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• I'm no man: (acrostic) the initial letters of these first seven words spell, I'm no man → in Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus identifies himself to the Cyclops as Oudeis, "No One" → FW II.3 is a pub scene, and so correspnds to the Cyclops episode in Barney Kiernan's tavern in Ulysses

• It may or may not be of no concern to the ...

Commentary

This long chapter, which is set at night in HCE's busy pub, comprises three principal sections, separated by two interludes, and with a prologue and an epilogue:

309.01 - 311.04 Prologue

311.05 - 332.36 How Kersse the Tailor Made A Suit of Clothes for the Norwegian Captain

333.01 - 338.03 First Interlude: Introducing Kate

338.04 - 355.20 How Buckley Shot the Russian General

355.21 - 361.35 Second Interlude: HCE's Monologue and Radio Broadcast of the Two Temptresses in the Park

361.36 - 370.29 Trial and Guilty Confession of HCE

370.30 - 382.30 Epilogue: Polylogical Closing Time; Roderick O'Conor (380.07 to end)