GRGR(7) - Pointy's Obsession

Jeremy Osner jeremy at xyris.com
Tue Jul 27 14:10:54 CDT 1999


Nice point about "his". But Spectro, recall, seemed pretty skeptical about
the notion of experimenting on Slothrop; so he well may not have been in the
loop re the Darlene experiment.

David Morris wrote:

> When I read this line again last night, I read "his" Darlene to means
> "Spectro's" Darlene.  It could be either (although strict grammarians
> might disagree).  Anyway, it does raise the question of why PISCES would
> set up a tryst-experiment with Slothrop only two blocks away, or why,
> since they at least knew he nailed Darlene there, they wouldn't have
> stayed away from that area for a week or so.




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