Mastiansky and Citron: Belial!
Laemlein of Istria, the false Messiah!
Abulafia! Recant!
(George R Mesias, Bloom’s tailor,
appears, A tailor’s goose under
his
arm, presenting A bill)
Mesias: To alteration one pair trousers eleven shillings.
Bloom: (Rubs his hands cheerfully) Just like old times. Poor Bloom!
(Reuben J Dodd, blackbearded Iscariot,
bad shepherd, bearing on his
shoulders the drowned corpse of
his son, approaches the pillory.)
Reuben J: (Whispers hoarsely) The squeak is out. A split is gone for the flatties. Nip the first rattler.
The fire brigade: Pflaap!
Brother buzz: (Invests bloom in A yellow habit with embroidery of painted flames and high pointed hat. He places A bag of gunpowder round his neck and hands him over to the civil power, saying) Forgive him his trespasses.
(Lieutenant Myers of the Dublin
fire brigade by general request
sets fire
to bloom. Lamentations.)
The citizen: Thank heaven!
Bloom: (In A seamless garment
marked I. H. S. Stands upright amid
Phoenix
flames) Weep not for me, O daughters of Erin.
(He exhibits to Dublin reporters
traces of burning. The daughters
of
Erin, in black garments, with
large PRAYERBOOKS and long lighted
candles
in their hands, kneel down
and pray.)
The daughters of Erin:
Kidney of Bloom, pray for
us
Flower of the Bath, pray for
us
Mentor of Menton, pray for
us
Canvasser for the Freeman,
pray for us
Charitable Mason, pray for
us
Wandering Soap, pray for us
Sweets of Sin, pray for us
Music without Words, pray
for us
Reprover of the Citizen, pray
for us
Friend of all Frillies, pray
for us
Midwife Most Merciful, pray
for us
Potato Preservative against
Plague and Pestilence, pray for us.