CIRCE
"A BLACKSMITH
(Murmurs.) For the honour of God! And is that Bloom? He scarcely looks thirtyone.
A PAVIOR AND FLAGGER
That's the famous Bloom now, the world's greatest reformer. Hats off!
(All uncover their heads. Women whisper eagerly.)
A MILLIONAIRESS
(Richly.) Isn't he simply wonderful?
A NOBLEWOMAN
(Nobly.) All that man has seen!"
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