I think it's both -- this is Joyce, king of ambiguity.
--- On Tue, 6/17/08, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
>
> A wonderful passage, but it's remarkably how often
> it's interpreted
> exactly backwards. Many commentators say this is Molly
> affirming her love
> for Leopold in the end after spending most of her
> hypnogogic meanderings
> thinking about her past and prospective adulteries --
> that's its an
> affirmation of ultimate loyalty. But it's exactly the
> opposite: