10 Ulysses
flush it nice cool pins and needles still theres something in
it I suppose I always used to know by Millys when she was a
child whether she had worms or not still all the same paying
him for that how much is that doctor one guinea please and
asking me had I frequent omissions where do those old fel-
lows get all the words they have omissions with his
shortsighted eyes on me cocked sideways I wouldnt trust
him too far to give me chloroform or God knows what else
still I liked him when he sat down to write the thing out
frowning so severe his nose intelligent like that you be
damned you lying strap O anything no matter who except
an idiot he was clever enough to spot that of course that was
all thinking of him and his mad crazy letters my Precious
one everything connected with your glorious Body every-
thing underlined that comes from it is a thing of beauty and
of joy for ever something he got out of some nonsensical
book that he had me always at myself 4 and 5 times a day
sometimes and I said I hadnt are you sure O yes I said I am
quite sure in a way that shut him up I knew what was com-
ing next only natural weakness it was he excited me I dont
know how the first night ever we met when I was living in
Rehoboth terrace we stood staring at one another for about
lo minutes as if we met somewhere I suppose on account of
my being jewess looking after my mother he used to amuse
me the things he said with the half sloothering smile on
him and all the Doyles said he was going to stand for a
member of Parliament O wasnt I the born fool to believe all
his blather about home rule and the land league sending me
that long strool of a song out of the Huguenots to sing in