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 Buck Mulligan thought, puzzled:

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　Buck Mulligan thought, puzzled:

　—Shakespeare? he said. I seem to know the name.

　A flying sunny smile rayed in his loose features.

　—To be sure, he said, remembering brightly. The chap that writes like Synge.

 

 Episode 9. At the National Library, Director Lister, Stephen, Best, and Eglinton are discussing Shakespeare. Stephen's roommate, Mulligan, has just walked in.

 

Mulligan who can not be ignorant of Shakespeare, was playing dumb.

 

Mulligan had promised to meet Stephen at the Ship tavern, but Stephen telegraphed to the Ship and told Mulligan that he would not be there. 

I am not sure why Mulligan came to the library.

 

John Millington Synge (1871-1909) was an Irish playwright, poet and novelist. He is best known for his travelogue, The Aran Islands. I'm not clear on how it's interesting to compare Shakespeare to Synge; Is it an alliteration of S?

John Millington Synge

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