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[ Aetat. 25-27 ] J O Y C E 275friends, hunted out by his enemies, Wilde became 'a dishonored exile'and the type of the 'betrayed artist,' 96in fact a, a Christlike figure. Theartist pretends to be Lucifer but is really Jesus.It was time for Joyce to go to Jerusalem, which for him was Dublin.What had happened to his own betrayers? What new crisis could bebrought about by his return to the scene of their betrayals? These thoughtswere in his mind all spring. He had, of covirse, forgotten his earlier planto send Stanislaus with Georgie; he must go in his own person. But thenStanislaus could not be asked to pay. In July Joyce suddenly securedpayment in advance for a year's lessons from one of his pupils, and heand Georgie left at the end of the month. The next six weeks were toprovide him with material central to two books, though he did not anticipatethat the acquisition would be so painful. He plunged deeper thanever before into the black pool of Dublin.