'Nothung!' — Stephen smashes the chandelier

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Overwhelmed, Stephen shouts the word 'Nothung' — the name of the magic sword from Wagner's opera — and swings his ashplant walking stick at the gas lamp, smashing its shade in one violent, symbolic gesture. …

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