Paragraph 23
“Five fathoms out there. Full fathom five thy father lies.”
Reading Room · Plain English analysis
Stephen imagines a drowned man out in the deep water off the bar, and follows the body all the way in: sighted pale in the undertow, hooked and hauled aboard like a catch, already eaten by small fish and swollen
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