Our reading stopped at "Wherefore watch ye well!" (542.15)
Mr Earwicker is still going strong with his monologue on all that he has done/achieved.
As it has been so far, he builds in - or hints at - in his speech names of various cities, such as London, Edinburgh, Zurich, Buenos Aires, New York, Paris, Budapest, Warsaw, Cork, Calcutta, Cairo, Prague, Baden-Baden, Rangoon, Mecklenburg, Jerusalem, Mecca, Potsdam and naturally Dublin. Whereas Zurich is hinted at by mentioned Niederdorf (Neederthorpe) as well as the Bögg set on blaze at Sechseläuten (Firebugs), Edinburgh is hinted at by the (modified) names of the seven hills on which it is built just as Rome is built on seven hills.
Among other things, he talks of how his wife discovers herself at the Mall. (Or does she discover herself at midday meal?) He mentions how he raised (reized) potatoes. Vikings, Huguenots, Duke Wellington and Napoleon(?) make their customary appearances too.
As it is really a monologue, we have not met the four inquisitors on these pages.
Mr Earwicker is still going strong with his monologue on all that he has done/achieved.
As it has been so far, he builds in - or hints at - in his speech names of various cities, such as London, Edinburgh, Zurich, Buenos Aires, New York, Paris, Budapest, Warsaw, Cork, Calcutta, Cairo, Prague, Baden-Baden, Rangoon, Mecklenburg, Jerusalem, Mecca, Potsdam and naturally Dublin. Whereas Zurich is hinted at by mentioned Niederdorf (Neederthorpe) as well as the Bögg set on blaze at Sechseläuten (Firebugs), Edinburgh is hinted at by the (modified) names of the seven hills on which it is built just as Rome is built on seven hills.
Among other things, he talks of how his wife discovers herself at the Mall. (Or does she discover herself at midday meal?) He mentions how he raised (reized) potatoes. Vikings, Huguenots, Duke Wellington and Napoleon(?) make their customary appearances too.
As it is really a monologue, we have not met the four inquisitors on these pages.
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