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StephendissentedopenlyfromBloom’sviewontheimportanceofdietaryandcivicselfhelpwhileBloomdissentedtacitlyfromStephen’sviewsontheeternalaffirmationofthespiritofmaninliterature。BloomassentedcovertlytoStephen’srectificationoftheanachronisminvolvedinassigningthedateoftheconversionoftheIrishnationtochristianityfromdruidismbyPatricksonofCalpornus，sonofPotitus，sonofOdyssus，sentbypopeCelestineIintheyear432inthereignofLearytotheyear260orthereaboutsinthereignofCormacMacArt(266A。D。)suffocatedbyimperfectdeglutitionofalimentatSlettyandinterredatRossnaree。ThecollapsewhichBloomascribedtogastricinanitionandcertainchemicalcompoundsofvaryingdegreesofadulterationandalcoholicstrength，acceleratedbymentalexertionandthevelocityofrapidcircularmotioninarelaxingatmosphere，Stephenattributedtothereapparitionofamatutinalcloud(perceivedbybothfromtwodifferentpointsofobservation，SandycoveandDublin)atfirstnobiggerthanawoman’shand。

Wasthereonepointonwhichtheirviewswereequalandnegative？

Theinfluenceofgaslightorelectriclightonthegrowthofadjoiningparaheliotropictrees。

HadBloomdiscussedsimilarsubjectsduringnocturnalperambulationsinthepast？

In1884withOwerGoldbergandCecilTurnbullatnightonpublicthoroughfaresbetweenLongwoodavenueandLeonard’scornerandLeonard’scornerandSyngestreetandSyngestreetandBloomfieldavenue。In1885withPercyApjohnintheevenings，reclinedagainstthewallbetweenGibraltarvillaandBloomfieldhouseinCrumlin，baronyofUppercross。In1886occasionallywithcasualacquaintancesandprospectivepurchasersondoorsteps，infrontparlours，inthirdclassrailwaycarriagesofsuburbanlines。In1888frequentlywithmajorBrianTweedyandhisdaughterMissMarionTweedy，togetherandseparatelyontheloungeinMatthewDillon’shouseinRoundtown。Oncein1892andoncein1893withJuliusMastiansky，onbothoccasionsintheparlourofhis(Bloom’s)houseinLombardstreet，west。

Whatreflectionconcerningtheirregularsequenceofdates1884，1885，1886，1888，1892，1893，1904didBloommakebeforetheirarrivalattheirdestination？

Hereflectedthattheprogressiveextensionofthefieldofindividualdevelopmentandexperiencewasregressivelyaccompaniedbyarestrictionoftheconversedomainofinterindividualrelations。

Asinwhatways？

Frominexistencetoexistencehecametomanyandwasasonereceived：

existencewithexistencehewaswithanyasanywithany：fromexistencetononexistencegonehewouldbebyallasnoneperceived。

WhatactiondidBloommakeontheirarrivalattheirdestination？

Atthehousestepsofthe4thoftheequidifferentunevennumbers，number7Ecclesstreet，heinsertedhishandmechanicallyintothebackpocketofhistrouserstoobtainhislatchkey。

Wasitthere？

Itwasinthecorrespondingpocketofthetrouserswhichhehadwornonthedaybutonepreceding。

Whywashedoublyirritated？

Becausehehadforgottenandbecauseherememberedthathehadremindedhimselftwicenottoforget。

Whatwerethenthealternativesbeforethe，premeditatedly(respectively)

andinadvertently，keylesscouple？

Toenterornottoenter。Toknockornottoknock。

Bloom’sdecision？

Astratagem。Restinghisfeetonthedwarfwall，heclimbedoverthearearailings，compressedhishatonhishead，graspedtwopointsatthelowerunionofrailsandstiles，loweredhisbodygraduallybyitslengthoffivefeetnineinchesandahalftowithintwofeetteninchesoftheareapavement，andallowedhisbodytomovefreelyinspacebyseparatinghimselffromtherailingsandcrouchinginpreparationfortheimpactofthefall。

Didhefall？

Byhisbody’sknownweightofelevenstoneandfourpoundsinavoirdupoismeasure，ascertifiedbythegraduatedmachineforperiodicalselfweighinginthepremisesofFrancisFraedman，pharmaceuticalchemistof19Frederickstreet，north，onthelastfeastoftheAscension，towit，thetwelfthdayofMayofthebissextileyearonethousandninehundredandfouroftheChristianera(jewisherafivethousandsixhundredandsixtyfour，mohammedaneraonethousandthreehundredandtwentytwo)，goldennumber$，epact13，solarcycle9，dominicallettersC