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           What,theenclosuresofreticenceremoved,weretheirrespectiveparentages?

           Bloom,onlybornmaletransubstantialheirofRudolfVirag(subsequentlyRudolphBloom)ofSzombathely,Vienna,Budapest,Milan,LondonandDublinandofEllenHiggins,seconddaughterofJuliusHiggins(bornKaroly)andFannyHiggins(bornHegarty).Stephen,eldestsurvivingmaleconsubstantialheirofSimonDedalusofCorkandDublinandofMary,daughterofRichardandChristinaGoulding(bornGrier).

           HadBloomandStephenbeenbaptised,andwhereandbywhom,clericorlayman?

           Bloom(threetimes),bythereverendMrGilmerJohnstonM.A.,alone,intheprotestantchurchofSaintNicholasWithout,Coombe,byJamesO’Connor,PhilipGilliganandJamesFitzpatrick,together,underapumpinthevillageofSwords,andbythereverendCharlesMaloneC.C.,inthechurchoftheThreePatrons,Rathgar.Stephen(once)bythereverendCharlesMaloneC.C.,alone,inthechurchoftheThreePatrons,Rathgar.

           Didtheyfindtheireducationalcareerssimilar?

           SubstitutingStephenforBloomStoomwouldhavepassedsuccessivelythroughadame’sschoolandthehighschool.SubstitutingBloomforStephenBlephenwouldhavepassedsuccessivelythroughthepreparatory,junior,middleandseniorgradesoftheintermediateandthroughthematriculation,firstarts,secondartsandartsdegreecoursesoftheroyaluniversity.

           WhydidBloomrefrainfromstatingthathehadfrequentedtheuniversityoflife?

           BecauseofhisfluctuatingincertitudeastowhetherthisobservationhadorhadnotbeenalreadymadebyhimtoStephenorbyStephentohim.