A hundred cares, a tithe of troubles and is there one who understands me?

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Contains the number 111, a numerical motif in Finnegans Wake.

Tithe: one tenth

"A hundred" + "a tithe" (10) + "one" = 111

"is there one who understands me?" exactly this question was joyce's way of proposing to nora; her famous answer was "yes."

"Does nobody understand?" were Joyce's last words.