Chapter 2

           WhatparallelcoursesdidBloomandStephenfollowreturning?

           StartingunitedbothatnormalwalkingpacefromBeresfordplacetheyfollowedintheordernamedLowerandMiddleGardinerstreetsandMountjoysquare,west:then,atreducedpace,eachbearingleft,Gardiner’splacebyaninadvertenceasfarasthefarthercornerofTemplestreet:then,atreducedpacewithinterruptionsofhalt,bearingright,Templestreet,north,asfarasHardwickeplace.Approaching,disparate,atrelaxedwalkingpacetheycrossedboththecircusbeforeGeorge’schurchdiametrically,thechordinanycirclebeinglessthanthearcwhichitsubtends.

           Ofwhatdidtheduumviratedeliberateduringtheiritinerary?

           Music,literature,Ireland,Dublin,Paris,friendship,woman,prostitution,diet,theinfluenceofgaslightorthelightofarcandglowlampsonthegrowthofadjoiningparaheliotropictrees,exposedcorporationemergencydustbuckets,theRomancatholicchurch,ecclesiasticalcelibacy,theIrishnation,jesuiteducation,careers,thestudyofmedicine,thepastday,themaleficentinfluenceofthepresabbath,Stephen’scollapse.

           DidBloomdiscovercommonfactorsofsimilaritybetweentheirrespectivelikeandunlikereactionstoexperience?

           Bothweresensitivetoartisticimpressions,musicalinpreferencetoplasticorpictorial.Bothpreferredacontinentaltoaninsularmanneroflife,acisatlantictoatransatlanticplaceofresidence.Bothinduratedbyearlydomestictrainingandaninheritedtenacityofheterodoxresistanceprofessedtheirdisbeliefinmanyorthodoxreligious,national,socialandethicaldoctrines.