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0124.16| Following the pointing of her finger he took up a leg of her soiled | 0124.17| drawers from the bed. {4 [No.] No? } Then, a twisted grey garter looped 0124.18| round a | stocking: rumpled, shiny sole. 0124.19| --No: that book. 0124.20| Other stocking. Her petticoat. |4.325| 0124.21| --It must have fell down, she said. 0124.22| He felt here and there. voglio e non vorrei. Wonder if she pronounces | 0124.23| that right: voglio. Not in the bed. Must have slid down. He stooped and | 0124.24| lifted the valance. {1 ^The book,^} fallen, sprawled against the bulge of 0124.25| the | orangekeyed chamberpot.|4.330| 0124.26| --Show here, she said. I put a mark in it. There's a word I wanted to ask | 0124.27| you. 0124.28| She swallowed a draught of tea { 1 from her cup held by {3 [not handle] 0124.29| nothandle} }, and,| having wiped her fingertips smartly on the blanket, began 0124.30| to search the text | with the hairpin till she reached the word.|4.335| 0124.31| --Met him what? he asked. 0124.32| --Here, she said. What does that mean? 0124.33| He leaned downward and read near her polished thumbnail. 0124.34| --Metempsychosis? 0124.35| --Yes. {3 [What's that?] <What's that when it's at home?> Who's he when 0124.36| he's at home?}|4.340| 0126.01| --Metempsychosis, he said, frowning. It's Greek: from the Greek. That | 0126.02| means the transmigration of souls. 0126.03| --O, rocks! she said. Tell us in plain words. 0126.04| He smiled, glancing askance at her mocking eyes. {B [Young still.]} The 0126.05| same young | eyes. The first night after the {D [charades at] charades}. 0126.06| Dolphin's Barn. He turned over the |4.345| smudged pages. Ruby: {D | 0126.07| [a tale of circus life] the Pride of the Ring. Hello. Illustration. Fierce | Italian with 0126.08| carriagewhip. Must be Ruby pride of the on the floor naked. | Sheet kindly 0126.09| lent. The monster Maffei desisted and flung his victim from him | with an 0126.10| oath. Cruelty behind it all. Doped animals. Trapeze at Hengler's. | Had to 0126.11| look the other way. Mob gaping. Break your neck and we'll break |4.350| our 0126.12| sides. Families of them. Bone them young so they metamspychosis}. | 0126.13| That we live after death. Our souls. That a man's soul after he dies, | 0126.14| Dignam's soul_.... 0126.15| --Did you finish it? he asked. 0126.16| --Yes, she said. There's nothing smutty in it. Is she in love with the first |4.355| 0126.17| fellow all the time? 0126.18| --Never read it. Do you want another? 0126.19| --Yes. Get another of Paul de Kock's. Nice name he has. 0126.20| She poured more tea into her cup, watching it flow sideways. 0126.21| {2 Must get that Capel street library book renewed or they'll write to |4.360| 0126.22| Kearney, my guarantor.} {1932 garantor}. Reincarnation: that's the word. | 0126.23| --Some people believe, he said, that we go on living in another body after | 0126.24| death, that we lived before. They call it reincarnation. That we all lived | 0126.25| before on the earth thousands of years ago or some other planet. They say | 0126.26| we have forgotten it. Some say they remember their past lives. |4.365| 0126.27| The sluggish cream wound curdling spirals through her tea. Better | 0126.28| remind her of the word: metempsychosis. An example would be better. An | 0126.29| example? 0126.30| The Bath of the Nymph over the bed. Given away with the Easter | 0126.31| number of Photo Bits: splendid masterpiece in art colours. Tea before you |4.370| 0126.32| put milk in. Not unlike her with her hair down: slimmer. Three and six I | 0126.33| gave for the frame. She said it would look nice over the bed. Naked | 0126.34| nymphs: Greece: and for instance all the people that lived then. 0126.35| He turned the pages back. 0128.01| --Metempsychosis, he said, is what the ancient Greeks called it. They used |4.375| 0128.02| to believe you could be changed into an animal or a tree, for instance. What | 0128.03| they called nymphs, for example. | 0128.04| Her spoon ceased to stir up the sugar. She gazed straight before her, | 0128.05| inhaling through her arched nostrils. 0128.06| --There's a smell of burn, she said. Did you leave anything on the fire? |4.380| 0128.07| --The kidney! he cried suddenly. 0128.08| He fitted the book roughly into his inner pocket {3 [and] and, 0128.09| ^<knocking> stubbing his toes^ | against the broken commode}, hurried out 0128.10| towards the smell, stepping | hastily down the stairs with a flurried 0128.11| stork's legs. Pungent smoke shot up | in an angry jet from a side of the pan. 0128.12| By prodding a prong of the fork |4.385| under the kidney he detached it and turned 0128.13| it {1 [over] turtle} on its back. Only a little | burnt. He tossed it off the pan on 0128.14| to a plate and let the scanty brown gravy | trickle over it. |
[4.321] Following the pointing of her finger he took up a leg of her soiled [4.322] drawers from the bed. No? Then, a twisted grey garter looped round a [4.323] stocking: rumpled, shiny sole. [4.324] --No: that book. [4.325] Other stocking. Her petticoat. [4.326] --It must have fell down, she said. [4.327] He felt here and there. Voglio e non vorrei. Wonder if she pronounces [4.328] that right: voglio. Not in the bed. Must have slid down. He stooped and [4.329] lifted the valance. The book, fallen, sprawled against the bulge of the [4.330] orangekeyed chamberpot. [4.331] --Show here, she said. I put a mark in it. There's a word I wanted to ask [4.332] you. [4.333] She swallowed a draught of tea from her cup held by nothandle and, [4.334] having wiped her fingertips smartly on the blanket, began to search the text [4.335] with the hairpin till she reached the word. [4.336] --Met him what? he asked. [4.337] --Here, she said. What does that mean? [4.338] He leaned downward and read near her polished thumbnail. [4.339] --Metempsychosis? [4.340] --Yes. Who's he when he's at home? [4.341] --Metempsychosis, he said, frowning. It's Greek: from the Greek. That [4.342] means the transmigration of souls. [4.343] --O, rocks! she said. Tell us in plain words. [4.344] He smiled, glancing askance at her mocking eyes. The same young [4.345] eyes. The first night after the charades. Dolphin's Barn. He turned over the [4.346] smudged pages. Ruby: the Pride of the Ring. Hello. Illustration. Fierce [4.347] Italian with carriagewhip. Must be Ruby pride of the on the floor naked. [4.348] Sheet kindly lent. The monster Maffei desisted and flung his victim from him [4.349] with an oath. Cruelty behind it all. Doped animals. Trapeze at Hengler's. [4.350] Had to look the other way. Mob gaping. Break your neck and we'll break [4.351] our sides. Families of them. Bone them young so they metamspychosis. [4.352] That we live after death. Our souls. That a man's soul after he dies, [4.353] Dignam's soul_.... [4.354] --Did you finish it? he asked. [4.355] --Yes, she said. There's nothing smutty in it. Is she in love with the first [4.356] fellow all the time? [4.357] --Never read it. Do you want another? [4.358] --Yes. Get another of Paul de Kock's. Nice name he has. [4.359] She poured more tea into her cup, watching it flow sideways. [4.360] Must get that Capel street library book renewed or they'll write to [4.361] Kearney, my guarantor. Reincarnation: that's the word. [4.362] --Some people believe, he said, that we go on living in another body after [4.363] death, that we lived before. They call it reincarnation. That we all lived [4.364] before on the earth thousands of years ago or some other planet. They say [4.365] we have forgotten it. Some say they remember their past lives. [4.366] The sluggish cream wound curdling spirals through her tea. Better [4.367] remind her of the word: metempsychosis. An example would be better. An [4.368] example? [4.369] The Bath of the Nymph over the bed. Given away with the Easter [4.370] number of Photo Bits: splendid masterpiece in art colours. Tea before you [4.371] put milk in. Not unlike her with her hair down: slimmer. Three and six I [4.372] gave for the frame. She said it would look nice over the bed. Naked [4.373] nymphs: Greece: and for instance all the people that lived then. [4.374] He turned the pages back. [4.375] --Metempsychosis, he said, is what the ancient Greeks called it. They used [4.376] to believe you could be changed into an animal or a tree, for instance. What [4.377] they called nymphs, for example. [4.378] Her spoon ceased to stir up the sugar. She gazed straight before her, [4.379] inhaling through her arched nostrils. [4.380] --There's a smell of burn, she said. Did you leave anything on the fire? [4.381] --The kidney! he cried suddenly. [4.382] He fitted the book roughly into his inner pocket and, stubbing his toes [4.383] against the broken commode, hurried out towards the smell, stepping [4.384] hastily down the stairs with a flurried stork's legs. Pungent smoke shot up [4.385] in an angry jet from a side of the pan. By prodding a prong of the fork [4.386] under the kidney he detached it and turned it turtle on its back. Only a little [4.387] burnt. He tossed it off the pan on to a plate and let the scanty brown gravy [4.388] trickle over it. |
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