Ulysses/Lotus Eaters

Chapter 5

Gilbert Scheme

Scene: The Bath

Hour: 10 am

Organ: Genitals

Art: botany, chemistry

Symbol: Eucharist

Technic: Narcissism

Summary

Once again we find ourselves on a walk with Mr. Leopold Bloom, this time a little longer and giving us a longer "drink" of the local Dublin scene.

Mr. Bloom starts by getting his letter from Martha from the post office, where he runs into Mr. C. P. McCoy.

McCoy chats idly with Bloom, exchanges in an update with Bloom about their wives, and asks him to put his name down at Dignam's funeral.

During their conversation, Bloom's interior monologue continues to run at normal speed, and crops up continually throughout the narrative. While talking to McCoy, he's fingering his letter from Martha, and trying to catch a glimpse up the skirt of a woman getting into a carriage.