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Chapter 1
FrominsideinformationextendingoveraseriesofyearsMrBloomwasratherinclinedtopoohpoohthesuggestionasegregiousbalderdashfor,pendingthatconsummationdevoutlytobeornottobewishedfor,hewasfullycognisantofthefactthattheirneighboursacrossthechannel,unlesstheyweremuchbiggerfoolsthanhetookthemfor,ratherconcealedtheirstrengththantheopposite.Itwasquiteonaparwiththequixoticideaincertainquartersthatinahundredmillionyearsthecoalseamofthesisterislandwouldbeplayedoutandif,astimewenton,thatturnedouttobehowthecatjumpedallhecouldpersonallysayonthematterwasthatasahostofcontingencies,equallyrelevanttotheissue,mightoccurerethenitwashighlyadvisableintheinterimtotrytomakethemostofbothcountrieseventhoughpolesapart.Anotherlittleinterestingpoint,theamoursofwhoresandchummies,toputitincommonparlance,remindedhimIrishsoldiershadasoftenfoughtforEnglandasagainsther,moreso,infact.Andnow,why?Sothescenebetweenthepairofthem,thelicenseeoftheplacerumouredtobeorhavebeenFitzharris,thefamousinvincible,andtheother,obviouslybogus,remindedhimforciblyasbeingonallfourswiththeconfidencetrick,supposing,thatis,itwasprearrangedasthelookeron,astudentofthehumansoulifanything,theothersseeingleastofthegame.Andasforthelesseeorkeeper,whoprobablywasn’ttheotherpersonatall,he(B.
