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What lay under exposure on the lower, middle and upper shelves of the kitchen dresser

Eleventh cast. Page 551, line 299.

 

　What lay under exposure on the lower, middle and upper shelves of the kitchen dresser, opened by Bloom?

 　On the lower shelf five vertical breakfast plates, six horizontal breakfast saucers on which rested inverted breakfast cups, a moustachecup, uninverted, and saucer of Crown Derby, four white goldrimmed eggcups, an open shammy purse displaying coins, mostly copper, and a phial of aromatic (violet) comfits.

 

 In Episode 17, from beginning to end, a pedantic question-and-answer style is used.

 

A moustachecup is a tea cup with a guard to keep the moustache dry. This was a gift from his daughter, Millie, to Mr. Bloom for his birthday. Crown Derby is an English brand of fine china, but this was a fake. (U51.283)

 

Mr. Bloom opened the shelves of the kitchen dresser, to make some cocoa for Stephen, who he had brought home with him.

 moustache cup

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