her stockings are loose over her ankles. i detest that： so tasteless， those literary etherial people they are all. dreamy， cloudy， symbolistic. esthetes they are. i wouldn't be surprised if it was that kind of food you see produces the like waves of the brain the poetical. for example one of those policemen sweating irish stew into their shirts； you couldn't squeeze a line of poetry out of him. don't know what poetry is even. must be in a certain mood.
the dreamy cloudy gull
waves o'er the waters dull.
he crossed at nassau street corner and stood before the window of yeates and son， pricing the field glasses. or will i drop into old harris's and have a chat with young sinclair？ well-mannered fellow. probably at his lunch. must get those old glasses of mine set right. grz lenses， six guineas. germans making their way everywhere. sell on easy terms to capture trade. undercutting. might chance on a pair in the railway lost property office. astonishing the things people leave behind them in trains and cloak rooms. what do they be thinking about？ women too. incredible. year travelling to ennis had to pick up that farmer's daughter's bag and hand it to her at limerick junction. unclaimed money too. there's a little watch up there on the roof of the bank to test those glasses by.
his lids came down on the lower rims of his irides. can't see it. if you imagine it's there you can almost see it. can't see it.
he faced about and， standing between the awnings， held out his right hand at arm's length towards the sun. wanted to try that often. yes： completely. the tip of his little finger blotted out the sun's disk. must be the focus where the rays cross. if i had black glasses. interesting. there was a lot of talk about those sunspots when we were in lombard street west. terrific explosions they are. there will be a total eclipse this year： autumn some time.
now that i come to think of it， that ball falls at greenwich time. it's the clock is worked by an electric wire from dunsink. must go out there some first saturday of the month. if i could get art introduction to professor joly or learn up something about his family. that would do to： man always feels complimented. flattery where least expected. nobleman proud to be descended from some king's mistress. his foremother. lay it on with a trowel. cap in hand goes through the land. not go in and blurt out what you know you're not to： what's parallax？ this gentleman the door.