They attacked him in various ways ; with barefaced questions , ingenious suppositions , and distant surmises ; but he eluded the skill of them all ; and they were at last obliged to accept the second - hand intelligence of their neighbour lady lucas 母女们想尽办法对付他赤裸裸的问句，巧妙的设想，离题很远的猜测，什么办法都用到了可是他并没有上她们的圈套。最后她们迫不得已，只得听取邻居卢卡斯太太的间接消息。
It beats me , mr bloom confided to stephen , medically i am speaking , how a wretched creature like that from the lock hospital , reeking with disease , can be barefaced enough to solicit or how any man in his sober senses , if he values his health in the least . unfortunate creature “这可叫我吃惊， ”布卢姆先生悄悄地对斯蒂芬说， “从医学上说，那样一个由花柳病医院里出来的浑身散发着病臭的烂婊子怎么能厚着脸皮去拉客，而任何一个头脑清醒的男人，只要稍微爱惜自己的健康，又怎么会倒媚的女人！
