尤利西斯-第136章

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　to　guest？　
By　Stephen：　suil；　suil；　suil　arun；　suil　go　siocair　agus；　suil　go　cuin　（walk；　walk；　walk　your　way；　walk　in　safety；　walk　with　care）。　
By　Bloom：　Kifeloch；　harimon　rakatejch　m'baad　l'zamatejch　（thy　temple　amid　thy　hair　is　as　a　slice　of　pomegranate）。　
How　was　a　glyphic　parison　of　the　phonic　symbols　of　both　languages　made　in　substantiation　of　the　oral　parison？　
On　the　penultimate　blank　page　of　a　book　of　inferior　literary　style；　entitled　Sweets　of　Sin　（produced　by　Bloom　and　so　manipulated　that　its　front　cover　came　in　contact　with　the　surface　of　the　table）　with　a　pencil　（supplied　by　Stephen）　Stephen　wrote　the　Irish　characters　for　gee；　eh；　dee；　em；　simple　and　modified；　and　Bloom　in　turn　wrote　the　Hebrew　characters　ghimel；　aleph；　daleth　and　（in　the　absence　of　mem）　a　substituted　goph；　explaining　their　arithmetical　values　as　ordinal　and　cardinal　numbers；　videlicet　3；　1；4　and　100。　
Was　the　knowledge　possessed　by　both　of　each　of　these　languages；　the　extinct　and　the　revived；　theoretical　or　practical？　
Theoretical；　being　confined　to　certain　grammatical　rules　of　accidence　and　syntax　and　practically　excluding　vocabulary。　
What　points　of　contact　existed　between　these　languages　and　between　the　peoples　who　spoke　them？　
The　presence　of　guttural　sounds；　diacritic　aspirations；　epenthetic　and　servile　letters　in　both　languages：　their　antiquity；　both　having　been　taught　on　the　plain　of　Shinar　242　years　after　the　deluge　in　the　seminary　instituted　by　Fenius　Farsaigh；　descendant　of　Noah；　progenitor　of　Israel；　and　ascendant　of　Heber　and　Heremon；　progenitors　of　Ireland：　their　archeological；　genealogical；　hagiographical；　exegetical；　homilectic；　toponomastic；　historical　and　religious　literatures　prising　the　works　of　rabbis　and　culdees；　Torah；　Talmud　（Mischna　and　Ghemara）　Massor；　Pentateuch；　Book　of　the　Dun　Cow；　Book　of　Ballymote；　Garland　of　Howth；　Book　of　Kells：　their　dispersal；　persecution；　survival　and　revival：　the　isolation　of　their　synagogical　and　ecclesiastical　rites　in　ghetto　（S。　Mary's　Abbey）　and　masshouse　（Adam　and　Eve's　tavern）：　the　proscription　of　their　national　costumes　in　penal　laws　and　Jewish　dress　acts：　the　restoration　in　Chanan　David　of　Zion　and　the　possibility　of　Irish　political　autonomy　or　devolution。　
What　anthem　did　Bloom　chant　partially　in　anticipation　of　that　multiple；　ethnically　irreductible　consummation？　
Kolod　balejwaw　pnimali
Nefesch；　jehudi；　homijah。
Why　was　the　chant　arrested　at　the　conclusion　of　this　first　distich？　
In　consequence　of　defective　mnemotechnic。　
How　did　the　chanter　pensate　for　this　deficiency？　By　a　periphrastic　version　of　the　general　text。　
In　what　mon　study　did　their　mutual　reflections　merge？　
The　increasing　simplification　traceable　from　the　Egyptian　epigraphic　hieroglyphs　to　the　Greek　and　Roman　alphabets　and　the　anticipation　of　modern　stenography　and　telegraphic　code　in　the　cuneiform　inscriptions　（Semitic）　and　the　virgular　quinquecostate　ogham　writing　（Celtic）。　
Did　the　guest　ply　with　his　host's　request？　
Doubly；　by　appending　his　signature　in　Irish　and　Roman　characters。　
What　was　Stephen's　auditive　sensation？　
He　heard　in　a　profound　ancient　male　unfamiliar　melody　the　accumulation　of　the　past。　
What　was　Bloom's　visual　sensation？　
He　saw　in　a　quick　young　male　familiar　form　the　predestination　of　a　future。　
What　were　Stephen's　and　Bloom's　quasisimultaneous　volitional　quasisensations　of　concealed　identities？　
Visually；　Stephen's：　The　traditional　figure　of　hypostasis；　depicted　by　Johannes　Damascenus；　Lentulus　Romanus　and　Epiphanius　Monachus　as　leucodermic；　sesquipedalian　with　winedark　hair。　
Auditively；　Bloom's：　The　traditional　accent　of　the　ecstasy　of　catastrophe。　
What　future　careers　had　been　possible　for　Bloom　in　the　past　and　with　what　exemplars？　
In　the　church；　Roman；　Anglican；　or　Nonconformist：　exemplars；　the　very　reverend　John　Conmee　S。J。；　the　reverend　T。　Salmon；　D。D。；　provost　of　Trinity　college；　Dr　Alexander　J。　Dowie。　At　the　bar；　English　or　Irish：　exemplars；　Seymour　Bushe；　K。C。；　Rufus　Isaacs；　K。C。　On　the　stage；　modern　or　Shakespearean　exemplars；　Charles　Wyndham；　high　edian；　Osmond　Tearle　（1901）；　exponent　of　Shakespeare。　
Did　the　host　encourage　his　guest　to　chant　in　a　modulated　voice　a　strange　legend　on　an　allied　theme？　
Reassuringly；　their　place　where　none　could　hear　them　talk　being　secluded；　reassured；　the　decocted　beverages；　allowing　for　subsolid　residual　sediment　of　a　mechanical　mixture；　water　plus　sugar　plus　cream　plus　cocoa；　having　been　consumed。　
Recite　the　first　（major）　part　of　this　chanted　legend？　
d　Little　Harry　Hughes　and　his　schoolfellows　all　Went　out　for　to　play　ball
And　the　very　first　ball　little　Harry　Hughes　played
He　drove　it　o'er　the　jew's　garden　wall。
And　the　very　second　ball　little　Harry　Hughes　played
He　broke　the　jew's　windows　all。　
How　did　the　son　of　Rudolph　receive　this　first　part？
With　unmixed　feeling。　Smiling；　a　jew；　he　heard　with　pleasure　and　saw　the　unbroken　kitchen　window。
Recite　the　second　part　（minor）　of　the　legend。
Then　out　there　came　the　jew's　daughter
And　she　all　dressed　in　green。
‘e　back；　e　back；　you　pretty　little　boy；　
And　play　your　ball　again。'
‘I　can't　e　back　and　I　won't　e　back　
Without　my　schoolfellows　all；　
For　if　my　master　he　did　hear　
He'd　make　it　a　sorry　ball。'
She　took　him　by　the　lilywhite　hand
And　led　him　along　the　hall
Until　she　led　him　to　a　room
Where　none　could　hear　him　call。
She　took　a　penknife　out　of　her　pocket　
And　cut　off　his　little　head；
And　now　he'll　play　his　ball　no　more
For　he　lies　among　the　dead。
How　did　the　father　of　Millicent　receive　this　second　part？
With　mixed　feelings。　Unsmiling；　he　heard　and　saw　with　wonder　a　jew's　daughter；　all　dressed　in　green。
Condense　Stephen's　mentary。
One　of　all；　the　least　of　all；　is　the　victim　predestined。　Once　by　inadvertence；　twice　by　design　he　challenges　his　destiny。　It　es　when　he　is　abandoned　and　challenges　him　reluctant　and；　as　an　apparition　of　hope　and　youth　holds　him　unresisting。　It　leads　him　to　a　strange　habitation；　to　a　secret　infidel　apartment；　and　there；　implacable；　immolates　him；　consenting。
Why　was　the　host　（victim　predestined）　sad？
He　wished　that　a　tale　of　a　deed　should　be　told　of　a　deed　not　by　him　should　by　him　not　be　told。
Why　was　the　host　（reluctant；　unresisting）　still？
In　accordance　with　the　law　of　the　conservation　of　energy。
Why　was　the　host　（secret　infidel）　silent？
He　weighed　the　possible　evidences　for　and　against　ritual　murder：　the　incitation　of　the　hierarchy；　the　superstition　of　the　populace；　the　propagation　of　rumour　in　continued　fraction　of　veridicity；　the　envy　of　opulence；　the　influence　of　retaliation；　the　sporadic　reappearance　of　atavistic　delinquency；　the　mitigating　circumstances　of　fanaticism；　hypnotic　suggestion　and　somnambulism。
From　which　（if　any）　of　these　mental　or　physical　disorders　was　he　not　totally　immune？
From　hypnotic　suggestion：　once；　waking；　he　had　not　recognised　his　sleeping　apartment：　more　than　once；　waking；　he　had　been　for　an　indefinite　time　incapable　of　moving　or　uttering　sounds。　From　somnambulism：　once；　sleeping；　his　body　had　risen；　crouched　and　crawled　in　the　direction　of　a　heatless　fire　and；　having　attained　its　destination；　there；　curled；　unheated　in　night　attire　had　lain；　sleeping。
Had　this　latter　or　any　cognate　phenomenon　declared　itself　in　any　member　of　his　family？
Twice；　in　Holles　street　and　in　Ontario　terrace；　his　daughter　Millicent　（Milly）　at　the　ages　of　6　and　8　years　had　uttered　in　sleep　an　exclamation　of　terror　and　had　replied　to　the　interrogations　of　two　figures　in　night　attire　with　a　vacant　mute　expression。
What　other　infantile　memories　had　he　of　her？
15　June　1889。　A　querulous　newborn　female　infant　crying　to　cause　and　lessen　congestion。　A　child　renamed　Padney　Socks　she　shook　with　shocks　her　moneybox：　counted　his　three　free　moneypenny　buttons　one；　tloo；　tlee：　a　doll；　a　boy；　a　sailor　she　cast　away：　blond；　born　of　two　dark；　she　had　blond　ancestry；　remote；　a　violation；　Herr　Hauptmann　Hainau；　Austrian　army；　proximate；　a　hallucination；　lieutenant　Mulvey；　British　navy。
What　endemic　characteristics　were　present？
Conversely　the　nasal　and　frontal　formation　was　derived　in　a　direct　line　of　lineage　which；　though　interrupted；　would　continue　at　distant　intervals　to　its　most　distant　intervals。
What　memories　had　he　of　her　adolescence？
She　relegated　her　hoop　and　skippingrope　to　a　recess。　On　the　duke's　lawn　entreated　by　an　English　visitor；　she　declined　to　permit　him　to　make　and　take　away　her　photographic　image　（objection　not　stated）。　On　the　South　Circular　road　in　the　pany　of　Elsa　Potter；　followed　by　an　individual　of　sinister　aspect；　she　went　half　way　down　Stamer　street　and　turned　abruptly　back　（reason　of　change　not　stated）。　On　the　vigil　of　the　15th　anniversary　of　her　birth　she　wrote　a　letter　from　Mullingar；　county　Westmeath；　making　a　brief　allusion　to　a　local　student　（faculty　and　year　not　stated）。
Did　that　first　division；　portending　a　second　division；　afflict　him？
Less　than　he　had　imagined；　more　than　he　had　hoped。
What　second　departure　was　contemporaneously　perceived　by　him　similarly　if　differently？
A　temporary　departure　of　his　cat。
Why　similarly；　why　differently？
Similarly；　because　actuated　by　a　secret　purpose　the　quest　of　a　new　male　（Mullingar　student）　or　of　a　healing　herb　（valerian）。　Differently；　because　of　different　possible　returns　to　the　inhabitants　or　to　the　habitation。
In　other　respects　were　their　differences　similar？
In　passivity；　in　economy；　in　the　instinct　of　tradition；　in　unexpectedness。
As？
Inasmuch　as　leaning　she　sustained　her　blond　hair　for　him　to　ribbon　it　for　her　（cf。　neckarching　cat）。　Moreover；　on　the　free　surface　of　the　lake　in　Stephen's　green　amid　inverted　reflections　of　trees　her　unmented　spit；　describing　concentric　circles　of　waterrings；　indicated　by　the　constancy　of　its　permanence　the　locus　of　a　somnolent　prostrate　fish　（cf。　mousewatching　cat）。　Again；　in　order　to　remember　the　date；　batants；　issue　and　consequences　of　a　famous　military　engagement　she　pulled　a　plait　of　her　hair　（cf。　earwashing　cat）。　Furthermore；　silly　Milly；　she　dreamed　of　having　had　an　unspoken　unremembered　conversation　with　a　horse　whose　name　had　been　Joseph　to　whom　（which）　she　had　offered　a　tumblerful　of　lemonade　which　it　（he）　had　appeared　to　have　accepted　（cf。　hearthdreaming　cat）。　Hence　in　passivity；　in　economy；　in　the　instinct　of　tradition；　in　unexpectedness；　their　differences　were　similar。
In　what　way　had　he　utilised　gifts　1）　an　owl；　2）　a　clock；　given　as　matrimonial　auguries；　to　interest　and　to　instruct　her？
As　object　lessons　to　explain：　1）　the　nature　and　habits　of　oviparous　animals；　the　possibility　of　aerial　flight；　certain　abnormalities　of　vision；　the　secular　process　of　imbalsamation：　2）　the　principle　of　the　pendulum；　exemplified　in　bob；　wheelgear　and　regulator；　the　translation　in　terms　of　human　or　social　regulation　of　the　various　positions　clockwise　of　movable　indicators　on　an　unmoving　dial；　the　exactitude　of　the　recurrence　per　hour　of　an　instant　in　each　hour；　when　the　longer　and　the　shorter　indicator　were　at　the　same　angle　of　inclination；　videlicet；　5　5/11　minutes　past　each　hour　per　hour　in　arithmetical　progression。
In　what　manners　did　she　reciprocate？
She　remembered：　on　the　27th　anniversary　of　his　birth　she　presented　to　him　a　breakfast　moustachecup　of　imitation　crown　Derby　porcelain　ware。　She　provided：　at　quarter　day　or　th