CIRCE
" STEPHEN
(turns) Eh? (he disengages himself) Why should I not speak to him or to any human being who walks upright upon this oblate orange? (he points his finger) I'm not afraid of what I can talk to if I see his eye. Retaining the perpendicular. (he staggers a pace back)
BLOOM
(propping him) Retain your own."
(U15.4425)