-- our lives are in peril tonight. beware of the steamroller.
they thereupon stopped. bloom looked at the head of a horse not worth anything like sixtyfive guineas， suddenly in evidence in the dark quite near， so that it seemed new， a different grouping of bones and even flesh， because palpably it was a fourwalker， a hipshaker， a blackbuttocker， a taildangler， a headhanger， putting his hind foot foremost the while the lord of his creation sat on the perch， busy with his thoughts. but such a good poor brute， he was sorry he hadn't a lump of sugar but， as he wisely reflected， you could scarcely be prepared for every emergency that might crop up. he was just a big foolish nervous noodly kind of a horse， without a second care in the world. but even a dog， he reflected， take that mongrel in barney kiernan's， of the same size， would be a holy horror to face. but it was no animal's fault in particular if he was built that way like the camel， ship of the desert， distilling grapes into potheen in his hump. nine tenths of them all could be caged or trained， nothing beyond the art of man barring the bees； whale with a harpoon hairpin， alligator， tickle the small of his back and he sees the joke； chalk a circle for a rooster； tiger， my eagle eye. these timely reflections anent the brutes of the field occupied his mind， somewhat distracted from stephen's words， while the ship of the street was manoeuvring and stephen went on about the highly interesting old...
-- what's this i was saying？ ah， yes！ my wife， he intimated， plunging in medias res， would have the greatest of pleasure in making your acquaintance as she is passionately attached to music of any kind.
he looked sideways in a friendly fashion at the sideface of stephen， image of his mother， which was not quite the same as the usual blackguard type they unquestionably had an indubitable hankering after as he was perhaps not that way built.
still， supposing he had his father's gift， as he more than suspected， it opened up new vistas in his mind， such as lady fingall's irish industries concert on the preceding monday， and aristocracy in general.