闷的姿态，很容易使人小看了他。

194 pundit   

n.博学之人；权威

参考例句：

• Even the outstanding excellent graduate will learn constantly if he likes to be a pundit.即使最优秀的结业生，要想成为一个博学的人也要不断地研究。
• He is a well known political pundit.他是一个著名的政治专家。

195 goggles   

n.护目镜

参考例句：

• Skiers wear goggles to protect their eyes from the sun.滑雪者都戴上护目镜使眼睛不受阳光伤害。
• My swimming goggles keep steaming up so I can't see.我的护目镜一直有水雾，所以我看不见。

196 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

197 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

198 wheeze   

n.喘息声，气喘声；v.喘息着说

参考例句：

• The old man managed to wheeze out a few words.老人勉强地喘息着说出了几句话。
• He has a slight wheeze in his chest.他呼吸时胸部发出轻微的响声。

199 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

200 feigning   

假装，伪装( feign的现在分词 )； 捏造（借口、理由等）

参考例句：

• He survived the massacre by feigning death. 他装死才在大屠杀中死里逃生。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。

201 gasp   

n.喘息，气喘；v.喘息；气吁吁他说

参考例句：

• She gave a gasp of surprise.她吃惊得大口喘气。
• The enemy are at their last gasp.敌人在做垂死的挣扎。

202 rustling   

n. 瑟瑟声，沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的

参考例句：

• the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
• the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声

203 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

204 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

205 muse   

n.缪斯（希腊神话中的女神），创作灵感

参考例句：

• His muse had deserted him,and he could no longer write.他已无灵感，不能再写作了。
• Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.很多报纸都在揣测总统的命运。

206 lexicon   

n.字典，专门词汇

参考例句：

• Chocolate equals sin in most people's lexicon.巧克力在大多数人的字典里等同于罪恶。
• Silent earthquakes are only just beginning to enter the public lexicon.无声地震才刚开始要成为众所周知的语汇。

207 invective   

n.痛骂，恶意抨击

参考例句：

• He retorted the invective on her.他用恶言讽刺还击她。
• His command of irony and invective was said to be very classic and lethal.据说他嬉笑怒骂的本领是极其杰出的，令人无法招架的。

208 clenching   

v.紧握，抓紧，咬紧( clench的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I'll never get used to them, she thought, clenching her fists. 我永远也看不惯这些家伙，她握紧双拳，心里想。 来自飘（部分）
• Clenching her lips, she nodded. 她紧闭着嘴唇，点点头。 来自辞典例句

209 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

210 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

211 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。

212 jutted   

v.（使）突出( jut的过去式和过去分词 )；伸出；（从…）突出；高出

参考例句：

• A row of small windows jutted out from the roof. 有一排小窗户从房顶上突出来。
• His jaw jutted stubbornly forward; he would not be denied. 他固执地扬起下巴，一副不肯罢休的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

213 alibi   

n.某人当时不在犯罪现场的申辩或证明；借口

参考例句：

• Do you have any proof to substantiate your alibi? 你有证据表明你当时不在犯罪现场吗？
• The police are suspicious of his alibi because he already has a record.警方对他不在场的辩解表示怀疑，因为他已有前科。

214 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

215 twitch   

v.急拉，抽动，痉挛，抽搐；n.扯，阵痛，痉挛

参考例句：

• The smell made my dog's nose twitch.那股气味使我的狗的鼻子抽动着。
• I felt a twitch at my sleeve.我觉得有人扯了一下我的袖子。

216 disdain   

n.鄙视，轻视；v.轻视，鄙视，不屑

参考例句：

• Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。
• A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。

217 pout   

v.撅嘴；绷脸；n.撅嘴；生气，不高兴

参考例句：

• She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout.她看着恋人，故作不悦地撅着嘴。
• He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted.他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。

218 penitent   

adj.后悔的；n.后悔者；忏悔者

参考例句：

• They all appeared very penitent,and begged hard for their lives.他们一个个表示悔罪，苦苦地哀求饶命。
• She is deeply penitent.她深感愧疚。

219 watchful   

adj.注意的，警惕的

参考例句：

• The children played under the watchful eye of their father.孩子们在父亲的小心照看下玩耍。
• It is important that health organizations remain watchful.卫生组织保持警惕是极为重要的。

220 forensic   

adj.法庭的，雄辩的

参考例句：

• The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
• The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。

221 eloquence   

n.雄辩；口才，修辞

参考例句：

• I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
• The people were charmed by his eloquence.人们被他的口才迷住了。

222 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

223 mosaic   

n./adj.镶嵌细工的，镶嵌工艺品的，嵌花式的

参考例句：

• The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.今天早上的天空是幅蓝白相间的画面。
• The image mosaic is a troublesome work.图象镶嵌是个麻烦的工作。

224 lull   

v.使安静，使入睡，缓和，哄骗；n.暂停，间歇

参考例句：

• The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.药物使辛普森安静了30分钟。
• Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后，地面战又突然爆发了。

225 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

226 effigy   

n.肖像

参考例句：

• There the effigy stands,and stares from age to age across the changing ocean.雕像依然耸立在那儿，千秋万载地凝视着那变幻无常的大海。
• The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.群众焚烧退位独裁者的模拟像。

227 sculptor   

n.雕刻家，雕刻家

参考例句：

• A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
• The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。

228 wrought   

v.引起；以…原料制作；运转；adj.制造的

参考例句：

• Events in Paris wrought a change in British opinion towards France and Germany.巴黎发生的事件改变了英国对法国和德国的看法。
• It's a walking stick with a gold head wrought in the form of a flower.那是一个金质花形包头的拐杖。

229 afflatus   

n.灵感，神感

参考例句：

• Carrie was now lightened by a touch of this divine afflatus.神圣的灵感使嘉莉变得神采奕奕。
• Were did your afflatus come from?请问你的灵感是从那里来的？

230 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。

231 morale   

n.道德准则，士气，斗志

参考例句：

• The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

232 oratory   

n.演讲术；词藻华丽的言辞

参考例句：

• I admire the oratory of some politicians.我佩服某些政治家的辩才。
• He dazzled the crowd with his oratory.他的雄辩口才使听众赞叹不已。

233 orator   

n.演说者，演讲者，雄辩家

参考例句：

• He was so eloquent that he cut down the finest orator.他能言善辩，胜过最好的演说家。
• The orator gestured vigorously while speaking.这位演讲者讲话时用力地做手势。

234 revival   

n.复兴，复苏，（精力、活力等的）重振

参考例句：

• The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
• He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。

235 discourse   

n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述

参考例句：

• We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
• He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。

236 rumour   

n.谣言，谣传，传闻

参考例句：

• I should like to know who put that rumour about.我想知道是谁散布了那谣言。
• There has been a rumour mill on him for years.几年来，一直有谣言产生，对他进行中伤。

237 courteous   

adj.彬彬有礼的，客气的

参考例句：

• Although she often disagreed with me,she was always courteous.尽管她常常和我意见不一，但她总是很谦恭有礼。
• He was a kind and courteous man.他为人友善，而且彬彬有礼。

238 haughtiness   

n.傲慢；傲气

参考例句：

• Haughtiness invites disaster,humility receives benefit. 满招损，谦受益。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Finally he came to realize it was his haughtiness that held people off. 他终于意识到是他的傲慢态度使人不敢同他接近。 来自《简明英汉词典》

239 wrath   

n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒

参考例句：

• His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。
• The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。

240 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

241 rims   

n.（圆形物体的）边( rim的名词复数 )；缘；轮辋；轮圈

参考例句：

• As she spoke, the rims of her eyes reddened a little. 说时，眼圈微红。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
• Her eyes were a little hollow, and reddish about the rims. 她的眼睛微微凹陷，眼眶有些发红。 来自辞典例句

242 impromptu   

adj.即席的，即兴的；adv.即兴的(地)，无准备的(地)

参考例句：

• The announcement was made in an impromptu press conference at the airport.这一宣布是在机场举行的临时新闻发布会上作出的。
• The children put on an impromptu concert for the visitors.孩子们为来访者即兴献上了一场音乐会。

243 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

244 linen   

n.亚麻布，亚麻线，亚麻制品；adj.亚麻布制的，亚麻的

参考例句：

• The worker is starching the linen.这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
• Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool.精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。

245 withering   

使人畏缩的，使人害羞的，使人难堪的

参考例句：

• She gave him a withering look. 她极其蔑视地看了他一眼。
• The grass is gradually dried-up and withering and pallen leaves. 草渐渐干枯、枯萎并落叶。

246 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

247 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。

248 admiration   

n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

• He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
• We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。

249 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

250 ascending   

adj.上升的，向上的

参考例句：

• Now draw or trace ten dinosaurs in ascending order of size.现在按照体型由小到大的顺序画出或是临摹出10只恐龙。

251 frail   

adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的

参考例句：

• Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
• She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。

252 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

253 corrupted   

（使）败坏( corrupt的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）腐化； 引起（计算机文件等的）错误； 破坏

参考例句：

• The body corrupted quite quickly. 尸体很快腐烂了。
• The text was corrupted by careless copyists. 原文因抄写员粗心而有讹误。

254 supremely   

adv.无上地，崇高地

参考例句：

• They managed it all supremely well. 这件事他们干得极其出色。
• I consider a supremely beautiful gesture. 我觉得这是非常优雅的姿态。

255 nomad   

n.游牧部落的人，流浪者，游牧民

参考例句：

• He was indeed a nomad of no nationality.他的确是个无国籍的游民。
• The nomad life is rough and hazardous.游牧生活艰苦又危险。

256 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

257 galleys   

n.平底大船，战舰( galley的名词复数 )；（船上或航空器上的）厨房

参考例句：

• Other people had drowned at sea since galleys swarmed with painted sails. 自从布满彩帆的大船下海以来，别的人曾淹死在海里。 来自辞典例句
• He sighed for the galleys, with their infamous costume. 他羡慕那些穿着囚衣的苦工。 来自辞典例句

258 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

259 furrow   

n.沟；垄沟；轨迹；车辙；皱纹

参考例句：

• The tractor has make deep furrow in the loose sand.拖拉机在松软的沙土上留下了深深的车辙。
• Mei did not weep.She only bit her lips,and the furrow in her brow deepened.梅埋下头，她咬了咬嘴唇皮，额上的皱纹显得更深了。

260 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

261 supple   

adj.柔软的，易弯的，逢迎的，顺从的，灵活的；vt.使柔软，使柔顺，使顺从；vi.变柔软，变柔顺

参考例句：

• She gets along well with people because of her supple nature.她与大家相处很好，因为她的天性柔和。
• He admired the graceful and supple movements of the dancers.他赞扬了舞蹈演员优雅灵巧的舞姿。

262 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

263 majestic   

adj.雄伟的，壮丽的，庄严的，威严的，崇高的

参考例句：

• In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
• He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。

264 abodes   

住所( abode的名词复数 )； 公寓； （在某地的）暂住； 逗留

参考例句：

• Now he begin to dig near the abodes front legs. 目前他开端挖马前腿附近的土了。
• They built a outstanding bulk of abodes. 她们盖了一大批房屋。

265 humbleness   

n.谦卑，谦逊；恭顺

参考例句：

• Neither riches nor honours can corrupt him; neither poverty nor humbleness can make him swerve from principle; and neither threats nor forces can subdue him. 富贵不能淫， 贫贱不能移，威武不能屈。
• Consciousness is the mother of progress; humbleness is the source of degeneration. 1自觉心是进步之母，自贱心是堕落之源。

266 vagrants   

流浪者( vagrant的名词复数 )； 无业游民； 乞丐； 无赖

参考例句：

• Police kept a close watch on the vagrants. 警察严密监视那些流浪者。
• O Troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words. 世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀，请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。

267 belch   

v.打嗝，喷出

参考例句：

• Cucumber makes me belch.黃瓜吃得我打嗝。
• Plant chimneys belch out dense smoke.工厂的烟囱冒出滚滚浓烟。

268 cleft   

n.裂缝；adj.裂开的

参考例句：

• I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里。
• He was cleft from his brother during the war.在战争期间，他与他的哥哥分离。

269 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

270 countenance   

n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同

参考例句：

• At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
• I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地，仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。

271 outlaw   

n.歹徒，亡命之徒；vt.宣布…为不合法

参考例句：

• The outlaw hid out in the hills for several months.逃犯在山里隐藏了几个月。
• The outlaw has been caught.歹徒已被抓住了。

272 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

273 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

274 demise   

n.死亡；v.让渡，遗赠，转让

参考例句：

• He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.他赞扬协会的目标，但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
• The war brought about the industry's sudden demise.战争道致这个行业就这么突然垮了。

275 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

276 laud   

n.颂歌；v.赞美

参考例句：

• Kathy was very pleased to have graduated cum laud in her class.凯西在班上以优等成绩毕业，她为此而非常高兴。
• We laud him a warmhearted man.我们称赞他是个热心人。

277 adjourn   

v.（使）休会，（使）休庭

参考例句：

• The motion to adjourn was carried.休会的提议通过了。
• I am afraid the court may not adjourn until three or even later.我担心法庭要到3点或更晚时才会休庭。

278 metaphorically   

adv. 用比喻地

参考例句：

• It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically. 对一个词的理解是按字面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下文和习惯。
• Metaphorically it implied a sort of admirable energy. 从比喻来讲，它含有一种令人赞许的能量的意思。

279 resolutely   

adj.坚决地，果断地

参考例句：

• He resolutely adhered to what he had said at the meeting. 他坚持他在会上所说的话。
• He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties. 他不是果敢地去面对困难，而是抱怨自己运气不佳。

280 admonishing   

v.劝告( admonish的现在分词 )；训诫；（温和地）责备；轻责

参考例句：

• It is waste of time, admonishing you. 劝告你简直是浪费工夫。 来自辞典例句
• To date, the Doctrine of Cheng Fu still exerts its admonishing effect. 时至今日，承负说仍具有警示作用。 来自互联网

281 fumbled   

（笨拙地）摸索或处理（某事物）( fumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 乱摸，笨拙地弄； 使落下

参考例句：

• She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief. 她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
• He fumbled about in his pockets for the ticket. 他（瞎）摸着衣兜找票。

282 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

283 reeking   

v.发出浓烈的臭气( reek的现在分词 )；散发臭气；发出难闻的气味 (of sth)；明显带有（令人不快或生疑的跡象）

参考例句：

• I won't have you reeking with sweat in my bed! 我就不许你混身臭汗，臭烘烘的上我的炕！ 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• This is a novel reeking with sentimentalism. 这是一本充满着感伤主义的小说。 来自辞典例句

284 glistening   

adj.闪耀的，反光的v.湿物闪耀，闪亮( glisten的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
• Her eyes were glistening with tears. 她眼睛中的泪水闪着柔和的光。 来自《用法词典》

285 fustian   

n.浮夸的；厚粗棉布

参考例句：

• Fustian can't disguise the author's meager plot.浮夸的文章掩饰不住这个作者的贫乏情节。
• His fustian shirt,sanguineflowered,trembles its Spanish tassels at his secrets.他身上穿的是件印有血红色大花的粗斜纹布衬衫，每当他吐露秘密时，西班牙式的流苏就颤悠。

286 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

287 coax   

v.哄诱，劝诱，用诱哄得到，诱取

参考例句：

• I had to coax the information out of him.我得用好话套出他掌握的情况。
• He tried to coax the secret from me.他试图哄骗我说出秘方。

288 coppers   

铜( copper的名词复数 )； 铜币

参考例句：

• I only paid a few coppers for it. 我只花了几个铜板买下这东西。
• He had only a few coppers in his pocket. 他兜里仅有几个铜板。

289 bonnets   

n.童帽( bonnet的名词复数 )；（烟囱等的）覆盖物；（苏格兰男子的）无边呢帽；（女子戴的）任何一种帽子

参考例句：

• All the best bonnets of the city were there. 城里戴最漂亮的无边女帽的妇女全都到场了。 来自辞典例句
• I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit. 我是在用帽子和镯子引诱你，引你上钩。 来自飘（部分）

290 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

291 virgins   

处女，童男( virgin的名词复数 )； 童贞玛利亚（耶稣之母）

参考例句：

• They were both virgins when they met and married. 他们从相识到结婚前都未曾经历男女之事。
• Men want virgins as concubines. 人家买姨太太的要整货。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

292 brawn   

n.体力

参考例句：

• In this job you need both brains and brawn.做这份工作既劳神又费力。
• They relied on brains rather than brawn.他们靠的是脑力，而不是体力。

293 waddle   

vi.摇摆地走；n.摇摆的走路(样子)

参考例句：

• I am pregnant.I waddle awkwardly and my big stomach pressed against the weight of the world. 我怀孕了，我滑稽可笑地瞒珊而行，大肚子上压着全世界的重量。
• We waddle and hop and have lots of fun.我们走起路来摇摇摆摆，还一跳一跳的。我们的生活很有趣。

294 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

295 antithesis   

n.对立；相对

参考例句：

• The style of his speech was in complete antithesis to mine.他和我的讲话方式完全相反。
• His creation was an antithesis to academic dogmatism of the time.他的创作与当时学院派的教条相对立。

296 bevy   

n.一群

参考例句：

• A bevy of bathing beauties appeared on the beach.沙滩上出现了一群游泳的美女。
• Look,there comes a bevy of ladies.看，一群女人来了。

297 scampering   

v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑，惊惶奔跑( scamper的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A cat miaowed, then was heard scampering away. 马上起了猫叫，接着又听见猫逃走的声音。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb. 一只灰色的松鼠在树枝间跳来跳去。 来自辞典例句

298 bellows   

n.风箱；发出吼叫声，咆哮（尤指因痛苦）( bellow的名词复数 )；（愤怒地）说出（某事），大叫v.发出吼叫声，咆哮（尤指因痛苦）( bellow的第三人称单数 )；（愤怒地）说出（某事），大叫

参考例句：

• His job is to blow the bellows for the blacksmith. 他的工作是给铁匠拉风箱。 来自辞典例句
• You could, I suppose, compare me to a blacksmith's bellows. 我想，你可能把我比作铁匠的风箱。 来自辞典例句

299 puffing   

v.使喷出( puff的现在分词 )；喷着汽（或烟）移动；吹嘘；吹捧

参考例句：

• He was puffing hard when he jumped on to the bus. 他跳上公共汽车时喘息不已。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe. 父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

300 cadge   

v.乞讨

参考例句：

• I managed to cadge a ride with a lorry driver.我求一个卡车司机免费载了我一程。
• Homeless people forced to cadge in subway stations.无家可归的人们被迫在地铁站里乞讨。

301 abreast   

adv.并排地；跟上(时代)的步伐，与…并进地

参考例句：

• She kept abreast with the flood of communications that had poured in.她及时回复如雪片般飞来的大批信件。
• We can't keep abreast of the developing situation unless we study harder.我们如果不加强学习，就会跟不上形势。

302 waddler   

参考例句：

303 dome   

n.圆屋顶，拱顶

参考例句：

• The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
• They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。

304 rambunctious   

adj.喧闹的；粗鲁的

参考例句：

• Their rambunctious son always got into trouble.他们那个不受管束的儿子老是惹麻烦。
• It's not the chirping,rambunctious play that they did when they first arrived.他们现在已经不像刚开始见面那会儿，总是冲着对方乱叫，或者在玩耍时动作粗暴。

305 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。

306 dames   

n.（在英国）夫人（一种封号），夫人（爵士妻子的称号）( dame的名词复数 )；女人

参考例句：

• Dames would not comment any further. Dames将不再更多的评论。 来自互联网
• Flowers, candy, jewelry, seemed the principal things in which the elegant dames were interested. 鲜花、糖果和珠宝看来是那些贵妇人的主要兴趣所在。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

307 dribbles   

n.涓滴( dribble的名词复数 )；细滴；少量（液体）v.流口水( dribble的第三人称单数 )；（使液体）滴下或作细流；运球，带球

参考例句：

• That faucet dribbles badly. 那个水龙头漏水严重。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Question: How do you make the dribbles like you always do them? 就像你经常做的，你怎么盘带？（估计也是个踢球的）。 来自互联网

308 beckoned   

v.（用头或手的动作）示意，召唤( beckon的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He beckoned to the waiter to bring the bill. 他招手示意服务生把账单送过来。
• The seated figure in the corner beckoned me over. 那个坐在角落里的人向我招手让我过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

309 haughty   

adj.傲慢的，高傲的

参考例句：

• He gave me a haughty look and walked away.他向我摆出傲慢的表情后走开。
• They were displeased with her haughty airs.他们讨厌她高傲的派头。

310 proboscis   

n.（象的）长鼻

参考例句：

• Its proboscis has got stuck to a lot of pollen.它的喙上粘了很多花粉。
• It hovers in front of the flower,using its proboscis to look for nectar. 它在兰花前面飞来飞去, 用喙寻找花蜜.

311 spartans   

n.斯巴达（spartan的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The ancient Spartans used to expose babies that they did not want. 古斯巴达人常遗弃他们不要的婴儿。
• But one by one the Spartans fell. 可是斯巴达人一个一个地倒下了。

312 disciple   

n.信徒，门徒，追随者

参考例句：

• Your disciple failed to welcome you.你的徒弟没能迎接你。
• He was an ardent disciple of Gandhi.他是甘地的忠实信徒。

313 trolleys   

n.（两轮或四轮的）手推车( trolley的名词复数 )；装有脚轮的小台车；电车

参考例句：

• Cars and trolleys filled the street. 小汽车和有轨电车挤满了街道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Garbage from all sources was deposited in bins on trolleys. 来自各方的垃圾是装在手推车上的垃圾箱里的。 来自辞典例句

314 waggons   

四轮的运货马车( waggon的名词复数 )； 铁路货车； 小手推车

参考例句：

• Most transport is done by electrified waggons. 大部分货物都用电瓶车运送。

315 aerated   

v.使暴露于空气中，使充满气体( aerate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Blood is aerated in the lungs. 血液在肺中与氧结合。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The rooting medium should be moist, well aerated, and sterile. 生根的基质应当是湿润，透气良好和消过毒的。 来自辞典例句

316 rattling   

adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词

参考例句：

• This book is a rattling good read. 这是一本非常好的读物。
• At that same instant,a deafening explosion set the windows rattling. 正在这时，一声震耳欲聋的爆炸突然袭来，把窗玻璃震得当当地响。

317 crates   

n. 板条箱, 篓子, 旧汽车 vt. 装进纸条箱

参考例句：

• We were using crates as seats. 我们用大木箱作为座位。
• Thousands of crates compacted in a warehouse. 数以千计的板条箱堆放在仓库里。

318 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

319 sophomore   

n.大学二年级生；adj.第二年的

参考例句：

• He is in his sophomore year.他在读二年级。
• I'm a college sophomore majoring in English.我是一名英语专业的大二学生。

320 parable   

n.寓言，比喻

参考例句：

• This is an ancient parable.这是一个古老的寓言。
• The minister preached a sermon on the parable of the lost sheep.牧师讲道时用了亡羊的比喻。

321 cynosure   

n.焦点

参考例句：

• Let faith be your cynosure to walk by.让信仰成为你生活中的灯塔。
• The princess,dressed head to foot in gold,was the cynosure of all eyes.公主全身上下披金戴银，是众目注视的焦点。

322 meshes   

网孔( mesh的名词复数 )； 网状物； 陷阱； 困境

参考例句：

• The net of Heaven has large meshes, but it lets nothing through. 天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
• This net has half-inch meshes. 这个网有半英寸见方的网孔。

323 digits   

n.数字( digit的名词复数 )；手指，足趾

参考例句：

• The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

324 titillating   

adj.使人痒痒的； 使人激动的，令人兴奋的v.使觉得痒( titillate的现在分词 )；逗引；激发；使高兴

参考例句：

• Titillating the public now could help sales of Peptide 7 latet on. 现在刺激一下公众，对将来缩氨酸7号的销售可能还会有好处呢。 来自辞典例句

325 frisky   

adj.活泼的，欢闹的；n.活泼，闹着玩；adv.活泼地，闹着玩地

参考例句：

• I felt frisky,as if I might break into a dance.我感到很欢快，似乎要跳起舞来。
• His horse was feeling frisky,and he had to hold the reins tightly.马儿欢蹦乱跳，他不得不紧勒缰绳。

326 tickles   

（使）发痒( tickle的第三人称单数 )； （使）愉快，逗乐

参考例句：

• My foot [nose] tickles. 我的脚[鼻子]痒。
• My nose tickles from the dust and I want to scratch it. 我的鼻子受灰尘的刺激发痒，很想搔它。

327 tickled   

（使）发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）愉快，逗乐

参考例句：

• We were tickled pink to see our friends on television. 在电视中看到我们的一些朋友，我们高兴极了。
• I tickled the baby's feet and made her laugh. 我胳肢孩子的脚，使她发笑。