Улісс
Chapter 2
Cashinhand0—4—9
Commissionrecd.Freeman’sJournal1—7—6
Loan(StephenDedalus)1—7—0
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2—19—3
Didtheprocessofdivestiturecontinue?
Sensibleofabenignantpersistentacheinhisfootsolesheextendedhisfoottoonesideandobservedthecreases,protuberancesandsalientpointscausedbyfootpressureinthecourseofwalkingrepeatedlyinseveraldifferentdirections,then,inclined,hedisnodedthelaceknots,unhookedandloosenedthelaces,tookoffeachofhistwobootsforthesecondtime,detachedthepartiallymoistenedrightsockthroughtheforepartofwhichthenailofhisgreattoehadagaineffracted,raisedhisrightfootand,havingunhookedapurpleelasticsocksuspender,tookoffhisrightsock,placedhisunclothedrightfootonthemarginoftheseatofhischair,pickedatandgentlylaceratedtheprotrudingpartofthegreattoenail,raisedthepartlaceratedtohisnostrilsandinhaledtheodourofthequick,then,withsatisfaction,threwawaythelaceratedungualfragment.
Whywithsatisfaction?
Becausetheodourinhaledcorrespondedtootherodoursinhaledofotherungualfragments,pickedandlaceratedbyMasterBloom,pupilofMrsEllis’sjuvenileschool,patientlyeachnightintheactofbriefgenuflectionandnocturnalprayerandambitiousmeditation.
