Chapter 1 Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along
the road 0
and this moocow that was coming down along
the road 0
met
a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo 1
...
told
him 1
that story :
looked at
him 1
through a glass :
he 1
had a hairy face .
He 1
was
baby tuckoo 78
.
The moocow came down
the road where
Betty Byrne 3
lived
0 :
she 3
sold lemon platt .
O , the wild rose blossoms On the little green place .
He 1
sang that song .
That was
his 1
song .
O , the green wothe botheth .
When
you 4
wet the bed first it is warm then it gets cold .
put on the oilsheet .
That had the queer smell .
had a nicer smell than
.
She 5
played on the piano
the sailor 6
's hornpipe for
him 1
to dance .
He 1
danced : Tralala lala , Tralala tralaladdy , Tralala lala , Tralala lala .
Uncle Charles 7
and
Dante 8
clapped .
They 9
were older than
and
mother 5
but
uncle Charles 7
was older than
Dante 8
.
Dante 8
had two brushes in
her 8
press .
The brush with the maroon velvet back was for
Michael Davitt 10
and the brush with the green velvet back was for
Parnell 11
.
Dante 8
gave
him 1
a cachou every time
he 1
brought
her 8
a piece of tissue paper .
The Vances 12
lived in number seven .
They 12
had
a different father 13
and
mother 14
.
They 12
were
and
mother 14
.
When
they 16
were grown up
he 1
was going to marry
Eileen 15
.
He 1
hid under the table .
said : -- O ,
Stephen 1
will apologize .
Dante 8
said : -- O , if not , the eagles will come and pull out
his 1
eyes .
-- Pull out
his 1
eyes , Apologize , Apologize , Pull out
his 1
eyes .
Apologize , Pull out
his 1
eyes , Pull out
his 1
eyes , Apologize .
* * * * *
The wide playgrounds 17
were swarming with
boys 18
.
All were shouting and
the prefects 19
urged
them 18
on with strong cries .
The evening air was pale and chilly and after every charge and thud of
the footballers 18
the greasy leather orb flew like a heavy bird through the grey light .
He 1
kept on the fringe of
his 1
line , out of sight of
, out of the reach of the rude feet , feigning to run now and then .
He 1
felt
his 1
body small and weak amid
the throng of
the players 18
21 and
his 1
eyes were weak and watery .
Rody Kickham 22
was not like that :
he 22
would be
captain of the third line 23
all the fellows 24
said .
Rody Kickham 22
was
a decent fellow 79
but
Nasty Roche 25
was
a stink 80
.
Rody Kickham 22
had greaves in
his 22
number and a hamper in
the refectory 26
.
Nasty Roche 25
had big hands .
He 25
called the Friday pudding dog-in-the-blanket .
And one day
he 25
had asked : -- What is
your 1
name ?
Stephen 1
had answered :
Stephen Dedalus 1
.
Then
Nasty Roche 25
had said : -- What kind of a name is that ?
And when
Stephen 1
had not been able to answer
Nasty Roche 25
had asked : -- What is
?
Stephen 1
had answered : --
A gentleman 27
.
Then
Nasty Roche 25
had asked : -- Is
he 2
a magistrate 28
?
He 25
crept about from point to point on the fringe of
his 1
line , making little runs now and then .
But
his 1
hands were bluish with cold .
He 1
kept
his 1
hands in the side pockets of
his 1
belted grey suit .
That was a belt round
his 1
pocket .
And belt was also to give
a fellow 29
a belt .
One day
a fellow 29
said to
Cantwell 30
: --
I 29
'd give
you 30
such a belt in a second .
Cantwell 30
had answered : -- Go and fight
your 29
match .
Give
Cecil Thunder 31
a belt .
I 30
'd like to see
you 29
.
He 31
'd give
you 29
a toe in the rump for
yourself 29
.
That was not a nice expression .
had told
him 1
not to speak with
the rough boys in
the college 33
32 .
Nice mother 5
!
The first day in
the hall of
the castle 35
34 when
she 5
had said goodbye
she 5
had put up
her 5
veil double to
her 5
nose to kiss
him 5
: and
her 5
nose and eyes were red .
But
he 1
had pretended not to see that
she 5
was going to cry .
She 5
was
a nice mother 83
but
she 5
was not so nice when
she 5
cried .
And
had given
him 1
two five-shilling pieces for pocket money .
And
had told
him 1
if
he 1
wanted anything to write
home 36
to
him 2
and , whatever
he 1
did , never to peach on
a fellow 37
.
Then at the door of
the castle 35
the rector 38
had shaken hands with
and
mother 5
,
his 38
soutane fluttering in the breeze , and
the car 39
had driven off with
and
mother 5
on it .
They 40
had cried to
him 1
from the car , waving
their 40
hands : -- Goodbye ,
Stephen 1
, goodbye !
-- Goodbye ,
Stephen 1
, goodbye !
He 1
was caught in the whirl of a scrimmage and , fearful of the flashing eyes and muddy boots , bent down to look through the legs .
The fellows 18
were struggling and groaning and
their 18
legs were rubbing and kicking and stamping .
Then
Jack Lawton 41
's yellow boots dodged out the ball and all the other boots and legs ran after .
He 1
ran after
them 18
a little way and then stopped .
It was useless to run on .
Soon
they 42
would be going
home 43
for the holidays .
After supper in
the study hall 44
he 1
would change the number pasted up inside
his 1
desk from seventy-seven to seventy-six .
It would be better to be in
the study hall 44
than out there in the cold .
The sky was pale and cold but there were lights in
the castle 35
.
He 1
wondered from which window
Hamilton Rowan 45
had thrown
his 45
hat on the ha-ha and had there been flowerbeds at that time under the windows .
One day when
he 1
had been called to
the castle 35
the butler 46
had shown
him 1
the marks of
the soldiers 47
' slugs in the wood of the door and had given
him 1
a piece of shortbread that
the community 48
ate .
It was nice and warm to see the lights in
the castle 35
.
It was like something in a book .
Perhaps
Leicester Abbey 49
was like that .
And there were nice sentences in
Doctor Cornwell 50
's Spelling Book .
They were like poetry but they were only sentences to learn the spelling from .
Wolsey 51
died in
Leicester Abbey 49
Where
the abbots 52
buried
him 51
.
Canker is a disease of plants , Cancer one of animals .
It would be nice to lie on the hearthrug before the fire , leaning
his 1
head upon
his 1
hands , and think on those sentences .
He 1
shivered as if
he 1
had cold slimy water next
his 1
skin .
That was mean of
Wells 53
to shoulder
him 1
into the square ditch because
he 1
would not swop
his 1
little snuff box for
Wells 53
's seasoned hacking chestnut , the conqueror of forty .
How cold and slimy the water had been !
A fellow 54
had once seen a big rat jump into the scum .
Mother 5
was sitting at the fire with
Dante 8
waiting for
Brigid 55
to bring in the tea .
She 5
had
her 5
feet on the fender and
her 5
jewelly slippers were so hot and they had such a lovely warm smell !
Dante 8
knew a lot of things .
She 8
had taught
him 1
where
the Mozambique Channel 56
was and what was
the longest river in
America 58
57 and what was the name of
the highest mountain in
the moon 60
59 .
Father Arnall 61
knew more than
Dante 8
because
he 61
was
a priest 62
but both
and
uncle Charles 7
said that
Dante 8
was
a clever woman 81
and
a well-read woman 82
.
And when
Dante 8
made that noise after dinner and then put up
her 8
hand to
her 8
mouth : that was heartburn .
A voice cried far out on
the playground 17
: -- All in !
Then other voices cried from the lower and third lines : -- All in !
All in !
The players 18
closed around , flushed and muddy , and
he 1
went among
them 18
, glad to go in .
Rody Kickham 22
held the ball by its greasy lace .
A fellow asked
him 22
to give it one last : but
he 22
walked on without even answering
the fellow 63
.
Simon Moonan 64
told
him 22
not to because
the prefect 20
was looking .
The fellow 63
turned to
Simon Moonan 64
and said : --
We 65
all know why
you 64
speak .
You 64
are
McGlade 66
's suck .
Suck was a queer word .
The fellow 63
called
Simon Moonan 64
that name because
Simon Moonan 64
used to tie
the prefect 20
's false sleeves behind
his 20
back and
the prefect 20
used to let on to be angry .
But the sound was ugly .
Once
he 1
had washed
his 1
hands in
the lavatory of
the Wicklow Hotel 68
67 and
pulled the stopper up by the chain after and the dirty water went down through the hole in the basin .
And when it had all gone down slowly the hole in the basin had made a sound like that : suck .
Only louder .
To remember that and the white look of the lavatory made
him 1
feel cold and then hot .
There were two cocks that
you 69
turned and water came out : cold and hot .
He 1
felt cold and then a little hot : and
he 1
could see the names printed on the cocks .
That was a very queer thing .
And the air in
the corridor 70
chilled
him 1
too .
It was queer and wettish .
But soon the gas would be lit and in burning it made a light noise like a little song .
Always the same : and when
the fellows 71
stopped talking in
the playroom 72
you 73
could hear it .
It was the hour for sums .
Father Arnall 61
wrote a hard sum on the board and then said : -- Now then , who will win ?
Go ahead , York !
Go ahead , Lancaster !
Stephen 1
tried
his 1
best , but the sum was too hard and
he 1
felt confused .
The little silk badge with the white rose on it that was pinned on the breast of
his 1
jacket began to flutter .
He 1
was no good at sums , but
he 1
tried
his 1
best so that
York 74
might not lose .
Father Arnall 61
's face looked very black , but
he 61
was not in a wax :
he 61
was laughing .
Then
Jack Lawton 41
cracked
his 41
fingers and
Father Arnall 61
looked at
his 61
copybook and said : -- Right .
Bravo Lancaster !
The red rose wins .
Come on now , York !
Forge ahead !
Jack Lawton 41
looked over from
his 41
side .
The little silk badge with the red rose on it looked very rich because
he 41
had a blue sailor top on .
Stephen 1
felt
his 1
own face red too , thinking of all the bets about who would get first place in elements ,
Jack Lawton 41
or
he 1
.
Some weeks
Jack Lawton 41
got the card for first and some weeks
he 1
got the card for first .
His 1
white silk badge fluttered and fluttered as
he 1
worked at the next sum and heard
Father Arnall 61
's voice .
Then all
his 1
eagerness passed away and
he 1
felt
his 1
face quite cool .
He 1
thought
his 1
face must be white because it felt so cool .
He 1
could not get out the answer for the sum but it did not matter .
White roses and red roses : those were beautiful colours to think of .
And the cards for first place and second place and third place were beautiful colours too : pink and cream and lavender .
Lavender and cream and pink roses were beautiful to think of .
Perhaps a wild rose might be like those colours and
he 1
remembered the song about the wild rose blossoms on the little green place .
But
you 75
could not have a green rose .
But perhaps
somewhere in the world 76
you 77
could .