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Chapter 2
WhatrenderedproblematicforBloomtherealisationofthesemutuallyselfexcludingpropositions?
Theirreparabilityofthepast:onceataperformanceofAlbertHengler’scircusintheRotunda,Rutlandsquare,Dublin,anintuitiveparticolouredclowninquestofpaternityhadpenetratedfromtheringtoaplaceintheauditoriumwhereBloom,solitary,wasseatedandhadpubliclydeclaredtoanexhilaratedaudiencethathe(Bloom)washis(theclown’s)papa.Theimprevidibilityofthefuture:onceinthesummerof1898he(Bloom)hadmarkedaflorin(2/-)withthreenotchesonthemillededgeandtendereditinpaymentofanaccountduetoandreceivedbyJ.andT.Davy,familygrocers,1CharlemontMall,GrandCanal,forcirculationonthewatersofcivicfinance,forpossible,circuitousordirect,return.
WastheclownBloom’sson?
No.
HadBloom’scoinreturned?
Never.
Whywouldarecurrentfrustrationthemoredepresshim?
Becauseatthecriticalturningpointofhumanexistencehedesiredtoamendmanysocialconditions,theproductofinequalityandavariceandinternationalanimosity.
