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From
an
open
box
on
the
majolicatopped
table
he
extracted
a
black
diminutive
cone
,
one
inch
in
height
,
placed
it
on
its
circular
base
on
a
small
tin
plate
,
placed
his
candlestick
on
the
right
corner
of
the
mantelpiece
,
produced
from
his
waistcoat
a
folded
page
of
prospectus
(
illustrated
)
entitled
Agendath
Netaim
,
unfolded
the
same
,
examined
it
superficially
,
rolled
it
into
a
thin
cylinder
,
ignited
it
in
the
candleflame
,
applied
it
when
ignited
to
the
apex
of
the
cone
till
the
latter
reached
the
stage
of
rutilance
,
placed
the
cylinder
in
the
basin
of
the
candlestick
disposing
its
unconsumed
part
in
such
a
manner
as
to
facilitate
total
combustion
.
What
followed
this
operation
?
The
truncated
conical
crater
summit
of
the
diminutive
volcano
emitted
a
vertical
and
serpentine
fume
redolent
of
aromatic
oriental
incense
.
What
homothetic
objects
,
other
than
the
candlestick
,
stood
on
the
mantelpiece
?
A
timepiece
of
striated
Connemara
marble
,
stopped
at
the
hour
of
4
.
46
a
.
m
.
on
the
21
March
1896
,
matrimonial
gift
of
Matthew
Dillon
:
a
dwarf
tree
of
glacial
arborescence
under
a
transparent
bellshade
,
matrimonial
gift
of
Luke
and
Caroline
Doyle
:
an
embalmed
owl
,
matrimonial
gift
of
Alderman
John
Hooper
.
What
interchanges
of
looks
took
place
between
these
three
objects
and
Bloom
?
In
the
mirror
of
the
giltbordered
pierglass
the
undecorated
back
of
the
dwarf
tree
regarded
the
upright
back
of
the
embalmed
owl
.
Before
the
mirror
the
matrimonial
gift
of
Alderman
John
Hooper
with
a
clear
melancholy
wise
bright
motionless
compassionate
gaze
regarded
Bloom
while
Bloom
with
obscure
tranquil
profound
motionless
compassionated
gaze
regarded
the
matrimonial
gift
of
Luke
and
Caroline
Doyle
.
What
composite
asymmetrical
image
in
the
mirror
then
attracted
his
attention
?
The
image
of
a
solitary
(
ipsorelative
)
mutable
(
aliorelative
)
man
.
