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Martha Clifford is the pseudonym of Leopold Bloom’s secret romantic pen pal. (She knows him only as “Henry Flower.”) Bloom opens Martha’s lusty letter in “Lotus Eaters,” thinks about it all day, and writes her back in the bar during “Sirens.” This represents his own mild flirtation with infidelity—which readers may or may not find comparable to Molly’s affair with Blazes Boylan.
Martha Clifford Quotes in Ulysses
The Ulysses quotes below are all either spoken by Martha Clifford or refer to Martha Clifford. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Episode 11: Sirens
Quotes
Bronze by gold heard the hoofirons, steelyringing.
Imperthnthn thnthnthn.
Chips, picking chips off rocky thumbnail, chips.
Horrid! And gold flushed more.
A husky fifenote blew.
Blew. Blue bloom is on the.
Goldpinnacled hair.
A jumping rose on satiny breast of satin, rose of Castile.
Trilling, trilling: Idolores.
Peep! Who’s in the … peepofgold?
Tink cried to bronze in pity.
And a call, pure, long and throbbing. Longindying call.
Decoy. Soft word. But look: the bright stars fade. Notes chirruping answer.
O rose! Castile. The morn is breaking.
Jingle jingle jaunted jingling.
[…]
Done.
Begin!
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Martha Clifford Quotes in Ulysses
The Ulysses quotes below are all either spoken by Martha Clifford or refer to Martha Clifford. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Episode 11: Sirens
Quotes
Bronze by gold heard the hoofirons, steelyringing.
Imperthnthn thnthnthn.
Chips, picking chips off rocky thumbnail, chips.
Horrid! And gold flushed more.
A husky fifenote blew.
Blew. Blue bloom is on the.
Goldpinnacled hair.
A jumping rose on satiny breast of satin, rose of Castile.
Trilling, trilling: Idolores.
Peep! Who’s in the … peepofgold?
Tink cried to bronze in pity.
And a call, pure, long and throbbing. Longindying call.
Decoy. Soft word. But look: the bright stars fade. Notes chirruping answer.
O rose! Castile. The morn is breaking.
Jingle jingle jaunted jingling.
[…]
Done.
Begin!
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