FINNEGANS WAKE
Manuscript
Typescript, January 1935, II.2§3 draft level 2
MS British Library 47478 130-131 Draft details
Hereº till wranglers for wringwrowdy wready are|2, F F,2| and
|2, F facing F,2| ere commence commencement catalaunic when Aetius'sº check
chokewill Attil's gambit,º lead us seek, O june of eves the jenniest, thou who fleestº ficklesomeº the fond fervid frondeur to thickly thyself attachº with thine eft eased
eschewer,
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lead us seek, lote us see, light us find, let us miss notº maidadate, Mimosaº Multimimeticaº, the maymeaminning of mamiemiening. Singalingalying.º Storiella as she is syung. Whence,º plutonically
pursuant on any glimpse from gladrags,º followeup with endspeaking nots for yesturesº Pretty Proserpronetteº whose slit
satchelº spillethº peas.
|2|shThe green ray of even it waves us to yondersh|.
|shSo mag this sybilette be our shiboleth that we may syllable her well.sh|2| A one of
charmers, yet Una Unica.º Charmersº who under the branches of the elms, in shoes as yet
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unshent by stoniness, wend went will wend a way of |2fancy blooms honey myrrhsº2| and
rambler roses, |2mistymusky,º
|ablank while still the Maybeº mantles the maiblume foreº ever her
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Ifº hasº faded from the fleur, a|2| their arms enlocked |2(ringrang,º the chime of
sexappealing's as Conchitasº with Sentasº stray. Rung!)2|, all thinking all of it, the It with an itch in it, the All every inch of it, the pleasure each will preen her for, the business each was
bred to.
|shSoon |2they jemijohns2| will cudgel about some
arithamatick or other over Browne and Nolan's divisioning |2tables tables,2|
whereas she, of nimiousº novence charily being cupid |2forº mugs's wumping, grobser's grubbiness,
|shaundt's avaries and grossoper's grandegaffeºsh| with her tootpettypout of je men
fichus,2| will knit and sit on solfa sofa.sh| All is her inbourne. Fromº her grandmere of
grammires sheº has it |shthat if there is a third |2person person
supine2| being spoken abad it moods |2proceed
prosodeº2| from a firstº person speaking to her second which is |~2been
spoken the direct object that has been spoken to,sh| with and~|2| at. Take the dative with his oblative |2for, even if
obsolete, it is always of interest,2| |~2said so
spake~|2| gramma |2|~in the on the impetus of her~|
imperative2|, |~2but only~|2| mind you'reº
genderous |2|~towards the reflexive side~| such that I was with your grappa2|. |2Have
your little sintalks in the dark subjunction, |adual in duel |~&
blank and prude to pruriel,~|a| but even the aoriest chap |~that ever
whatever~| plaudered perfect may perhaps chance to be about |ato be in the casea| to be becoming a pale Peter Wright after a yearn or
|~so sob~|.º Flame at his fumbles but freeze on his fist. O love it is the common knounest thing how it pashes the plutous and the paupe. And,º
|abe egga| she active orº play she passive, all |~the
them~| fine clauses in Lindleyº and Murrey's never |~meant braught~| the participle of a present to a desponent hortatrixy
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from her |~conditional postconditional~| future.º |aYoking apart,a|
|sh|~A a~| brat, alanna, can choose from so
many,º from the languorsº |~&
and~| weakness of gi lassihood |~to till~| the
head|~,~| back and heartaches of womanage,º
|~& and~| heaps on heaps of other things
too. Little lookerº throughº the leafery,º oursº is mystery of
pain.sh|2| |shYou may spin on Youthlit'sº bike to multiplease your
|~2Nick Mick~|2| and Nike with your
|~2kickshose kickshoes~|2| on the algebrarsºsh|
butº the O of woman is long if |~2only burly~|2| those two
|~2muties muters~|2| sequent her so |shfrom Nabob see
|~2you ye~|2| never strayº who'll nimm |~2you
ye~|2| nice and name the day.sh|
(2|shOneº hath just been areading, hath not one, of Sire Jellyous Seizer with his duo of druidesses and the tryonforit of Oxthievious,
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Lapidous and Malthouse Anthonysh| but so bright as |shMutua of your mirror holds her candle to your caudle reek you not a spirtº of anyseed whether
trigemellmenº cuddle his coddle or nope.sh| As they warred in their big innings ease now we never shall know. |shEat early
earthapples.sh| Coax Cobra to chatters. Hail, Heva, we hear. |shWide hiss, we're wizening.
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Hoots fromm, we're globing.sh| Why hidest thou hinter thy husband his name? |shAida, Aida, aflattered, afraida, how does thy girdle
grow!ºsh| Willed without witting,º world without aimed. |shBut it's tails for toughsº and titties for
totties and come bucketsº come bats till deeleet.ºsh|2)
(2|shDark ages clasp the daisy roots.º Stop, if you, a sally of the
allies, hot off naval actiums,sh| |shpicked engagements and banks of
rowers.sh| Please stop if you areº a B.C. minding girl, please do, but |shshould you prefer A.D. stepplease, O do.º And if you miss with a
venture it serves you girly well glad.sh| Here,º Hengeggstº and Horsesauce,
|shtake your heads out of yourº tub.sh|
|shIt is distinctly understout thatsh| sense the tideº you put your timepates in it Messherrn
|shBroch and Leon have shunted Starlinº and Serº Artur Ghinis.sh|
|shConnlath is mitriarch in Kildare.sh|
|shDaftº Dathy isº on the Maddeerhorn daring Dunderhead to shiver his timbers.sh| Hannibalº MacHamilcar is
chasing Kate O'Carthydge around the Capuawalls. Hibrahimº minsterbuilding upº Saunt Barnabash's. Eleven hundred and thirtytwo is seeing the blank and two plies sixteen plus twice femm hondered hug treedivels are wetnessing the
blank And |shDagobert, doing his preparatory in Slane,
is learning how toº putº a broad fecce on to a broken material
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from Bryan Aulining,º Erin's hircohaired culoteer.sh|2)