>(Wonderstruck, calls inaudibly.) Rudy!
>>23982215Just got chills seeing just these 4 words again. Joyce was a magician.
>>23982215It's almost like a reward for Bloom, isn't it? He's fought all day and has won, here at the end, so the book itself rewards him, with a last, tantalizing glimpse of his son, how he would look if he had lived to this day.