^|aA cry, off.^a|

^|a|bTell^b| me ^|bus something.^b|a| Where are we at all?

Interior of ^|ahome dwelling^a| on outskirts of city. Ordinary bedroom set. ^|a|bPink Salmon^b| wallpaper.^{a| |a}Right Back ^|bcentre^b|a|, empty ^|aIrish^a| grate. ^|aLeft wall, ^|bRight North^b| wall with window, practicable ^|bno curtain, blind drawn^b|. South wall.^a| Bed for two. Chair for one. Woman's ^|aclothes garments ^|xcharged against^x|a| on chair. Man's trousers, collar with tie on bedknob. Sm Man's ^|acorduroy^a| coat on nail, wall right. Woman's gown on ditto, ditto left. Small table near bed, front. ^|aLighted^a| lamp without globe ^|apracticable^a|, newspaper, Saint Andrew's tie, ^|aglass tumbler^a| etc on table. Time: about four a.m.

Man with nightcap in bed, fore,. Woman with curlpins, discovered. ^|a|bunread Sidelong^b| Point of view.^a| First position. ^|aDismiss. Male partly masking female. Domicy.^a| Man looking round, beastly expression, ^|afishy eyes,^a| exhibits rage. Woman looking up ruddy blond, large
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build, any age. Woman, sitting up, looks at ceiling: ^|ahaggish ^|bblank haggish^b|a| expression, ^|abeaky peaky^a| nose, exhibits fear: ^|asallow ^|bwelshrabbit welsh rabbit^b|a| tint, undersized, ^|aany no^a| age.

Cry. So, off.

By the sinewy forequarters of the mare Pocahontas, you should have seen how that ^|alittle smart^a| sallowlass ^|ajust^a| hopped ^|a|baround^b| it^a| out of ^|abed bunk ^|blike old mother mesopotomac^b|a| and in one, five and, nine, she was ^|agone off, left,^a| and the lamp with her and ^|abiglimbs largelimbs ^|bprodgering^b|a| in the gloom of her wake.

^|aThe house ^|bAny porterhouse This old burgh^b|a| looks a thing incomplete but it will be fine ^|ahead of porter^a| when it is finished. The arkwright put in a staircase, certainly: it has only one step to ^|atake be steady^a| but all the more ^|athey^a| are ^|athey^a| going upstairs ^|atiltop^a|. Tell me something. The Porters ^|aso to speak^a| are very nice people, are they not? Very. Mr Porter, (^|abehind heavy man, astern^a|, in mackerel shirt) is an
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excellent ^|afather forefather^a| and Mrs Porter, (leading ^|alady, ^|bahead apoopahead^b|a|, in ^|asaffron bun saffronbun^a| nightdress) is a most kindhearted ^|amother messmother^a|. They care for nothing except what is ^|aporter in porterose^a|. One can see ^|athat^a| they come of a very old family by their costumes. I think I begin to divine your ^|apoint meaning^a| somehow.

Here are two rooms on the upstairs, on the fork side and the knife side. Whom are they for? Why, for little porters, to be saved. Who Ah, so? Who sleeps in number one? A pussy. How sweet of her! Has your pussy a name? Yes, indeed, and she is named Buttercup. How very sweet of her! And what an excessively charming name ^|ato forsake^a| now that I come to drink of it, ^|aa cups cup^a| fulled with butter. Alone? Alone what? I mean does
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^|asleep do asleep^a| with herself? She is never lonely for she can always look ^|aat blank^a| and talk ^|ahands^a| to her little playfilly ^|awhen she is sitting down on the ^|bfloor ^|cplush plosh^c|b| mat^a|. O she talks, does she? Ah Biddles es ma ^|aplikplak plikflak^a| ah plek wat ^|ama^a| Biddles. A nice light baritone she ^|ahas will have^a| but I much prefer ^|athe her^a| name ^|aof Buttercups in buttercups^a|. So do I, much. She strikes ^|athe one^a| onlooker^|a, at least,^a| as a beautiful promise, more so than Selina or Teasy or Fauna or Flora.

And who sleeps in room number two? The two birds. O, I see. Of what age are ^|athey your birdies^a|? They are ^|atwins ^|btwins of age to come of twinning age as sure as ever they will be born^b|a|, you see^|a, and. And^a| they seem to be ^|aso^a| greatly attached ^|aas 2 maggots^a| to each other ^|a|bas 2 maggots^b|a|, I think I notice, do I not? You do. Kevin is ^|athe farther away on the leeside^a|. Do not you waken him. He is happily ^|aasleep tosleep^a|, ^|alike^a| the little angel he
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looks ^|aso^a| like, and his mouth is semiope as if he were blowdelling a ^|abugicle bugigle^a|. O, I adore the ^|aprofane^a| music. He is too adorable really. ^|aThat boy will blow out beautifully out.^a| I guess I have seen someone like him in my times, guess I met someone ^|adifferent^a| who must have been like what he will probably ^|abe become^a|. But hush! I beg your pardon, sincerely I do. The other twin, you see, has been crying in his sleep, ^|athe little devil what a wretch^a|. ^|aThere are tears on his pillowcase.^a| That is Jerry ^|aYou will know his name^a| but you cannot see what he has in his hand because I have not told you. He is quite one
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^|ato be^a| of the ^|ablake blakes^a| tribe by already. Blake? Whatever do you mean with blake? With blake I mean ink. O, I see ^|anow^a|. ^|aYou will never know ^|bperhaps^b| all that you did not ^|bsee know^b| that you saw. Perhaps saw.^{a| |a}They But^a| are two ^|avery^a| nice little ^|aporters porterines^a|, ^|ain as for^a| my opinion, indeed. ^|a|bBoth unread^b| were born so.^a| Adieu, for ^|athe present these presents^a|, kerryjevin!

What is the view which now takes up second position, tell it, please? You notice ^|ait in^a| that ^|away rereway^a| because the male ^|aimposition entail ^|bpartially^b|a| masks the ^|afemale the famcovert^a|. It is ^|aso^a| called ^|ameseedi ^|bfor its discord^b| the meseedo^a|. Do you ever hear the story ^|aof about^a| Helyus Croesus, ^|aonly gold and white Elephant in our zoo that white and gold Elephant amid our zoopark^a|? You astonish me by it. Is it not that we have here from back^|a, woman permitting,^a| a profusely fine birdseye ^|aview^a| from ^|abeauhind^a| this park? ^|aIt Finn's park^a| has been much the
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admiration ^|aof many all^a| of the ^|astrangers stranger ones^|b, Greekish & romanos, who arrive to^b|a| here. The road ^|ain down^a| the centre ^|abisects ^|b(see map)^b| bisexes^a| the park which is said to be the largest of its kind in the world. ^|aTowards On^a| the right ^|aprominence^{a| |a}you see ^|bremark confronts you^b|a| the ^|ahandsome^a| viceregal lodge while^|a, ^|bturning to turn we^b| the other ^|bsupreme piece of^b| cheek,^a| exactly opposite is the equally handsome chief secreatory residence. The black & blue markings indicate the presence of ^|asylvan belts sylvious beltings^a|. ^|aGrassrides ^|b|chereabouts herearound^c|b| lend themselves out for rustic ^|bcavalry cavalries^b|.^{a| |a}Some Any^a| pretty deers are to be caught ^|ainside^a|. ^|aA ^|bunread ^|cdaisy a dandelion^c| now^b| shows the site where a first murder took formerly ^|ba the^b| first murders ^|btook were wanted take^b| place. ^|bSome ^|cAn Some^c|b| hystorical ^|b|cleaves ^|dleavings leavesdroppings^d|c|b| may also be ^|bgathered garnered^b| up with ^|b|cSir^c| Shemus^b| Swiftpatrick, at archfieldchaplain of Saint Lucan's.^a| At the lowest end ^|a|bmark ^|cis do not fail to see and to point to yourself^c|b|a| a depression, called the Hollow. It is often quite ^|agloomy gloamy^a| and gives ^|ato^a| bad thoughts to the head but the band of the
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Metropolitan ^|aPolice plays in Policingforcers bassoons into^a| it on ^|aSatursday afternoons windy Woodensdays^a| their wellsounding ^|atones wolvertones^a|. Why do you ^|aunread^a| begin to tremble at this moment when I am to place my hand ^|aon your ^|bof our ^|cfriendship ^|dtrue^d| friendshapes^c|b| upon thy^a| knee to mark well what you I say. ^|aYou Say? Thou sayest?^a| In Amsterdam ^|ahe met there lives^a|... But how? You are trembletting like a ^|avery^a| jerry! O, keep silence! I have heard her voice somewhere ^|aelse else's ^|bbefore me^b|a| in these ears that ^|aare now are for^a| mine.