Day 27.

Page 31. A lot of contrast between Humphreys and the working class. Someone jangling keys, like a nightwatchman or someone with a day job. The symbols are clear.

The keys matter here. Social function. Role in society. Role in the story. Role in the pub. Jangling the keys is a signal to everyone present. "I am important." An activity only a weak person would display when discovering power for the first time.

Someone is drinking water. I suspect because they have to go back to work.

William the Conk is introduced. The Conquerer? Another pun? He has a big bushy mustache, and short fingers, inherited from his great Aunt Sophy.

Gallowglasses. Now there's a word I know. Finally some Irish rhyme that I get. Apparently, two important men are present and their bodyguard are packing scatterguns at the wake.

Joyce loves his earwuggers.

A lot of names getting bandied around now. There's an Italian present, and some church symbolism. Not sure if it's mythmaking of Finnegan knew an Italian catholic priest? Or just background noise?

A lot of Latin in the last 10% of the page. So the character isn't real, just a manifestation of religious pomp. Some latin for right and wrong, law and no law appears at the end, keeping the authority theme going.

I don't worship at the altar of Joyce, so I push back a lot on how he tries to convince me that his interpretation is the only one. Because he's the author, he controls the reigns of the words and "story," but I get to decide what it means to me. And this page fails by the end. It started so well, too.

Page 32.

This page seem important and i can't rush it. Lots of mythmaking, but references to the people in town and what they've done. I'll need to sketch a relationship map.