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Chapter 2
BeforethemirrorthematrimonialgiftofAldermanJohnHooperwithaclearmelancholywisebrightmotionlesscompassionategazeregardedBloomwhileBloomwithobscuretranquilprofoundmotionlesscompassionatedgazeregardedthematrimonialgiftofLukeandCarolineDoyle.
Whatcompositeasymmetricalimageinthemirrorthenattractedhisattention?
Theimageofasolitary(ipsorelative)mutable(aliorelative)man.
Whysolitary(ipsorelative)?
Brothersandsistershadhenone.
Yetthatman’sfatherwashisgrandfather’sson.
Whymutable(aliorelative)?
Frominfancytomaturityhehadresembledhismaternalprocreatrix.Frommaturitytosenilityhewouldincreasinglyresemblehispaternalprocreator.
Whatfinalvisualimpressionwascommunicatedtohimbythemirror?
Theopticalreflectionofseveralinvertedvolumesimproperlyarrangedandnotintheorderoftheircommonletterswithscintillatingtitlesonthetwobookshelvesopposite.
Cataloguethesebooks.
Thom’sDublinPostOfficeDirectory,1886.
DenisFlorenceM’Carthy’sPoeticalWorks(copperbeechleafbookmarkatp.5).
Shakespeare’sWorks(darkcrimsonmorocco,goldtooled).
TheUsefulReadyReckoner(browncloth).
TheSecretHistoryoftheCourtofCharlesII(redcloth,tooledbinding).
TheChild’sGuide(bluecloth).
TheBeautiesofKillarney(wrappers).
WhenWeWereBoysbyWilliamO’BrienM.P.(greencloth,slightlyfaded,envelopebookmarkatp.217).
ThoughtsfromSpinoza(maroonleather).
TheStoryoftheHeavensbySirRobertBall(bluecloth).
Ellis’sThreeTripstoMadagascar(browncloth,titleobliterated).