GRGR(11) - PFP#2

[Doug Millison]

"The innocence of the creatures is in inverse proportion to the immorality
of the Master." I read this as coming through Slothrop's POV as an
observation on Bounce (and not as some other narrator's comment about
Slothrop); two lines before Slothrop compares Bounce with Dodson-Truck,
"Another innocent, a low-key enthusiast like Sir Stephen Dodson-Truck" then
comes the proverb about "innocence". The idea being, I suppose, that
Bounce, like Dodson-Truck serving immoral Masters may not be as "innocent"
as they seem, as Murthy's restatement of the proverb makes clear.


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