[b]JAMES JOYCE'S ULYSSES EPISODE 2--NESTOR[/b] wrote:
All laughed. Mirthless high malicious laughter. Armstrong looked round
at his classmates, silly glee in profile. In a moment they will laugh
more loudly, aware of my lack of rule and of the fees their papas pay.
-- Tell me now, Stephen said, poking the boy's shoulder with the book,
what is a PIER.
-- A PIER, sir, Armstrong said. A thing out in the waves. A kind of
bridge. Kingstown PIER, sir.
Some laughed again: mirthless but with meaning.
Two in the back bench whispered. Yes.
They knew: had never learned nor ever been innocent. All.
With envy he watched their faces.
Edith, Ethel, Gerty, Lily. Their likes: their breaths, too,
sweetened with tea and jam, their bracelets tittering in the struggle.
-- Kingstown PIER, Stephen said. Yes, a disappointed bridge.
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Bloomsday begins at sunrise (3:33 AM LMT) Thursday June 16, 1904.
and ended at sunset (12:00-3:33 PM LMT) in Dublin, Ireland
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