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stairhead 樓梯頂端,梯口。

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Woodshadows floated silently by through the morning peace from the stairhead seaward where he gazed . inshore and farther out the mirror of water whitened , spurned by lightshod hurrying feet 岸邊和海面上,明鏡般的海水正泛起一片白色,好像是被登著輕盈的鞋疾跑著的腳踹起來的一般。

Mathilde , a little drab of a miss , had just broken her washhand basin , the soapy water from which was flowing out to the stairhead 原來是馬蒂爾德這個小邋遢鬼打破了臉盆,臉盆里的肥皂水一直流到樓梯的平臺上。

Stately , plump buck mulligan came from the stairhead , bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed 他手里托著一缽肥皂沫,上面交叉放了一面鏡子和一把剃胡刀。

His head vanished but the drone of his descending voice boomed out of the stairhead 他的頭消失了,然而樓梯口傳來他往下走時的低吟聲: