bloom
(Bravely). Overdrawn.
beaufoy
You low cad! You ought to be ducked in the horsepond, you rotter! (To the court.) Why look at the man’s private life! Leading a quadruple existence! Street angel and house devil. Not fit to be mentioned in mixed society. The arch conspirator of the age.
bloom
(To the court.) And he, a bachelor, how…
first watch
The King versus Bloom. Call the woman Driscoll.
the crier
Mary Driscoll, scullerymaid!
second watch
Another! Are you of the unfortunate class?
mary driscoll
(Indignantly.) I’m not a bad one. I bear a respectable character and was four months in my last place. I was in a situation, six pounds a year and my chances with Fridays out and I had to leave owing to his carryings on.
first watch
What do you tax him with?
mary driscoll
He made a certain suggestion but I thought more of myself as poor as I am.
bloom
(In housejacket of ripplecloth flannel trousers, heelless slippers, unshaven, his hair rumpled softly.) I treated you white. I gave you mementos, smart emerald
