What involuntary actions followed?

He compressed between 2 fingers the flesh circumjacent to a cicatrice in the left infracostal region below the diaphragm resulting from a sting inflicted 2 weeks and 3 days previously (23 May 1904) by a bee.  He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin.  He inserted his left hand into the left lower pocket of his waistcoat and extracted and replaced a silver coin (I shilling), placed there (presumably) on the occasion (17 October 1903) of the interment of Mrs Emily Sinico, Sydney Parade.

Compile the budget for 16 June 1904.

Debit credit
                         L—­s—­d L—­s—­d
1 Pork kidney 0—­0—­3 Cash in Hand 0—­4—­9 1 Copy FREEMAN’S journal 0—­0—­1 Commission recd FREEMAN’S journal 1—­7—­6 1 Bath And Gratification 0—­1—­6 Loan (Stephen Dedalus) 1—­7—­0 Tramfare 0—­0—­1 1 In Memoriam Patrick Dignam 0—­5—­0 2 Banbury cakes 0—­0—­1 1 Lunch 0—­0—­7 1 Renewal fee for book 0—­1—­0 1 Packet Notepaper and Envelopes 0—­0—­2 1 Dinner and Gratification 0—­2—­0 I Postal Order and Stamp 0—­2—­8 Tramfare 0—­0—­1 1 Pig’s Foot 0—­0—­4 1 Sheep’s Trotter 0—­0—­3 1 Cake Fry’s Plain Chocolate 0—­0—­1 1 Square Soda Bread 0—­0—­4 1 Coffee and Bun 0—­0—­4 Loan (Stephen Dedalus) refunded 1—­7—­0

Balance 0—­17—­5
                        2—­19—­3 2—­19—­3

Did the process of divestiture continue?

Sensible of a benignant persistent ache in his footsoles he extended his foot to one side and observed the creases, protuberances and salient points caused by foot pressure in the course of walking repeatedly in several different directions, then, inclined, he disnoded the laceknots, unhooked and loosened the laces, took off each of his two boots for the second time, detached the partially moistened right sock through the fore part of which the nail of his great toe had again effracted, raised his right foot and, having unhooked a purple elastic sock suspender, took off his right sock, placed his unclothed right foot on the margin of the seat of his chair, picked at and gently lacerated the protruding part of the great toenail, raised the part lacerated to his nostrils and inhaled the odour of the quick, then, with satisfaction, threw away the lacerated ungual fragment.

Why with satisfaction?

Because the odour inhaled corresponded to other odours inhaled of other ungual fragments, picked and lacerated by Master Bloom, pupil of Mrs Ellis’s juvenile school, patiently each night in the act of brief genuflection and nocturnal prayer and ambitious meditation.