Wednesday 27 July 2022

Online reading, 21 July 2022 (18.1148)

 The reading stopped at ". . .  down at Lahore . . . " (18.1148)

Summary:

Though Bloom, Boylan and others enter and disappear from Molly's thoughts, it is Milly who occupies most of her mother's mind on these pages. Molly muses about her relationship with her daughter, the stormy time both went through when she was still at home, and how alike both are. Molly guesses that it was on account of her and Boylan that Bloom sent Milly away to Mullingar to work in a photo atelier. In a way she is even jealous of the intimacy between Bloom and Milly even though she knows that it would be to the mother Milly would turn if she has any problem.

Meanwhile without stating it explicitly, Molly has moved to the chamber pot, where she notices that her periods have started. She is glad that he didnt make her pregnant as big as he is but O how the waters come down at Lahore . . .