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Chapter 2
Whatechoesofthatsoundwerebybothandeachheard?
ByStephen:
Liliatarutilantium.Turmacircumdet.
Iubilantiumtevirginum.Chorusexcipiat.
ByBloom:
Heigho,heigho,
Heigho,heigho.
WhereweretheseveralmembersofthecompanywhichwithBloomthatdayatthebiddingofthatpealhadtravelledfromSandymountinthesouthtoGlasnevininthenorth?
MartinCunningham(inbed),JackPower(inbed),SimonDedalus(inbed),NedLambert(inbed),TomKernan(inbed),JoeHynes(inbed),JohnHenryMenton(inbed),BernardCorrigan(inbed),PatsyDignam(inbed),PaddyDignam(inthegrave).
Alone,whatdidBloomhear?
Thedoublereverberationofretreatingfeetontheheavenbornearth,thedoublevibrationofajew’sharpintheresonantlane.
Alone,whatdidBloomfeel?
Thecoldofinterstellarspace,thousandsofdegreesbelowfreezingpointortheabsolutezeroofFahrenheit,CentigradeorRéaumur:theincipientintimationsofproximatedawn.
Ofwhatdidbellchimeandhandtouchandfootstepandlonechillremindhim?
Ofcompanionsnowinvariousmannersindifferentplacesdefunct:PercyApjohn(killedinaction,ModderRiver),PhilipGilligan(phthisis,JervisStreethospital),MatthewF.Kane(accidentaldrowning,DublinBay),PhilipMoisel(pyemia,Heytesburystreet),MichaelHart(phthisis,MaterMisericordiaehospital),PatrickDignam(apoplexy,Sandymount).
Whatprospectofwhatphenomenainclinedhimtoremain?
Thedisparitionofthreefinalstars,thediffusionofdaybreak,theapparitionofanewsolardisk.