thoughts of Molly, makes Bloom ask himself, suppose she was gone when he (i.e., when he was gone??), and reminds him of the line, I looked for the lamp which she told me, from Thomas Moore's song, The Song of O'Ruark. (This line also reminded me of Charles Dickens's novel, David Copperfield, in which the fisherman, Mr. Peggotty used to leave a candle lit in the window. He explains to David Copperfield: '... it's for our little Em'ly. You see, the path ain't over light or cheerful after dark; and when I'm here at the hour as she's a common' home, I puts the light in the winder...' When Emily elopes with David Copperfield's friend, Steerforth, Mr. Peggotty goes in search of his young niece. During that time too, he makes sure that every evening a candle is kept lit in the window, so that Emily knows that the house is waiting for her. )