Perfume

The blond girl in Thornton’s bedded the wicket basket with rustling fibre. Blazes Boylan handed her the bottle swathed in pink tissue paper and a small jar.

-Put these in first, will you? he said.

-Yes sir, the blond girl said. And the fruit on top.

(Ulysses, Gabler 187, 299-303)

 

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  1. Earlier, Bloom’s letter from Martha asked him what kind of perfume his wife wore. Apparently, perfume given to her by another man.

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