M'Coy's white confront smiled about it at instants and grew grave. Buck Mulligan's encounter smiled with delight. Buck Mulligan showed a shaven cheek over his proper shoulder. Ulysses by James Joyce -- I -- STATELY, PLUMP BUCK MULLIGAN Came FROM THE STAIRHEAD, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. Buck Mulligan peeped an instant under the mirror and then covered the bowl smartly.