VV(11): Fugue Your Buddy

[Dave Monroe]

"Fugue Your Buddy" (V. Ch. 8, Sec. iii, p. 223)

>From the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary Online ...

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Main Entry: fugue
Pronunciation: 'fyüg
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from Italian fuga flight, fugue, from Latin, flight,
from fugere
Date: 1597
1 a : a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or
imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in
a continuous interweaving of the voice parts b : something that
resembles a fugue especially in interweaving repetitive elements 2 : a
disturbed state of consciousness in which the one affected seems to
perform acts in full awareness but upon recovery cannot recollect the
deeds.
- fugue verb
- fugu·ist /'fyü-gist/ noun

Our fuguists ...

    "The next night Pig Bodine showed up at Rachel's at supper time
drunk and in search of Paola, who was away God knew where.
    "'Hey,' Pig addressed Profane.
    "'Buddy,' Profane said.  They opened beer." (pp. 222-3)

And their fugue ...

"Rachel sat and concentrated on the music while Pig and Profame
remembered sea stories at each other." (p. 223)

[...]

"Rachel returned to Pig and Profane.  They were discussing Pappy Hod and
Paola.  Damn, damn, to herself, what have I brought him back to?  What
have I brought him back to?" (ibid.)

Then back to ...