Oº
tell me all about
Anna Livia! I want to hear

all about Anna Livia. Well, you know Anna Livia? Yes, of course, we all know Anna Livia. Tell me all. Tell me now. You'll die when you hear. Well, you know, when the old ^|11chap cheb^11| went ^|3|+|5'phut futt^5'|+|3| and did what you know. Yes, I know, go on. Wash away and ^|13don't be quitº^13| dabbling. ^|2Tuck up your sleeves and loosen your talktapes.^{2| |13}And don't butt me — hike! — when you bend.^13| Or whatever it was they ^|13try threed^13| to make out he ^|13tried to do thried to two^13| in the ^|6Phoenix Fiendish^6| Parkº. He's an awful old ^|13rep reppe^13|. Look at the shirt of him! Look at the dirt of it! ^|2He has all my water black on me. And it steeping and stuping since this time last ^|14week wikº^14|.^{2| |3|x|a}How many ^|11'times goes^11'| is it I wonder I washed it? I know by heart the places he ^|bsoils likes to ^|11'soil. saale^|a., duddurty devil!^a|11'|b| Scorching my hand and starving my famine to make his private linen public.^a| Wallop it well with your battle and clean it. My wrists are ^|13rusty ^|21rwusty wrusty^21|13| rubbing the ^|4mouldy mouldaw^4| stains. And the ^|4loads dneepers^4| of wet and the ^|atons ^|4sewers gangres^4|a| of sin in it!^x|3| What was it he did ^|7at all a tail^{7| |3|+}at all on Animal ^|9Sunday Sendai^9|+|3|? ^|3|+And ^|awhy how long^a| was he under ^|s14lough loch^s14| and neagh?º^+|3| It was put in the ^|13papers newses^13| what he did^|4, ^|8nicies and priers, the King fierceas Humphrey, with^8| illysus distilling^|9, exploits^9| and all^4|. But ^|11'time toms^11'| will ^|13tell till^13|. I know ^|11'it he^{11'| |13}will well^13|. ^|2|11'Time Temp^{11'| |9}and tide will wash untamed will hist^9| for no man.^{2| |14}As you spring so shall you neap.^14| O, the awful ^|11'old roughty^11'| old ^|13rep rappe^13|! ^|13|aMixing Minxing^a| marrage and making loof.
{f39, 197}
Reeve Gootch was right and Reeve ^|aDroched Drughad^a| was ^|14wrong. sinistrous.º^{14|13| |3|+}And the cut of him! And the strut of him! How he used to hold his head as high as a howeth^|6, the famous ^|11old eld^11| duke alien,^6| with a hump of grandeur on him like a walking ^|17wiesel^17| rat!º^{+|3| |8|a}And his derry's own drawl and his corksown blather and his doubling stutter and his gullaway swank.^a| Ask Lictor Hackett or Lector Reade orº Garda Growley or the Boy with the Billyclub.^{8| |9}What age How ^|11eld elster^11|9| is he ^|9at all a called^9| at all?º ^|11'Qu'appelle?^{11'| |8}Huges Caput Earlyfouler.º^8| Or where was he born or how was he found ^|8and? ^|9Urgothland, Tvistown on the Kattekat? New Hunshire, Concordº on the Merrimake?^{9| |s17}Who blocksmitt her
{f10, 155}
saft anvil or yelled lep to her pail?^s17| Was her banns ^|aever never^a| loosened in Adam and Eve's ^|s14and or^s14|8| were him and her ^|s14ever but captain^s14| spliced?º ^|14With m For mine etherduckº I thee drake. And by my wildgaze I thee gander.^{14| |8}Flowey and Mount on the brink of time ^|9with makes^9| wishes and fears for a happy isthmass.^{8| |17|a}She can show all her lines, with love, licenceº to play.^a| And if they don't remarry that hook and eye may^|err.!º^{22|17| |8}O, ^|11'pass me passmore^11'| that and oxus another!º ^|aDon Dom^a| Dombdomb and his wee follyo!^{8| |14}Was his help inshored in the Stork and Pelican against bungelars, flu and third risk parties?^{14| |3|+}I heard he ^(5'got some dug good^{5') |4}money tin^4| with ^(5'her his doll^|17, delvan first and duvlin after,^{17|5') |a}when he ^|bcarted ^|9brought raped^9|b| her home^|6, ^|9Sabine Sabrine^9| asthore,^6| in a perokeet'sº cage, ^|8by dredgerous lands and devious delts, playing catched and mythed with the gleam of her shadda ^|17(if a flic had been there to pop up and pepper him!)^17|,º^{8| |9}past auld min's manse and Maisons Allfou and the rest of incurables and the last of immurables,^9| the quaggy ^|11way waag^11| for stumbling^a|. ^|aDevil a Who ^|btold sold^b| you that jackalantern's tale? ^|14Pemmican's pasty pie!^{14| |17}Not a grasshoop to ring her, not an ^|aantsweight antsgrain^a| of ore.^17| In a gabbard he ^|9landed barqued it^9||b, the boat of life, ^|8from the harbourless Ivernikan Okean,^{8| |9}till he sp spied the loom of his landfall^9| and he loosed two croakers from under his tilt, the ^|11old gran^11| Phenician rover. By the smell of her kelp they made the pigeonhouse^b|.^{a|+|3| |4}Like fun they ^|7did but did! But^7| where was ^|ahimself Himself^a||9, the timoneer^9|? ^|5The That^{5| |6}merchantman marchantman^6| he ^|14follied suivied^14| their scutties right over the wash, his cameleer's burnous breezing upo up on him, till with his runagate bowmpriss he ^|9rode roade^9| and ^|5broke ^|a_unreaded borst^a|5| her bar. ^|5'Paleiliou! ^|aPwllhillyou! ^|9Pwllhyllyou! Pilcomayo!^{9|a|5'| |9}Och, I'm kilt! Sutchcau Suchcaughtawan!^{9| |8}And the whale's away with the grayling!^8| Tune
{f39, 198}
your pipes and fall ahumming, you born ^|5'idiot, ijit ijypt,^5'| and you're nothing short of ^|ait one^a|! ^|8Well, ^|aptelleme soom ptellomyº soon^a| and curb your ^|s14froth escumo^s14|.^8| When they saw him shoot ^|5by swift^5| up her sheba sheath, like any gay lord salomon, they ^|athe her^a| bulls they were ^|9roaring ruhring^9|, surfed with spree. ^|11'Nooknoorum nyroo! Nooknoorum nyroo! Boyarka buah! Boyana bueh!^11'| He erned ^|aher his lille ^|bBunbad Bunbath^b|,^{a| |a}well hard^a|, our staly ^|11'bred bredeº^11'|, the trader. He did. Look at here. In this wet of his prow.^{4| |4}Don't Didn'tº^4| you know ^|4he's he was^{4| |11|21}kalled kaldt^21|11| a bairn of the ^|11'sea brine^11'|, ^|7Waterhouse ^|9Waterbourne Wasserbourne^9|7| the waterbaby? ^|9O, I know Havemmarea^9|, so he was^|err.!º^err| H.C.E.º has ^|2blue in his a ^|5'cockly ^|11'briny ^|13codfish ^|acodfisk codfisck^{a|13|11'|5'|2|} ee. ^|11Sure, Shur,º^11| she's nearly as ^|11'bad badher^11'| as him herself. Who? Anna Livia? Ay, Anna Livia!º Do you know she was calling ^|4|17backwater bakvandets^{17|4| |11'}girls sals^11'| from all around^|19, nyumba noo, chamba choo,^19| to go in till him^|3|+, her erring ^|14man cheef^14|,^+|3| and tickle ^|5him the pontiff^{5| |2|9}easy aisy-oisy^9|2|? She was? ^|5Go to God ^|9Go to Gota^9| pot^5|! ^|9|17Well, that's the limmat! Yssel that the limmat^|err!?º^22|17| As El Negro ^|13said when he looked winced when he wonced^13| in La Plate.^9| O, tell me all I want to hear^|14, how loft she was lift a laddery dextro!º A coneywink after the bunting fell^14|. Letting on she didn't care^|+3., ^|19sina feza, me absantee, him man in passession,^19| the proxenete! Proxenete and ^|5'what is that phwhat is phthat^5'|? ^|s17Emme for your reussischer'sº ^|sajarkon, mam. Honddu jarkon!^{sa|s17| |8}Tell us in franca langua.^{8| |14}And call a spate a spate.^{14| |5}Were you never Did they never ^|9otter sharee^9| you ebro^5| at ^|5'school skol^|9, you ^|aantiabbecedarian antiabecedarian^a|9|5'|? It's just the same as if I was to go ^|9for example ^|s17for par^s17| examplum^9| now ^|s17in conservancy's cause^{s17| |8}out of telekinesis^8| and proxenete you. For ^|5God' ^|9Cox' Coxytº^9|5| sake and is
{f10, 156}
that what she is?^{+|3| |8|a}I little ^|11'Little Botlettle^11'| I^a| thought she'd ^|afall act^a| that ^|11low loa^11|.^8| Didn't you spot her in her ^|11'windeye windaug^11'||2, ^|5standing wubbling^5| up on ^|5a rickety ^|6a reedy an osiery^6|5| chair,^{2| |8}with a ^|9music meusic^9| before her all cunniform letters,^8| pretending to ⁽³play ^|5'ripple ribble^5'|3) a ^|4tune or two ^|arime or two ^|5'wave or two reedy derg^5'|a|4| on a fiddle she ^|5'has ^|11'bows bogans^11'|5'| without a ^|9bottom band on^9|? Sure she can't ^|5fiddlededee fiddan a dee^5|, ^|5top ^|9with^9| bow^5| or ^|9bottom abandon^9|! ^|5Of course Srueº^5|, she can't! ^|5'All a blind ^|11'Just a Tista^11'| suck^5'|. Well, I never ^|18now^18| heard the ^|13d_unread^13| like of that! Tell me ^|14more moher^14|. Tell me ^|6all ^|13most moatst^13|6|.

Well,º old ^|2Humper Humber^2| was as ^|9glum as a glommen as^9| grampus, ^|9with the tares at his thor and the ^|apest buboes^a| for ages and neither bowman nor shot abroadº ^|aand bales ^|14ablaze ^|aallbrand allbrant^a|14| on ^|ba score of hills the crests of rockies^b| and ^|11devil a nera^11| lamp in kitchen or church and giant's holes in Grafton's causeway ^|17and deathcap mushrooms round Funglus'º grave ^|saand the t great tribune's barrow all darnels ocummuleº^sa|17|a|,^{9| (16}setting sittang^{16) |11}moping sambre^11| on his ^|17benk sett^17|, ^|9drammen and ⁽¹⁶drummin drommen¹⁶⁾, ^|17usking queasy quizzers of his ruful continence,º^17| his childlinen scarf to encourage his obsequies,º^{9| |4}where he'd check ^|athe their^a|
{f39, 199}
^|6debts debths^6| in that mormon's thames and,^{4| |14|a|b}be questing and handselº, hop, step and a deepend,^b| with his berths in their toiling moil,^a| his swallower open from swolf to fore and the snipes of the gutter ^|apicking pecking^a| his crocs,^14| hungerstriking all ^|2by himself, aloneº^2| and holding ^|2doomsday doomsdag^2| over ^|11himself ⁽¹⁶hunseself hunselv^16)11|, dreeing his weird with his dander upº and his ⁽³hair fringe³⁾ combed over his eygs and ^|11keeking droming^11| on loft at till the ^|4face sight^4| of the sternes ^|8|aafterº ^|bswarthy zwarthy^b| kowse and weedy broeks and the tits of buddy and the loits of pest and^a| to peer was Parish worth ^|9the thette^9| mess^8|. ^|3|+You'd think all was ^|11dead dodo^11| belonging to him^|9, How howº he ^|11satt durmed adranse^11| in durance vaal^9|. He had been belching for ^|5over a year severn years^5|.^+|3| And there she was, Anna Livia, sheº ^|5'couldn't snatch a wink darent catch a winkle^5'| of sleep, purling around like a chit of a child, ^|19Wendawanda,º a fingerthick,^19| in a ^|4short summer Lapsummer^4| skirt and ^|6painted damazon^6| cheeks ^|8forº to ^|9wish ^|11wiss ishim^{11| |a|13}a^{13|a|9| |a}bonjour bonzour^a| to her dear dubberº Dan^|9, withº neuphraties and ^|asalt sault^a| from his maggias^9|8|. And an odd time she'd cook him up blooms of fisk ^|3and ^|ato and^a| lay ^|4at his feet till to his heartsfoot^4| her^3| meddery eygs^|19, yayis,^{19| |2}and ^|4staynish^{4| |3}beacons on ^|4toask toasc and^{4|3| |5'}a cupenhave ^|8so weeshwaashyº^8| of greenland'sº tay ^|9or ^|11a dzoupgan of^11| mokau ^|11to order kaffueº ^|14auº sable^14|11| or Sinkiangº ^|11'sukry^{11'|9| |8}or his ale of ferns in trueartpewterº^8| andº^{5'| |4}a^{4| |11'}shinking bread shinkobread^{11'|2| |19}(hamjambo, bana?)^19| for to plaise ^|2the that^2| man hog stay his ^|2stomach stomicker^{2| |11'|~}and to ile the gules of her old villaine^{~|11'| |4}till her ^|6knees were worn pyrraknees shrunk^6| to nutmeg gratersº^{4| |17}while her togglejoints shuck with goyt^17|, andº as rash as she'd ^|3run ^|11'rush russ^11'|3| with ^|5them her peakload of vivers^5| up on her ^|11'tray sieve^{11'| |8}(^|17his towering metauwero^17| rage ^|9see how it it swales and^{9| |13}rises! rieses!º^13|)^{8| |5'}the old chap 'd cast my ^|11bold hardey^11| Hek he'd kast^5'| them ^|11from frome^11| him with a ^|5'scowl stour^5'| of scornº ^|2as much as to say ^|11'you this and you that you sow and you sozh^11'|,^2| and if he didn't peg the ^|4tea ^|9plateau platteau^{9|4| |9}in her face on her ^|11'taw tawe^11'|9|, believe ^|8you^8| me, she was safe enough. And then she'd ^|9try esk^9| to ^|2whistle a tune ^|4fistle a tune vistule a hymn^4|2|, The Heart Bowed Down or The Rakes of Mallowº ^|9or Chelli Michele's La Calumnia è un Vermicelli or a balfy bit orº Oldº Jo Robidson^9|. ^|8|11Such Sucho^11| fuffing ^|11and a^11| fifeing ^|9'twould cut you in two^9|! She'd bate the hen that crowed on the ^|atower of Babel turrace of Babbel^a|.^8| What harm if she knew how to ^|5'cock cockle^5'| her mouth!º And not a mag out of ^|4him Hum^4| no more than ^|3the wall out of the
{f10, 157}
mangle weight^3|. Is that a ^|4fact faith^4|? That's ^|14'a the^14'| fact. ^|8Then ^|13doing riding^13| the ^|agrand ricka ^|band ^|11'queen of queens roya romanche^11'|, ^|cAnnona, gebroren ^|11aroostokrat^11| Nivia,^{c| |13}dochtherº of Sense and Art,^{13| |9}with Sparks' pirryphlickathims funkling her ^|13fan, fan^{13|9| |13}her annerº^{13| |11'}frostified ^|s14frostivied frostivying^s14|11'| tresses ^|11lit dasht^11| with ^|11'fireflies virevlies^{11'|b|a| |9}—º
{f39, 200}
while the prom beauties ^|ashrieked ^|bshreeked sreeked^{b|a| |s14}in nith^s14| their bearers' skins! —º^9| in a period gown of changeable jade that would ^|11'clothe robe^11'| the wood of two cardinals' chairs and crush poor Cullen and smother MacCabe.^{8| |s14}O blazerskate! Theirs porpor patches!^s14| And ^|4cheeping brahming^4| to him down the feedchute, with ^|s17all her ^|18femtyfyr femtyfyx^18|s17| kinds of fondling endings, the poother ^|2falling from rambling off^2| her nose: ^|6Vuggybarney, Wickerymandy! Hello, ducky, please don't die! Vuggybarney, Wickerymandy! Hello, ducky, please don't die!^{6| |3}missing^3| Do you know what she started ^|4singing cheeping^{4| |17}then after^17|, ^|13the voice of her with a ^|14choicey^14| voicey^13| like ^|6a water gluck ^|14a watergluck waterglucks^{14|6| |17}or Madame Delba to Romeoreszk^17|? You'll never guess. Tell me. Tell me. Phoebe, dearest, tell, O tell meº and I loved you better nor you knew. And letting on ^|13she was hoon var^13| daft about the ^|2camelold oldº warbly^2| sangs from over ^|3holmen: holmen,^3| High hellskirt saw ladies hensmoker lilyhung ^|3pigger. pigger,º ^|11'and soay and ^|13sohan soan^{13| |13}and so firth and so forth^13| in a tone sonora,º^11'| and ^|6himself Oom Bothar^6| below ^|17like Bheri-Bheriº^{17| |6}in his sandy cloak^|11', so umvolosy,^11'|6| as deaf as a yawn^|14., the stult!^14|3| Go away! ^|8Poor deef old deeryº!^{8| |9}You're only jeering! Yare only teesingº!^9| Anna Liv? As ^|5'God Chalkº^5'| is my judge! And didn't she ^|2up ^|13and rise in sorgueº^13| and^2| go and trot ^|11down doon^11| and stand in ^|8the door her douro^8||3, puffing her old dudheen,º^3| and every ^|11'country wench shirvant siligirilº^11'| or ^|11'wensum^11'| farmerette walking the ^|5'pilend^5'| roads^|8, Sowyº, Fundally, Daery or Maery, Milucre, Awny or Graw,^8| usedn't she make her ^|11a simp or^11| a signº to slip inside by the ^|2sallyport ^|4sallypost sullyport^4|2|? You don't say^|err,º^err| the ^|4sallyport sillypost^4|? ^|5'I did. I do. ^|6I did and I do. ^|s17I did. And I do. Bedouix but I do!^s17|6|5'| Calling them ^|2all inº^2| one by one ^|9(^|aBlockbottom here! To Blockbeddum! here!^a| Here the Shoebenacaddie!)^9| and legging a jig or ^|6two so^{6| |9}on the sihl^9| to show them how to shake their benders and the dainty how to bring to mind the gladdest garments out of sight and all the way of a maid with a man and making a sort of a cackling noise like two and a penny or half a crown and holding up a ^|11'silver silliver^11'| shiner. Lordy, lordy, did she so? Well, of all the ones ever I heard! Throwing all the ^|9girls ^|11nice neiss^11| little whores^{9| |2}in ^|9of in^9|2| the world at him! To ^|11'any inny^{11'| |8}captured^{8| |9}lass you like wench you wish^9| of no matter what sex of ^|11'playful pleissful^11'| ways ^|9two and a tanner two ^|11add a adda^11| tammar^9| a ^|9girl a go lizzy ^|11alass a lossie^11|9| to hug and ^|11have hab^{11| |8}fun ^|aheaven haven^a|8| in Humpy's ^|4lap apron^4|!

And what ^|5'about the was the wyeryeº^{5'| |11'}rhyme rima^11'| she made?º ^|13O that! Odet! Odet!^13| Tell me ^|9that the trent of it^{9| |2}while I'm lathering ^|10'hell hail^10'| out of Denis Florence MacCarthy's combies^2|.º ^|13Rise it, flut ye, pian piena!^13| I'm dying down off my ^|4iodine^4| feet until I ^|13hear lerryn^13| Anna Livia's ^|5'rhyme cushingloo^|17,
{f39, 201}
that was writ by one and rede by two and trouved by a poule in the parco^17|5'|! I can see that.º I see you are. How does it ^|9go tummel^9|? Listen now. Are you listening? Yes, yes! Indeedº I am! ^|9Listen now. Tarn your ^|11ear ore^{11| |a}here ouse^a||err.!^{22|9| |9}Listen in: Essonne inne^|err.!º^22|9|

By earth and ^|8heaven the cloudy^8| but I badly want a brandnew ^|5'backside, bankside,º^{5'| (5'}bedad bedamp^5') and I do,º and a plumper at that!
{f10, 158}

For the putty affair I have is wore out,º so it is, sitting,º ^|5'yawning yaping^5'| and waiting for my old Dane ^|14the hodder^14| dodderer,º my life in death companion, my frugal key of our larder, my much alteredº camel's hump, my jointspoiler, my maymoon's honey, my fool to the last Decemberer, to wake himself out of his winter's doze and ^|9shout bore^9| me down like he used to.

Is there ^|9irwell^9| a lord of the manor or a knight of the shire ^|13at all, at strike,º^13| I wonder, that'd ⁽⁺⁶tip dip^+)6| me a ^|17pound dace^17| or two in cash for washing and darning his worshipful socks for him now we're run out of ^|17horsemeat horsebrose^17| and milk?

Only for my ^|4featherbed short Brittas bed^{4| |8}is Iº ⁽¹⁶made is made's^16)8| as snug as it smells it's out I'd lep and off with me to the ^|2mouth slobs^{2| |14}of the della^14| Tolka or the ^|4Bull of ^|5'strand of ^|14shores of plage au^14|5'|4| Clontarf to ^|3feel ^|11hear feale^11|3| the gay ^|9air aire^9| of my ^|3sweet salt^{3| |4}Dublin troublin^4| bay and the race of the ^|4seawind up my hole saywint up me ^|6ambushore ambushure^6|4|.º

^|11'O go on! Onon! Onon!º^{11'| |11}Tell Telº^11| me more. ^|9Tell Andelleº^9| me every tiny ^|11bit teign^11|. I want to know every single ^|11thing ingul^11|. ^|11Down to what made the potters fly into jagsthole. And why were the vesles vet.^{11| |19}That homa fever's winning me wome. If a mahun of the horse but hard me! We'd be bundukiboi meet askarigal.^19| Well, now comes the ^|3childer's ^|5'hatchery hazelhatchery^5'|3| part. ^|9After Clondalkin the Kings's Inns. We'll soon be there with the freshet.^9| How many ^|3childer aleveens^3| had she ^|5'at all ^|7in all in tollº^7|5'|? I can't rightly ^|13tell rede^13| you that. ^|5'God Close^5'| only knows. Some say she had ^|8a hundred and eleven three figures to fill and confined herself to a hundred eleven^|13, wan by wan by wanº^|19, making meanacuminamoyas^19|13|8|. ^|13Olaph lamm et, all that pack!? We won't have room in the kirkeyaard.^13| She can't remember half ^|3the names of the cradlenames^3| she ^|3put smacked^3| on them ^|3by the grace of ^|ablank her boxing bishop's^a| infallible slipper^|13, the cane for Kund and abbles for Eyolfº and ^|aayther^a| nayther for Yakov Yea^13|3|. A hundred and how? They did well to ^|4christen ^|9rechristen ^|arechristian rechristien^a|9|4| her ^|s14Plurabelle Pluhurabelle^s14|. O ^|5'laws loreley^5'|! What a ^|5'flock ^|11loddon^{11| |7}lots ^|14loads lodes^14|7|5'|! ^|14'|aHeigho!º^a| But it's quite on the cards she'll shed
{f39, 202}
more and merrier, twills and trillsº, sparefours and spoilfivesº, ^|anordsihkes nordsihks andº^a| sudsevers and ayes and neins to ^|athe a^a| litter. Grandfarthing napº and ^|aMessha Misery Messamisery^a| and the knave of all ^|aFlesh knaves^a| and the jokerº. Heehaw!^14'| She must have been a gadaboutº in her day, so she must, more than most. ^|5'So Shoal^5'| she was, ⁽⁺⁹you bet! gidgad!º^{+)9| |3}She had a flewmen of her owen.^{3| |13}Then a toss nare scared that lass, so aimai aim aimai moe, that's agapoº!^13| Tell me, tell me, how ^|4did she come ^|5'did she cam ^|11could she cam cam she camlin^11|5'|4| through all her fellows, ^|8the neckar she was,^8| the ^|8daredevil ^|9darrdevil diveline^9|8|? ^|17Casting her perils before our swains^|a, fromº Fonte-in-Monte to Tidingtown and from Tidingtown tilhavet.^{a|17| |4}Linking one and knocking the next^|9, ^|11tapping tapting^11| a flank ^|aand^{a| |11}tipping tipting^11| a ^|arise jutty^a|9| and ^|6falling in and falling out palling in and ^|11petering pietaring^11| out^{6| |a}and clyding by on her ^|bowen dale eastway^b|a|.^{4| |9}Who Waiwhou^9| was the first ^|11that ever thurever^11| burst? Someone ^|8it he^8| was, ^|11whoever whuebra^{11| |8}you are they were^|9, in a tactic attack or in single combat^9|8|. Tinker, ^|11'tailor, soldier tilar, souldrer^11'|, ^|9sailor salor^9|, ^|11'Paul Pry or polishman Pieman Peace or Polistamanº^11'|. That's the thing ^|17I always want to know I'm elwys on ^|aitch edge^a| to esk^17|.º ^|8|aPush up, push upper! Push ^|17up varº^17| and push ^|17upper vardar^17| andº come to ^|17uphill^17| headquatersº! ^|bWas it ^|9waterloos waterlows^9| year, after Grattan or Flood, or when maids were in Arc or when there three stood hosting? ^|11Faith Fidaris^11| will find
{f10, 159}
where the Doubt arises like ^|11Nemo Niemenº^11| from Nirgends found the Nihil. Worry you sighin foh, Albern, O Anser!? Untie the gemman's fistiknots, Qvic and Nuancee?!º^{b|a|8| |v+2}Well, she She^v+|2| can't put her hand on him for the moment. ^|2|11It's a long long way Tez thelon langlo^11|, walking backwards, weary!º ^|v+O so Such a^{v+| |11}long loon^{11| |17}way backwards ^|s+waybashwards werrabackwoodsº^s+|17| to ^|v+go. ^|5go row^5|!^v+|2| She ^|17says sid^17| herself she hardly ^|v+2knew knows^{v+|2| |9}who ^|awaiwhou in whuon^a| the annals^{9| |2}he her graveller^2| was^|9, a dynast of Leinster, a wolf of the sea,^9| or what he did ^|2|v+or how ^|11'young blyth^11'| she ^|5was played^5|v+|2| or ^|14when and where and how often how, when, why,º where and who offon^14| he ^|5'crossed ^|9jumped ⁽¹⁶jumnpad jumpnad^16)9|5'| her ^|17and how it was gave her away^17|. She was just a young thin pale soft shy slim slip of a thing then^|2, sauntering ^|13by ^|asilvamoonlike silvamoonlake^a|13|,º^2| and he was a heavy ^|2trudging^2| lurching lieabroad of a Curraghman, making his hay for ^|13the whose^13| sun to shine on, as ^|2stout tough^2| as the ^|v+2oaks oaktrees^{v+|2| |5'}(peats be with them!)^5'| used to ^|v+2grow rustle^v+|2| that time down ^|2by the dykes^{2| |v+2}in of^v+|2| killing Kildare,º ^|14that for^{14| |4}first fell forstfellfoss^{4| |2}with a plash^2| across her. ^|3She thought she'dº ^|11'sink sankh^{11'| |11}under neathe^11| the ground with ^|9a nymphant^9| shame ^|6when he gave her the tigris eye^6|!^{3| |9}O happy fault! Me wish it was he!^9| You're wrong there, ^|4all ^|5'rotten ^|6corriby corribly^6|5'|4| wrong! ^|9'Tisn'tº only tonight you're anacheronistic!^9| It was ages ^|4long before that behind that when nullahs were nowhere,^4| in county
{f39, 203}
^|5'Wicklow, the Wickenlow,^5'| garden of Erin, before she ever dreamt she'd ^|3|9leave lave^9| Kilbride and go ^|4roaring ^|9fuming foaming^9|4| under Horsepass bridge^|9, withº the great southerwestern windstorming her traces and the midland'sº grainwaster asarch for her track,^9| to^{3| |5'}end her days wend her ways byandby^5'||4, ^|13rebecca robecca^13| or worse,^{4| |9}to spin and to grind, to swab and to thrash,^{9| |13}for all her golden lifey^13| in the barleyfields and ^|6pennylands pennylotts^6| of ^|2Humphreystown Humphrey's fordofhurdlestownº^2| and lie with a landleaper, ^|4well on the wane ^|5'byandby on the wane wellingtonorseher^5'|4|. ^|9|s14'Alas Alesse,º^s14'| f_unread the ^|14lakes lagosº^14| of girly days! For the dove of the dunas!^{9| |v+2}Was it, was it? ^|5'Was it? Was it? Wasut? Izod?^{5'|v+|2| |5'}Are you sure Arne Are you ^|9|asarthin sarthe anº^a|9| suirº^5'|? ^|8Not where the Finn fits into the Mourne, not where the Nore takes lieve of Bloemº, not where the ^|11'Bray Braye^11'| divarts the Farer, not where the Moy ^|11'changes changez^11'| her ^|9mind minds^{9| |11'}between twixt^11'| Cullin and Conn and ^|11'tweenº^{11'| |11}Conn and Cullin Cunn and Collin^11|?^{8| |18}Or ^|shwhere Neptune sculled and Tritonville rowed and leandros three bumped heroines two^sh|?^{18| |8|9}No, no, no and no! ^|aNeya, Naga, No and Naux! ⁽⁺Neya, Narev, No and Naux! ^|11Neya, narev, naux and no! ^|17Neya, narev, nen and nos! Neya, narev, nen, nonni, nos!^{17|11|+)a|9|8| |5}Where in Wicklow? ^|8Whereabouts Then ^|awhere whereabouts^a|8| in Ow and Ovoca?^{5| |4}Was it ^|anorth or south ^|11north by south ystwithº wyst^11|a| or Lucan ^|aJohn ^|5Yoken Yokan^5|a| or where the hand of man has never set foot?^{4| |9}Tell Dell^9| meº where, the ^|13very fairy^{13| |11}first ferse^11| time! I will if you listen. You know the ^|4hazel ^|9dingley ^|11dingling dinkel^{11|9|4| |9}dell dale^9| of Luggelaw? Well, there once dwelt a local ^|5hermit heremite^5|, Michael ^|3Orkney ^|14Arklow ^|aArkloe Arklow^a|14|3||v+2, they say,^v+|2| was his ^|7riverend^7| name ^|5(with many a ^|11unread^11| sigh I aspersed his lavabibs!)^5|,º and one ^|5'day ^|avenusderg venersderg^a|5'| in ^|5'burning June junojuly,º^{5'| |11}so osoº^11| sweet and so ^|11'fresh cool^11'| and so limber she looked, ^|8Nance the Nixie, Nanon L'Escaut,^{8| |7}in the silence, of the sycomores, all listening,^7| the ^|14kind of kindling^14| curves you simply can't stop feeling, he plunged both of his ^|9blessed newly^9| anointed hands ^|13up to toº the core of^{13| |11'}his wrists ^|athe pulse his cushlas^a|11'| inº ^|2the streams of her hair ^|v+the bright and saffron streams of her hair ^|11the singing saffron streams of her hair her singimari saffron strumansº of hair^11|v+|2|, ^|2parting them and soothing her and mingling it, ^|arubbing her up and smoothing her down,^a|2| that was ^|2richred ^|7deepred deepdarkº^7|2| and ample like ^|13the this^{13| |6}brown red^6| bog at sundown. ^|13By that Vale Vowclose's lucydlac, the reignbeau's heavenarches ^|14aronged oranged arronged orranged^14| her. Afrothdizzying gab galbs, her enamelled eyes indergoading him on to the vierge violetian.
{f10, 160}
Wish a wish! Why a why? Mavro! Letty Lerck's lafing light throw those laurals now on her daphdaph teasesong petrock.^{13| |9}Maass!^{9| |19}But the majik wavus has elfun anon meshes. And Simba the Slayer of his Oga is slewd.^{19| |7}And he couldn't ^|9And he He^9| cuddle not^7| help himself, ^|5'thirst was too hot for him ^|11'thurst was too thurso that^11'| hot on him^5'|, he had to forget the monk in the man ^|v+2and, soº^v+|, rubbing her up and smoothing her down, he^{2| |11'}cooled baised^11'| his ^|11lips lippes^11| in smiling mood, ^|9kiss after kiss kiss akiss after ^|11kisokiss kisokushk^{11|9| |3}(asº he warned her ^|17never to, never to, never niver to, niver to, nevar^17|)^3|, onº ^|7Anna Livia's Anna-na-Poghue'sº^7|
{f39, 204}
freckled forehead. ^|11While you'd ^|aunread parse^a| secheressa she hielt her ^|13souf souffº^13|.^{11| |13}But she ruz two feet ^|ahigh hire^a| in her aisne aestumation. ^|aAnd steppes on stilts ever since.^{a|13| |19}That was kissuahealing with bantur for balm!^19| O, wasn't he the boldº priest? And wasn't she the naughty Livvy? ^|4Naughtynaughty is ^|9Naughty Naama is Nautic Naama's now^9|4| her ^|8name navn^8|. Twoº lads in ^|14their scoutsch^14| breeches went through her before that, Barefoot Byrneº and ^|5'Billy ^|9Willy ^|14Wary Wallowme^14|9|5'| Wade, ^|4Lugnaquilla's Lugnaquillia's^{4| |14}noble pair noblesse ⁽¹⁶picts pickts^16)14|, before she had a hint of a hair ^|4there at her fanny^4| to hide ^|9or a bossom to tempt a birch canoedler,º not to mention a ^|14bulgy bulgic^14| porterhorseº barge.^{9| |9}and And^9| ere that again^|9, ^|a|14ledy, ledy, all unredy leada, laida, all unraidy^14|,^a| too faint to buoy the fairiest rider, too frail to flirt with a cygnet's plume,^9| she was licked by a hound^|9, Chirripa-Churrutaº,^9| while ^|4doing poing^4| her pee, ^|6sweet pure^6| and simple, ^|4on ^|6down on^6|4| the ^|v+2side ^|6slope spur^6|v+|2| of ^|6a the^6| hill in old Kippure,º in birdsong and shearingtime,º butº first of all, worst of all, ^|8the wiggly livvly,^8| she sideslipped out by a gap in the Devil's Glenº ^|v+2when while^{v+|2| |3|+}Sally^+|3| her nurse was sound asleep in a sloot and^|14', feefee fiefie,º^14'| fell ^|2over a spillway^2| before she found her stride and lay and wriggled ^|2in all the ^|arain ^|bstagnant^b| black ^|bpools of rain ^|v+rainpools pools of ^|11'rain rainy^{11'|v+|b|a|2|} under a fallow ^|2cow ^|5'cow, laughing free ^|8cow coo^8| andº she laughed innocefree^5'| with her limbs aloftº and a whole drove of maiden hawthorns blushing and looking askance upon her^2|.

^|4Tell Drop^4| me the sound of the ^|10'shorthorn's findhorn's^10'| name.º ^|19Mtu or mtiº, sombogger was wisness.^19| Andº ^|4tell drip^4| me why ^|4in^4| the ^|10'something flenders^10'| was she ^|11'freckled frickled^11'|. Andº ^|4tell ^|ariddle trickle^a|4| me ^|5'too through^{5'| |5'}how long was her hair was she ^|9marcelwaved marcellewaved^9|5'| or was it ^|4only ^|5'mostly weirdly^5'|4| a wig she wore. ^|8And whitside did they droop their glows in their florry, aback to wist or affront to sea?^{8| |9}In fear to hear the dear so near or loathing longing loth and loathing longing?^9| Are you in ^|5'this game the swim^5'| or are you ^|5'not out^5'|? O go ^|13on in^13|, go on, go ^|13on an^13|! I mean about what you know. I know ^|3|+right^+|3| well what you mean. ^|13Rother!^{13| |11}You'd like the coifs and guimpes, snouty, and me to do the greasy ^|ajob jub^a| on old Veronica's ^|13wiper wipers^13|.^{11| |2}What am I ^|11'rinsing rancing^11'| now and I'll thank you? Is it a pinny or is it a surplice? ^|v+|5'Arrah Arran^5'|, where's your nose? ^|aAnd where's the starch?^a| That's not the ^|11vesdre^{11| |a}sacristy benediction^a| smell. I can tell from here by ^|4the their^4| eau de ^|4Cologne ^|8Niels Colo^8|4| and the scent of her ^|9moisture oder^9| they're Mrs Magrath's. ^|3|xAnd you ought to have ^|11aired aird^11| them. They've ^|9just moist^9| come off her. Creases ^|5'of in^5'| silk they are, not ^|5'crimps of crampton^5'| lawn. ^|11'Baptiste me, father, for she has sinned!^11'|
{f39, 205}
^|8Through her catchment ring she freed them easy, with her hips' hurrahs for her knees' dontelleriesº.^8| The only ^|11'pair ⁽⁺¹⁴paar parr^{+)14|11'| |a}with frills^a| in ^|4all the land old the plain^4|.^x|3| So they are^|13., I declare!^{13| |11'}Well, Welland^11'| well! ^|13If
{f10, 161}
tomorrow keeps fine who'll come tripping to sightsee? ^|aHoo? How'll?º^{a| |a}Axeº me next what I haven't got!^a| The Belvedarean exhibitioners. ^|14In their ^|21sculling cr_unreader cruisery^21| caps and ^|acanoeclub oarsclub^a| colours.^14| What hoo, they band! And what hoa, they buck!^{13| |3|x}And there'sº her ^|4maiden nubilee^4| letters too. Elle ^|5'Ell and a Ellis on^5'| quay in scarlet thread. ^|8Linked for the world on a ^|21flushcoloured flushcaloured^21| field.^{8| |a|9}And an ex Annan exe^9| after to show they're not Laura ^|4Kelly's ^|21Kehoe's Keown's^21|4|.^{a| |5'}O, may Ormondº^5'| the ^|9devil diabolo^{9| |8}twist twisk^{8| |a}her your^{a| |9}safety seifety^9| pin!^{x|3| |8}You child of Mammon, Kinsella's Lilith!^8| Now,º who has been tearing the leg of her ^|17drawers drawars^17| on her? Which leg is it? The one with the bells on it.^v+| Rinse ^|v+it them^v+| out and ^|5'run aston^5'| along with you!º^2| Where did I stop? ^|v+2Don't Never^v+|2| stop^|err.!º^{err| |5'}Continuation Continuarration^5'|!º You're not there yet. ^|17I amstel wait waiting.^{17| |v+2}Go on. Go on. ^|5'Go on, go on! Garonne, garonne!^5'|v+|2|

Well, after it was put in the ^|2Beggar's Journal ^|8Beggar's ^|14Beggars' ^|aMericy Cordial^a| Mendicants'^{14|8| |9}Monday ^|11'Sitterday Sitterdag-Zindeh-Munaday^{11'|9| |11}Journal Wakeschrift^{11|2| |8}(and for once they sullied their white kid glovesº^|14', chewing cuds of theirº dinner of cheekinº and beggin,^14'| with their show us it hereº and give ^|atheir mind out of thatº and^a| their when you're quite finished ^|awith the reading ^|9material matarial^9|a|)º^{8| |+3}everywhere evenº the ^|8snow that fell on snee that snowdon^8| his hoaring hair had a skunner against him. ^|9Thaw, thaw, sava, savuto!^{9| |14}Score Her Chuff Exsquire!^14| Everywhere^{+|3| |11}ever erriff^11| you went and every bung you ^|11ever arver^11| dropped intoº ^|8in cit or ^|11in sub ^|14subur suburb^14|11| or in ^|13added addled^13| areas^|9, the Rose and Bottle or Phoenix Tavern or Power's Inn or Jude's Hotel,º^9|8| or wherever you scoured the countryside ^|5'from Nannywater to Vartryville^{5'| |9}or from Porta Lateen to the lootin quarter^9| you found his ^|5'picture ^|11pixture ikom^{11|5'| |9}upside ^|atopside etsched tipside^a|9| down or the cornerboys ^|17burning cammocking^17| hisº guy and ^|9Pat Morris^9| the Man^|9, with the role of a royss in his turgos the turrible ^|a(Evropeahahn cheic house, unskimmed sooit and yahoort, hamman now cheekmee, Ahdahm this way make, Fatima, half turn!),º^a|9| reelingº and ^|9rolling railing^9| aroundº the local ^|s17as the peihos piped andº ubanjees twanged,^s17| with oddfellow's triple tiara busby rotundarinking round his scalp. ^|8Like Pate-by-the-Neva or Pete-over-Meer. This is the Hausman all paven and stoned, that ^|akept cribbed^a| the Cabin that never was owned,º that cocked his leg and hennad his Egg. ^|aAnd
{f39, 206}
the ^|9mauldrin^9| rabble around him in areopage,º ^|14making a great fracas fracassing a great^{14| |11'}bingkangº^{11'| |14}cagnan^14| with their ^|9timpan^9| crowdersº. Mind your Grimmfather! Think of your Ma!^{a|8| |13}Hing the Hong is his jove's hangnomen! Lilt a bolero, bulling a law!^{13| |5'}She swore ^|8(+on croststyx^{+)8| |s14}nyne wyndabouts^s14| she'dº be level with all ^|9the snags^9| of them yet.^{5'| |9|a}By the blessed Par the Vulnerable Virgin'sº^a| Mary del ^|13Dam Dame^13| she would.!^9| So she said to herself she'd ^|4make ^|5'fray frame^5'|4| a plan to ^|4make fake^4| a shine, the mischiefmaker, the like of it you ^|11never niever^11| heard. Whatº plan? Tell me ^|9quickly. quick and ^|11don't be dongu^11| so crould!^9| What the ^|11mischief meurther^11| did she ^|4do ^|11make mague^11|4|? Well, she ^|5'borrowed bergened^5'| a ^|17bag zakº^17|, a ^|4shammy^{4| |17}mailbag mailsack^17|, ^|18with the lend of a loan of the light of his lampion,º^18| off one of her ^|4sons swapsons^4|, Shaun the Post, and then she went ^|8and consulted her ^|11'chapbooks chapboucqs^11'|, old ^|9Mot^9| Moore, Casey's Euclid and the Fashion Display,º^8| and made herself ^|9up tidal to join in the mascarete^9|. O ^|14gig^{14| |5'}God goggleº^5'| of
{f10, 162}
^|11gigglers gigguels^11|,º I can't tell you how! It's too screaming ^|13funny to rizo^13|, rabbit it all! ^|14Minneha, minnehi, minnehe,º minneho!^14| O,º but you must, you must really! ^|14Make my hear unread it gurgle gurgle, like the farest gargle gargle,º in the dusky dirgle dargle^|err.!º^22|14| By the ^|14holy twitteringº^14| well of Mulhuddart I swear I'd ^|8give ^|9pawn pledge^9|8| my ^|11chance of chanza^{11| |8}going getting^8| to heaven ^|14through ^|21Terry Tirry^21| and Killy's mount of impiety^14| to hear it all, ^|14every aviary^14| word^|err.!º^{err| |3}O, leave me my faculties, woman, a while!º ^|aIf you don't like my story get out of the ^|5'boat punt^5'|. Well, ^|btell have^b| it your own wayº so.^a|3| Here, sit down and do as you're bid. ^|14Take my stroke and bend to your bow. Forward in and pull your ^|aavoirdupoise overthepoise^a|!^{14| |5'}Go easy and keep quiet Lisp it slaney and crisp it quiet^5'|. ^|11Tell Deel^11| me ^|4slow longsome^4|. ^|11Take Tongue^11| your time now. Breathe ^|11thet^11| deep. ^|11That's Thouat's^11| the ^|5'way fairway^5'|. Hurry ^|4up and slow slow and scheldt^4| you go. ^|11Give Lynd^11| us your ^|4holy blessed^4| ashes here till I ^|2finish scrub^2| the canon's underpants. ^|4Slow Flow^4| now. ^|4Slower still. Ower more.^{4| |19}And pooleypooley.^19|

First she let her hair ^|17fall fal^17| and down it ^|4flowed flussed^4| to her feet ^|6its teviots winding coils^6|. Then, mothernaked, she ^|9washed sampood^9| herself with ^|9bogwater galawater^9| and ^|11mudsoap fraguant ^|13pistania^13| mud^11||3, ^|11upper and lower wupper and lauar^11|,^3| from ^|3her^3| crown to ^|3her^3| sole. Next she ^|errgreased greesedº^err| the groove of her keel^|9, warthes and wears and mole and itcher,^9| with ^|3antifouling^{3| |13}butterscotch butterscatch^{13| |6}and ^|13turfentine ^|14turfentie turfentide^14|13| and serpenthyme,º^6| and with leafmould she ^|5'multiplied ushered out round^{5'| |2|4}a thousand prunella^4| isles and^{2| |17}islets eslats^17| dun^|14, quincecunct,º^14| alloverº her little mary. ^|14|aFine gold was her gleaming belly ^|bPeeled Peeld^b| gold of waxwork her jellybelly^a| and her
{f39, 207}
grains of incense anguille bronze.^14| And after that she wove a garland for her hair. She pleated it. She plaited it. Of meadowgrass and riverflags, the bulrush and waterweed, and of ^|2the fallen^{2| |7}leaves griefs^7| of the weeping willow. Then she made her bracelets and her anklets and her armlets and ^|2an aº jetty^2| amulet for necklace of ^|2clicking^2| cobbles and ^|2pattering^2| pebbles ^|2and rumblen rumbledown rubble^2|, ^|5'rich gems richmond^5'| and ^|11'rare rehr^11'|, of ^|2Irish^{2| |13}rhinestones rhunerhinestonesº^13| and ^|2watermarbles shellmarble bangles^2|. That done, ^|4a dawk of smut to her airy eyeº, ^|14Annushka Lutetiavitch Pufflovah,^{14| |9}and the lellipos cream to her ^|alippelets lippeleens^a| and the pick of the paintbox for her pommettes, from strawbirry reds to extrayº ^|aviolets violates^a|,^9| and^4| she ^|17sent sendred^17| her ^|5'boudoir boudeloire^{5'| |8}maid maids^8| to ^|3Humphrey His Affluence^|8, ^|aCherie Lagrande Ciliegia Grande^a| and Kirschie ^|aRoyal Real^a|, ^|11'the two chirrinesº,^11'|8|3| with ^|3|5'respects respecks^5'| from his missus, seepy and sewery, and^3| a request ^|14she might leave might she passe of^14| him for a ^|4moment minnikin^{4| |3}and. ^|8A call to payº ^|aand light a taper^a|, in ^|11Brie-on-Arrose Brie-on-Arrosa^11|, back in a ⁽⁺⁹sprinkling sprizzling^+)9|.^{8| |9}The cock striking mine, the stalls bridely sign, there's Zambosy waiting for ^|errme. Me!º^22|9| She^{3| |9}said orgedº^9| she wouldn't be ^|4any half her^4| length away. Then, then, ^|8|awhen as soon as the lump^a| his back was turned,º^8| with her mealiebag ^|11'slung slang^11'| over her ^|13shoulder shulder^13|, Anna Livia, oysterface, ^|9out at last she ^|11out forth^11| of her ^|11'basin bassein^11'|9| came.