(tom and sam bohee， coloured coons in white duck suits， scarlet socks， upstarched sambo chokers and lace scarlet asters in their buttonholes leap out. each has his banjo slung. their paler smaller negroid hands jingle the twingtwang wires. flashing white kaffir eyes and tusks they rattle through a breakdown in clumsy clogs， twinging， singing， back to back， toe heel， heel toe， with smackfatclacking nigger lips.)there's someone in the house with dina
there's someone in the house， i know，
there's someone in the house with dina
playing on the old banjo.
(they whisk black masks from raw babby faces： then， chuckling， chortling， trumming， twanging they diddle diddle cakewalk dance away.)bloom (with a sour tenderish smile.) a little frivol， shall we， if you are so inclined？ would you like me perhaps to embrace you just for a fraction of a second？
mrs breen (screams gaily.) o， you ruck！ you ought to see yourself！
bloom for old sake'sake. i only meant a square party， a mixed marriage mingling of our different little conjugials. you know i had a soft corner for you. (gloomily.) 'twas i sent you that valentine of the dear gazelle.
mrs breen glory alice， you do look a holy ！ killing simply. (she puts out her hand inquisitively.) what are you hiding behind your back？ tell us， there's a dear.
bloom (seizes her wrist with his free hand.) josie powell that was， prettiest deb in dublin. how time flies by！ do you remember， harking back in a retrospective arrangement， old christmas night georgina simpson's housewarming while they were playing the irving bishop game， finding the pin blindfold and thoughtreading？ subject， what is in this snuff box？
mrs breen you were the lion of the night with your seriocomic recitation and you looked the part. you were always a favourite with the ladies.
bloom (squire of dames， in dinner jacket， with watered-silk facings， blue masonic badge in his buttonhole， black bow and mother-of-pearl studs， a prismatic champagne glass tilted in his hand.) ladies and gentlemen， i give you ireland， home and beauty.