Улісс
Chapter 1
—No,MrBloomrepeatedagain,Iwouldn’tpersonallyreposemuchtrustinthatbooncompanionofyourswhocontributesthehumorouselement,DrMulligan,asaguide,philosopherandfriendifIwereinyourshoes.Heknowswhichsidehisbreadisbutteredonthoughinallprobabilityheneverrealisedwhatitistobewithoutregularmeals.Ofcourseyoudidn’tnoticeasmuchasIdid.Butitwouldn’toccasionmetheleastsurprisetolearnthatapinchoftobaccoorsomenarcoticwasputinyourdrinkforsomeulteriorobject.
HeunderstoodhoweverfromallheheardthatDrMulliganwasaversatileallroundman,bynomeansconfinedtomedicineonly,whowasrapidlycomingtotheforeinhislineand,ifthereportwasverified,badefairtoenjoyaflourishingpracticeinthenottoodistantfutureasatonymedicalpractitionerdrawingahandsomefeeforhisservicesinadditiontowhichprofessionalstatushisrescueofthatmanfromcertaindrowningbyartificialrespirationandwhattheycallfirstaidatSkerries,orMalahidewasit?,was,hewasboundtoadmit,anexceedinglypluckydeedwhichhecouldnottoohighlypraise,sothatfranklyhewasutterlyatalosstofathomwhatearthlyreasoncouldbeatthebackofitexceptheputitdowntosheercussednessorjealousy,pureandsimple.
—Exceptitsimplyamountstoonethingandheiswhattheycallpickingyourbrains,heventuredtothrowout.
