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           Whatechoesofthatsoundwerebybothandeachheard?

           ByStephen:

           Liliatarutilantium.Turmacircumdet.

           Iubilantiumtevirginum.Chorusexcipiat.

           ByBloom:

           Heigho,heigho,

           Heigho,heigho.

           WhereweretheseveralmembersofthecompanywhichwithBloomthatdayatthebiddingofthatpealhadtravelledfromSandymountinthesouthtoGlasnevininthenorth?

           MartinCunningham(inbed),JackPower(inbed),SimonDedalus(inbed),NedLambert(inbed),TomKernan(inbed),JoeHynes(inbed),JohnHenryMenton(inbed),BernardCorrigan(inbed),PatsyDignam(inbed),PaddyDignam(inthegrave).

           Alone,whatdidBloomhear?

           Thedoublereverberationofretreatingfeetontheheavenbornearth,thedoublevibrationofajew’sharpintheresonantlane.

           Alone,whatdidBloomfeel?

           Thecoldofinterstellarspace,thousandsofdegreesbelowfreezingpointortheabsolutezeroofFahrenheit,CentigradeorRéaumur:theincipientintimationsofproximatedawn.

           Ofwhatdidbellchimeandhandtouchandfootstepandlonechillremindhim?

           Ofcompanionsnowinvariousmannersindifferentplacesdefunct:PercyApjohn(killedinaction,ModderRiver),PhilipGilligan(phthisis,JervisStreethospital),MatthewF.Kane(accidentaldrowning,DublinBay),PhilipMoisel(pyemia,Heytesburystreet),MichaelHart(phthisis,MaterMisericordiaehospital),PatrickDignam(apoplexy,Sandymount).

           Whatprospectofwhatphenomenainclinedhimtoremain?

           Thedisparitionofthreefinalstars,thediffusionofdaybreak,theapparitionofanewsolardisk.