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Chapter 1
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HelookedsidewaysinafriendlyfashionatthesidefaceofStephen,imageofhismother,whichwasnotquitethesameastheusualhandsomeblackguardtypetheyunquestionablyhadaninsatiablehankeringafterashewasperhapsnotthatwaybuilt.
Still,supposinghehadhisfather’sgiftashemorethansuspected,itopenedupnewvistasinhismindsuchasLadyFingall’sIrishindustries,concertontheprecedingMonday,andaristocracyingeneral.
ExquisitevariationshewasnowdescribingonanairYouthherehasEndbyJansPieterSweelinck,aDutchmanofAmsterdamwherethefrowscomefrom.EvenmorehelikedanoldGermansongofJohannesJeepabouttheclearseaandthevoicesofsirens,sweetmurderersofmen,whichboggledBloomabit:
VonderSirenenListigkeit
TundiePoetendichten.
Theseopeningbarshesangandtranslatedextempore.Bloom,nodding,saidheperfectlyunderstoodandbeggedhimtogoonbyallmeanswhichhedid.
