Ulysses
What followed this operation?
The truncated conical crater summit of the diminutive
volcano emitted a vertical and serpentine fume redolent of
aromatic oriental incense.
What homothetic objects, other than the candlestick,
stood on the mantelpiece?
A timepiece of striated Connemara marble, stopped at
the hour of 4.46 a.m. on the 21 March 1896, matrimonial
gift of Matthew Dillon: a dwarf tree of glacial arborescence
under a transparent bellshade, matrimonial gift of Luke
and Caroline Doyle: an embalmed owl, matrimonial gift of
Alderman John Hooper.
What interchanges of looks took place between these
three objects and Bloom?
In the mirror of the giltbordered pierglass the undeco-
rated back of the dwarf tree regarded the upright back of
the embalmed owl. Before the mirror the matrimonial gift
of Alderman John Hooper with a clear melancholy wise
bright motionless compassionate gaze regarded Bloom
while Bloom with obscure tranquil profound motionless
compassionated gaze regarded the matrimonial gift of Luke
and Caroline Doyle.
What composite asymmetrical image in the mirror then
attracted his attention?
The image of a solitary (ipsorelative) mutable (aliorela-
tive) man.
Why solitary (ipsorelative)?Brothers and sisters had he none.