We stopped at "... muddyasss ribalds." (422.18)
Shaun is being quite rude about his brother Shem, who has penned the letter that Shaun tried to deliver. The girls listening to all this, ask him, whether he has not used language ten times worse than the pen marks and with such hesitancy by your ... brother? This makes Shaun even more voluble about the deficiencies of his brother and announces, 'If he waits till I buy him a mosselman's present!' (Mussulman's present: ... The pig!)
The girls then request Shaun to unravel the letter in his own sweet words, with yet another fable from Aesop.
Shaun's answer hints at the rumours of Phoenix Park scandal that has been following his father, Earwicker.
(Note: Reading Joseph Campbell's rendering of these pages help a lot to unravel the sentences and get at their meaning!)
Shaun is being quite rude about his brother Shem, who has penned the letter that Shaun tried to deliver. The girls listening to all this, ask him, whether he has not used language ten times worse than the pen marks and with such hesitancy by your ... brother? This makes Shaun even more voluble about the deficiencies of his brother and announces, 'If he waits till I buy him a mosselman's present!' (Mussulman's present: ... The pig!)
The girls then request Shaun to unravel the letter in his own sweet words, with yet another fable from Aesop.
Shaun's answer hints at the rumours of Phoenix Park scandal that has been following his father, Earwicker.
(Note: Reading Joseph Campbell's rendering of these pages help a lot to unravel the sentences and get at their meaning!)
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