尤利西斯-第186章

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to　contain　in　itself　and　in　conjunction　with　the　personal　equation　certain　possibilities　of　financial；　social；　personal　and　sexual　success；　whether　specially　collected　and　selected　as　model　pedagogic　themes　（of　cent　per　cent　merit）　for　the　use　of　preparatory　and　junior　grade　students　or　contributed　in　printed　form；　following　the　precedent　of　Philip　Beaufoy　or　Doctor　Dick　or　Heblon's　Studies　in　Blue；　to　a　publication　of　certified　circulation　and　solvency　or　employed　verbally　as　intellectual　stimulation　for　sympathetic　auditors；　tacitly　appreciative　of　successful　narrative　and　confidently　augurative　of　successful　achievement；　during　the　increasingly　longer　nights　gradually　following　the　summer　solstice　on　the　day　but　three　following；　videlict；　Tuesday；　21　June　（S。　Aloysius　Gonzaga）；　sunrise　3。33　a。m。；　sunset　8。29　p。m。　
Which　domestic　problem　as　much　as；　if　not　more　than；　any　other　frequently　engaged　his　mind？　
What　to　do　with　our　wives。　
What　had　been　his　hypothetical　singular　solutions？　
Parlour　games　（dominos；　halma；　tiddledywinks；　spillikins；　cup　and　ball；　nap；　spoil　five；　bezique；　twentyfive；　beggar　my　neighbour；　draughts；　chess　or　backgammon）：　embroidery；　darning　or　knitting　for　the　policeaided　clothing　society：　musical　duets；　mandoline　and　guitar；　piano　and　flute；　guitar　and　piano：　legal　scrivenery　or　envelope　addressing：　biweekly　visits　to　variety　entertainments：　mercial　activity　as　pleasantly　manding　and　pleasingly　obeyed　mistress　proprietress　in　a　cool　dairy　shop　or　warm　cigar　divan：　the　clandestine　satisfaction　of　erotic　irritation　in　masculine　brothels；　state　inspected　and　medically　controlled：　social　visits；　at　regular　infrequent　prevented　intervals　and　with　regular　frequent　preventive　superintendence；　to　and　from　female　acquaintances　of　recognised　respectability　in　the　vicinity：　courses　of　evening　instruction　specially　designed　to　render　liberal　instruction　agreeable。　
What　instances　of　deficient　mental　development　in　his　wife　inclined　him　in　favour　of　the　lastmentioned　（ninth）　solution？　
In　disoccupied　moments　she　had　more　than　once　covered　a　sheet　of　paper　with　signs　and　hieroglyphics　which　she　stated　were　Greek　and　Irish　and　Hebrew　characters。　She　had　interrogated　constantly　at　varying　intervals　as　to　the　correct　method　of　writing　the　capital　initial　of　the　name　of　a　city　in　Canada；　Quebec。　She　understood　little　of　political　plications；　internal；　or　balance　of　power；　external。　In　calculating　the　addenda　of　bills　she　frequently　had　recourse　to　digital　aid。　After　pletion　of　laconic　epistolary　positions　she　abandoned　the　implement　of　calligraphy　in　the　encaustic　pigment　exposed　to　the　corrosive　action　of　copperas；　green　vitriol　and　nutgall。　Unusual　polysyllables　of　foreign　origin　she　interpreted　phonetically　or　by　false　analogy　or　by　both：　metempsychosis　（met　him　pike　hoses）；　alias　（a　mendacious　person　mentioned　in　sacred　Scripture）。　
What　pensated　in　the　false　balance　of　her　intelligence　for　these　and　such　deficiencies　of　judgment　regarding　persons；　places　and　things？　
The　false　apparent　parallelism　of　all　perpendicular　arms　of　all　balances；　proved　true　by　construction。　The　counterbalance　of　her　proficiency　of　judgment　regarding　one　person；　proved　true　by　experiment。　
How　had　he　attempted　to　remedy　this　state　of　parative　ignorance？　
Variously。　By　leaving　in　a　conspicuous　place　a　certain　book　open　at　a　certain　page：　by　assuming　in　her；　when　alluding　explanatorily；　latent　knowledge：　by　open　ridicule　in　her　presence　of　some　absent　other's　ignorant　lapse。　
With　what　success　had　he　attempted　direct　instruction？　
She　followed　not　all；　a　part　of　the　whole；　gave　attention　with　interest；　prehended　with　surprise；　with　care　repeated；　with　greater　difficulty　remembered；　forgot　with　ease；　with　misgiving　reremembered；　rerepeated　with　error。　
What　system　had　proved　more　effective？　
Indirect　suggestion　implicating　self…interest。　
Example？　
She　disliked　umbrella　with　rain；　he　liked　woman　with　umbrella；　she　disliked　new　hat　with　rain；　he　liked　woman　with　new　hat；　he　bought　new　hat　with　rain；　she　carried　umbrella　with　new　hat。　
Accepting　the　analogy　implied　in　his　guest's　parable　which　examples　of　postexilic　eminence　did　he　adduce？　
Three　seekers　of　the　pure　truth；　Moses　of　Egypt；　Moses　Maimonides；　author　of　More　Neubkim　（Guide　of　the　Perplexed）　and　Moses　Mendelssohn　of　such　eminence　that　from　Moses　（of　Egypt）　to　Moses　（Mendelssohn）　there　arose　none　like　Moses　（Maimonides）。　
What　statement　was　made；　under　correction；　by　Bloom　concerning　a　fourth　seeker　of　pure　truth；　by　name　Aristotle；　mentioned；　with　permission；　by　Stephen？　
That　the　seeker　mentioned　had　been　a　pupil　of　a　rabbinical　philosopher；　name　uncertain。　
Were　other　anapocryphal　illustrious　sons　of　the　law　and　children　of　a　selected　or　rejected　race　mentioned？　
Felix　Bartholdy　Mendelssohn　（poser）；　Baruch　Spinoza　（philosopher）；　Mendoza　（pugilist）；　Ferdinand　Lassalle　（reformer；　duellist）。　
What　fragments　of　verse　from　the　ancient　Hebrew　and　ancient　Irish　languages　were　cited　with　modulations　of　voice　and　translation　of　texts　by　guest　to　host　and　by　host　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　accumula