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           TheJewsinthewildernessandonthemountaintopsaid:Itismeettobehere.LetusbuildanaltartoJehovah.TheRoman,liketheEnglishmanwhofollowsinhisfootsteps,broughttoeverynewshoreonwhichhesethisfoot(onourshoreheneversetit)onlyhiscloacalobsession.Hegazedabouthiminhistogaandhesaid:Itismeettobehere.Letusconstructawatercloset.

           —Whichtheyaccordinglydiddo,Lenehansaid.Ouroldancientancestors,aswereadinthefirstchapterofGuinness’s,werepartialtotherunningstream.

           —Theywerenature’sgentlemen,J.J.O’Molloymurmured.ButwehavealsoRomanlaw.

           —AndPontiusPilateisitsprophet,professorMacHughresponded.

           —DoyouknowthatstoryaboutchiefbaronPalles?J.J.O’Molloyasked.Itwasattheroyaluniversitydinner.Everythingwasgoingswimmingly...

           —Firstmyriddle,Lenehansaid.Areyouready?

           MrO’MaddenBurke,tallincopiousgreyofDonegaltweed,cameinfromthehallway.StephenDedalus,behindhim,uncoveredasheentered.

           —Entrez,mesenfants!Lenehancried.

           —Iescortasuppliant,MrO’MaddenBurkesaidmelodiously.YouthledbyExperiencevisitsNotoriety.

           —Howdoyoudo?theeditorsaid,holdingoutahand.Comein.Yourgovernorisjustgone.

           ???

           Lenehansaidtoall:

           —Silence!Whatoperaresemblesarailwayline?Reflect,ponder,excogitate,reply.

           Stephenhandedoverthetypedsheets,pointingtothetitleandsignature.

           —Who?theeditorasked.

           Bittornoff.

           —MrGarrettDeasy,Stephensaid.

           —Thatoldpelters,theeditorsaid.