第132章

Whicheventorpersonemergedasthesalientpointofhisnarration？

StephenDedalus，professorandauthor。

Whatlimitationsofactivityandinhibitionsofconjugalrightswereperceivedbylistenerandnarratorconcerningthemselvesduringthecourseofthisintermittentandincreasinglymorelaconicnarration？

Bythelisteneralimitationoffertilityinasmuchasmarriagehadbeencelebrated1calendarmonthafterthe18thanniversaryofherbirth(8

September1870)，viz。8October，andconsummatedonthesamedatewithfemaleissueborn15June1889，havingbeenanticipatorilyconsummatedonthe10Septemberofthesameyearandcompletecarnalintercourse，withejaculationofsemenwithinthenaturalfemaleorgan，havinglasttakenplace5weeksprevious，viz。27November1893，tothebirthon29December1893ofsecond(andonlymale)issue，deceased9January1894，aged11

days，thereremainedaperiodof10years，5monthsand18daysduringwhichcarnalintercoursehadbeenincomplete，withoutejaculationofsemenwithinthenaturalfemaleorgan。Bythenarratoralimitationofactivity，mentalandcorporal，inasmuchascompletementalintercoursebetweenhimselfandthelistenerhadnottakenplacesincetheconsummationofpuberty，indicatedbycatamenichemorrhage，ofthefemaleissueofnarratorandlistener，15September1903，thereremainedaperiodof9monthsand1

dayduringwhichinconsequenceofapreestablishednaturalcomprehensioninincomprehensionbetweentheconsummatedfemales(listenerandissue)，completecorporallibertyofactionhadbeencircumscribed。

How？

Byvariousreiteratedfeminineinterrogationconcerningthemasculinedestinationwhither，theplacewhere，thetimeatwhich，thedurationforwhich，theobjectwithwhichinthecaseoftemporaryabsences，projectedoreffected。

Whatmovedvisiblyabovethelistener’sandthenarrator’sinvisiblethoughts？

Theupcastreflectionofalampandshade，aninconstantseriesofconcentriccirclesofvaryinggradationsoflightandshadow。

Inwhatdirectionsdidlistenerandnarratorlie？

Listener，S。E。byE。；Narrator，N。W。byW。：onthe53rdparalleloflatitude，N。and6thmeridianoflongitude，W。：atanangleof45ø；

totheterrestrialequator。

Inwhatstateofrestormotion？

Atrestrelativelytothemselvesandtoeachother。Inmotionbeingeachandbothcarriedwestward，forwardandrerewardrespectively，bytheproperperpetualmotionoftheearththrougheverchangingtracksofneverchangingspace。

Inwhatposture？

Listener：reclinedsemilaterally，left，lefthandunderhead，rightlegextendedinastraightlineandrestingonleftleg，flexed，intheattitudeofGea-Tellus，fulfilled，recumbent，bigwithseed。Narrator：

reclinedlaterally，left，withrightandleftlegsflexed，theindexfingerandthumboftherighthandrestingonthebridgeofthenose，intheattitudedepictedonasnapshotphotographmadebyPercyApjohn，thechildmanweary，themanchildinthewomb。

Womb？Weary？

Herests。Hehastravelled。

With？

SinbadtheSailorandTinbadtheTailorandJinbadtheJailerandWhinbadtheWhalerandNinbadtheNailerandFinbadtheFailerandBinbadtheBailerandPinbadthePailerandMinbadtheMailerandHinbadtheHailerandRinbadtheRailerandDinbadtheKailerandVinbadtheQuailerandLinbadtheYailerandXinbadthePhthailer。

When？

GoingtoadarkbedtherewasasquareroundSinbadtheSailorroc’sauk’segginthenightofthebedofalltheauksoftherocsofDarkinbadtheBrightdayler。

Where？

JOYCE：Ulysses，PenelopePenelopeYESBECAUSEHENEVERDIDATHINGLIKETHATBEFOREASASKTogethisbreakfastinbedwithacoupleofeggssincetheCityarmshotelwhenheusedtobepretendingtobelaidupwithasickvoicedoinghishighnesstomakehimselfi