"Hates sewing. Might take an objection. Dark men they call them." (U8.1110)
"Sense of smell must be stronger too. Smells on all sides, bunched together. Each street different smell. Each person too. Then the spring, the summer: smells." (U8.1121)
"Tastes? They say you can't taste wines with your eyes shut or a cold in the head. Also smoke in the dark they say get no pleasure." (U8.1123)
[*Ed. An item from Titbits 1890 seems to confirm Bloom's belief. Or may be that's where he read it?]
[*Ed. An item from Titbits 1890 seems to confirm Bloom's belief. Or may be that's where he read it?]
"And with a woman, for instance. More shameless not seeing. That girl passing the Stewart institution, head in the air. Look at me. I have them all on. Must be strange not to see her. Kind of a form in his mind's eye." (U8.1125)
"The voice, temperature when he touches her with fingers must almost see the lines, the curves. His hands on her hair, for instance. Say it was black, for instance. Good. We call it black. Then passing over her white skin. Different feel perhaps. Feeling of white.
Postoffice. Must answer. Fag today. Send her a postal order two shillings, half a crown. Accept my little present. Stationer's just here too. Wait. Think over it." (U8.1127)
Postoffice. Must answer. Fag today. Send her a postal order two shillings, half a crown. Accept my little present. Stationer's just here too. Wait. Think over it." (U8.1127)
"With a gentle finger he felt ever so slowly the hair combed back above his ears. Again. Fibres of fine fine straw. Then gently his finger felt the skin of his right cheek. Downy hair there too. Not smooth enough. The belly is the smoothest. No-one about. There he goes into Frederick street. Perhaps to Levenston's dancing academy piano. Might be settling my braces." (U8.1135)
"Walking by Doran's public house he slid his hand between waistcoat and trousers and, pulling aside his shirt gently, felt a slack fold of his belly. But I know it's whiteyellow. Want to try in the dark to see.
He withdrew his hand and pulled his dress to." (U8.1140)
He withdrew his hand and pulled his dress to." (U8.1140)
"Poor fellow! Quite a boy. Terrible. Really terrible. What dreams would he have, not seeing? Life a dream for him. Where is the justice being born that way?" (U8.1144)
"All those women and children excursion beanfeast burned and drowned in New York." (U8.1146)
"Holocaust. Karma they call that transmigration for sins you did in a past life the reincarnation met him pikehoses. Dear, dear, dear. Pity of course: but somehow you can't cotton on to them someway." (U8.1147)
"Sir Frederick Falkiner going into the freemasons' hall." (U8.1151)
(Image courtesy of the ZJJF)
(Image courtesy of the ZJJF)
[*Ed. A programme for a meeting of The Grand Chapter of Prince Masons of Ireland, on June 21st 1893, in the Freemasons' Hall. The evening included dinner and music.]
"Solemn as Troy. After his good lunch in Earlsfort terrace." (U8.1151)
[*Ed. I am not sure if this is Sir Frederick Falkiner. Please let me know if you do!]
[*Ed. I am not sure if this is Sir Frederick Falkiner. Please let me know if you do!]
"Old legal cronies cracking a magnum. Tales of the bench and assizes and annals of the bluecoat school. I sentenced him to ten years. I suppose he'd turn up his nose at that stuff I drank." (U8.1152)
"Vintage wine for them, the year marked on a dusty bottle. Has his own ideas of justice in the recorder's court. Wellmeaning old man. Police chargesheets crammed with cases get their percentage manufacturing crime. Sends them to the rightabout." (U8.1155)
"And the tephilim no what's this they call it poor papa's father had on his door to touch. That brought us out of the land of Egypt and into the house of bondage." (U8.1157)
Tephilin (תְּפִלִּין) are two small black leather boxes containing parchment scrolls with Torah passages. They are traditionally worn by observant Jewish men on the left arm and on the forehead during weekday morning prayers, fulfilling Deut. 6.8.
Tephilin (תְּפִלִּין) are two small black leather boxes containing parchment scrolls with Torah passages. They are traditionally worn by observant Jewish men on the left arm and on the forehead during weekday morning prayers, fulfilling Deut. 6.8.