what reflection concerning the irregular sequence of dates 1884, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1892, 1893, 1904 did bloom make before their arrival at their destination?
he reflected that the progressive extension of the field of individual development and experience was regressively accompanied by a restriction of the converse domain of interindividual relations.
as in what ways?
from inexistence to existence he came to many and was as one received: existence with existence he was with any as any with any: from existence to nonexistence gone he would be by all as none perceived.
what action did bloom make on their arrival at their destination?
at the housesteps of the 4th of the equidifferent uneven numbers, number 7 eccles street, he ed his hand mechanically into the back pocket of his trousers to obtain his latchkey.
was it there?
it was in the corresponding pocket of the trousers which he had worn on the day but one preceding.
why was he doubly irritated?
because he had forgotten and because he remembered that he had reminded himself twice not to forget.
what were then the natives before the, premeditatedly (respectively) and inadvertently, keyless couple?
to enter or not to enter. to knock or not to knock.
bloom's decision?
a stratagem. resting his feet on the dwarf wall, he climbed over the area railings, compressed his hat on his head, grasped two points at the lower union of rails and stiles, lowered his body gradually by its length of five feet nine inches and a half to within two feet ten inches of the area pavement, and allowed his body to move freely in space by separating himself from the railings and crouching in preparation for the impact of the fall.
did he fall?
by his body's known weight of eleven stone and four pounds in avoirdupois measure, as certified by the graduated machine for periodical selfweighing in the premises of francis fraedman, pharmaceutical chemist of 19 frederick street, north, on the last feast of the ascension, to wit, the twelfth day of may of the bissextile year one thousand nine hundred and four of the christian era (jewish era five thousand six hundred and sixtyfour, mohammedan era one thousand three hundred and twentytwo), golden number $, epact 13, solar cycle 9, dominical letters c b, roman indication 2, julian period 6617, mxmiv.