We stopped at "... milady's maid." (537.32)
As I understand it, HCE's defence is going on. It is masked by Joyce in sentences sprinkled abundantly with the names of the past Lord Mayors of Dublin - names that almost none of today's readers know or recognise -, names of various cities (Copenhagen, New York, Prague, Sofia, ...), hints to Bible, Oscar Wilde, and I think, to Charles Dickens.* Joyce refers even to Zürich, when he makes HCE exclaim, 'Sacks eleathury!' (Sechseläuten / Sächsilüüte / The six o'clock ringing of the bells)
In any case, HCE announces that he has told the inquisitors all about his past (... have bared my whole past ...), asking them to give him two months when he is sentenced. When that happens he will protest at various places such as Thing of all Things, or court of Skivinis**. He even utters his own version of the Lord's Prayer, intoning, 'Haar Faagher, wild heart in Homelan; Harrod's be the naun. Mine kinder come, mine wohl be won' or in non-HCE version, 'Our Father, Which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done.'
* I see references to Charles Dickens's novel, David Copperfield, in the following:
reekeries (p. 536.9) to the house Rookery in which Copperfield was born
Stolterforth (p. 537/8) to Steerforth, Copperfield's friend
peggot (p. 537/1) to Peggotty, who was the housekeeper
** According to McHugh, Court of Skivini governed London in A. D. 1191 and Allthing is the Icelandic National Assembly.
As I understand it, HCE's defence is going on. It is masked by Joyce in sentences sprinkled abundantly with the names of the past Lord Mayors of Dublin - names that almost none of today's readers know or recognise -, names of various cities (Copenhagen, New York, Prague, Sofia, ...), hints to Bible, Oscar Wilde, and I think, to Charles Dickens.* Joyce refers even to Zürich, when he makes HCE exclaim, 'Sacks eleathury!' (Sechseläuten / Sächsilüüte / The six o'clock ringing of the bells)
In any case, HCE announces that he has told the inquisitors all about his past (... have bared my whole past ...), asking them to give him two months when he is sentenced. When that happens he will protest at various places such as Thing of all Things, or court of Skivinis**. He even utters his own version of the Lord's Prayer, intoning, 'Haar Faagher, wild heart in Homelan; Harrod's be the naun. Mine kinder come, mine wohl be won' or in non-HCE version, 'Our Father, Which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done.'
* I see references to Charles Dickens's novel, David Copperfield, in the following:
reekeries (p. 536.9) to the house Rookery in which Copperfield was born
Stolterforth (p. 537/8) to Steerforth, Copperfield's friend
peggot (p. 537/1) to Peggotty, who was the housekeeper
** According to McHugh, Court of Skivini governed London in A. D. 1191 and Allthing is the Icelandic National Assembly.
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