(274.12-276.10) Picking up in mid-paragraph where we left off yesterday, we focus on a home at 32 West 11th Street, which looks on to a "doloriferous" datetree. The tree (similar to trees we've encountered before) overlooks the scene wondering what everyone is "scouting around and shooting about." Meanwhile, Dagobert (the seventh century king of Franks, as noted by McHugh) is engaging in his studies and learning how to persevere despite his threadbare pants.
The next paragraph, to paraphrase Shem's marginalia, brings us from discord through peace to dynasty. The focus turns back toward "that royal pair in their palace," or ALP (Airyanna) and HCE (Blowyhart) in their bedroom above the pub ("The Goat and Compasses"). They discuss their past: "crime and fable with shame, home and profit," and why he lied to her and why she tried to kill him. Like all of us, HCE has lived through woe. And ALP is the one who remains steadfast through all that woe, tearing up "lettereens she never apposed a pen upon" and singing "of love and the monster man."
Today's passage was often a bit obscure to me (surprise, surprise), so this is just the basic outline I was able to cobble together, without any attempt at analysis. We'll see how tomorrow's reading shakes out . . .
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