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           BeforethemirrorthematrimonialgiftofAldermanJohnHooperwithaclearmelancholywisebrightmotionlesscompassionategazeregardedBloomwhileBloomwithobscuretranquilprofoundmotionlesscompassionatedgazeregardedthematrimonialgiftofLukeandCarolineDoyle.

           Whatcompositeasymmetricalimageinthemirrorthenattractedhisattention?

           Theimageofasolitary(ipsorelative)mutable(aliorelative)man.

           Whysolitary(ipsorelative)?

           Brothersandsistershadhenone.

           Yetthatman’sfatherwashisgrandfather’sson.

           Whymutable(aliorelative)?

           Frominfancytomaturityhehadresembledhismaternalprocreatrix.Frommaturitytosenilityhewouldincreasinglyresemblehispaternalprocreator.

           Whatfinalvisualimpressionwascommunicatedtohimbythemirror?

           Theopticalreflectionofseveralinvertedvolumesimproperlyarrangedandnotintheorderoftheircommonletterswithscintillatingtitlesonthetwobookshelvesopposite.

           Cataloguethesebooks.

           Thom’sDublinPostOfficeDirectory,1886.

           DenisFlorenceM’Carthy’sPoeticalWorks(copperbeechleafbookmarkatp.5).

           Shakespeare’sWorks(darkcrimsonmorocco,goldtooled).

           TheUsefulReadyReckoner(browncloth).

           TheSecretHistoryoftheCourtofCharlesII(redcloth,tooledbinding).

           TheChild’sGuide(bluecloth).

           TheBeautiesofKillarney(wrappers).

           WhenWeWereBoysbyWilliamO’BrienM.P.(greencloth,slightlyfaded,envelopebookmarkatp.217).

           ThoughtsfromSpinoza(maroonleather).

           TheStoryoftheHeavensbySirRobertBall(bluecloth).

           Ellis’sThreeTripstoMadagascar(browncloth,titleobliterated).