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Ulysses

CHRIS CALLINAN: What is the parallax of the
subsolar ecliptic of Aldebaran?
BLOOM: Pleased to hear from you, Chris. K. II.
JOE HYNES: Why aren’t you in uniform?

BLOOM: When my progenitor of sainted memory
wore the uniform of the Austrian despot in a dank prison
where was yours?
BEN DOLLARD: Pansies?
BLOOM: Embellish (beautify) suburban gardens.
BEN DOLLARD: When twins arrive?
BLOOM: Father (pater, dad) starts thinking.
LARRY O’ROURKE: An eightday licence for my
new premises. You remember me, sir Leo, when you
were in number seven. I’m sending around a dozen of
stout for the missus.
BLOOM: (Coldly) You have the advantage of me. Lady
Bloom accepts no presents.
CROFTON: This is indeed a festivity.
BLOOM: (Solemnly) You call it a festivity. I call it a
sacrament.
ALEXANDER KEYES: When will we have our own
house of keys?
BLOOM: I stand for the reform of municipal morals
and the plain ten commandments. New worlds for old.

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