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Chapter 2
OfwhatsimilarapparitionsdidStephenthink?
Ofotherselsewhereinothertimeswho,kneelingononekneeorontwo,hadkindledfiresforhim,ofBrotherMichaelintheinfirmaryofthecollegeoftheSocietyofJesusatClongowesWood,Sallins,inthecountyofKildare:ofhisfather,SimonDedalus,inanunfurnishedroomofhisfirstresidenceinDublin,numberthirteenFitzgibbonstreet:ofhisgodmotherMissKateMorkaninthehouseofherdyingsisterMissJuliaMorkanat15Usher’sIsland:ofhisauntSara,wifeofRichie(Richard)Goulding,inthekitchenoftheirlodgingsat62Clanbrassilstreet:ofhismotherMary,wifeofSimonDedalus,inthekitchenofnumbertwelveNorthRichmondstreetonthemorningofthefeastofSaintFrancisXavier1898:ofthedeanofstudies,FatherButt,inthephysics’theatreofuniversityCollege,16Stephen’sGreen,north:ofhissisterDilly(Delia)inhisfather’shouseinCabra.
WhatdidStephenseeonraisinghisgazetotheheightofayardfromthefiretowardstheoppositewall?
Underarowoffivecoiledspringhousebellsacurvilinearrope,stretchedbetweentwoholdfastsathwartacrosstherecessbesidethechimneypier,fromwhichhungfoursmallsizedsquarehandkerchiefsfoldedunattachedconsecutivelyinadjacentrectanglesandonepairofladies’greyhosewithLislesuspendertopsandfeetintheirhabitualpositionclampedbythreeerectwoodenpegstwoattheirouterextremitiesandthethirdattheirpointofjunction.
