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Ulysses

The name of a decisive battle (forgotten), frequently
remembered by a decisive officer, major Brian Cooper
Tweedy (remembered).
Why, firstly and secondly, did he not consult the work

in question?
Firstly, in order to exercise mnemotechnic: secondly,
because after an interval of amnesia, when, seated at the
central table, about to consult the work in question, he
remembered by mnemotechnic the name of the military
engagement, Plevna.
What caused him consolation in his sitting posture?
The candour, nudity, pose, tranquility, youth, grace,
sex, counsel of a statue erect in the centre of the table, an
image of Narcissus purchased by auction from P. A. Wren,
9 Bachelor’s Walk.
What caused him irritation in his sitting posture?
Inhibitory pressure of collar (size 17) and waistcoat (5
buttons), two articles of clothing superfluous in the
costume of mature males and inelastic to alterations of
mass by expansion.
How was the irritation allayed?
He removed his collar, with contained black necktie
and collapsible stud, from his neck to a position on the left
of the table. He unbuttoned successively in reversed

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