―O, by God, says Ned, you should have seen Bloom before that son of his that died was born. I met him one day in the south city markets buying a tin of Neave’s food six weeks before the wife was delivered.

― En ventre sa mère, says J. J.

―Do you call that a man? says the citizen.

―I wonder did he ever put it out of sight, says Joe.

―Well, there were two children born anyhow, says Jack Power.

―And who does he suspect? says the citizen.