Stephen writes a scrap of poetry and sees a silent ship

Today's passage · lines 3.400–505

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Stephen tears a corner from Deasy's letter and scribbles a few lines of verse, studies his own body and bad teeth, relieves himself among the rocks, and — turning to leave — looks back to see a tall ship coming silently up the bay. …

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