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Chapter 1
Amoreprudentcourse,asBloomsaidtothenotovereffusive,infactlikethedistinguishedpersonageunderdiscussionbesidehim,wouldhavebeentosoundthelieofthelandfirst.
—Thatbitch,thatEnglishwhore,didforhim,theshebeenproprietorcommented.Sheputthefirstnailinhiscoffin.
—Finelumpofawomanallthesame,thesoi-disanttownclerkHenryCampbellremarked,andplentyofher.Sheloosenedmanyaman’sthighs.Iseenherpictureinabarber’s.Thehusbandwasacaptainoranofficer.
—Ay,Skin-the-Goatamusinglyadded,hewasandacottonballone.
Thisgratuitouscontributionofahumorouscharacteroccasionedafairamountoflaughteramonghisentourage.AsregardsBloomhe,withoutthefaintestsuspicionofasmile,merelygazedinthedirectionofthedoorandreflecteduponthehistoricstorywhichhadarousedextraordinaryinterestatthetimewhenthefacts,tomakemattersworse,weremadepublicwiththeusualaffectionatelettersthatpassedbetweenthemfullofsweetnothings.FirstitwasstrictlyPlatonictillnatureintervenedandanattachmentsprangupbetweenthemtillbitbybitmatterscametoaclimaxandthematterbecamethetalkofthetowntillthestaggeringblowcameasawelcomeintelligencetonotafewevildisposed,however,whowereresolveduponencompassinghisdownfallthoughthethingwaspublicpropertyallalongthoughnottoanythinglikethesensationalextentthatitsubsequentlyblossomedinto.
