MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver (Italics)

[Terrance]

s~Z wrote:
> 
> >>>The example of the Driver doesn't count.<<<
> 
> It is the only one that counts.

I guess you're right, because even if the driver's italics indicate that
each emphasized word (i.e., "fuck'd", "plus") is accoompanied by a lash
of the whip --a reasonable assumption--most of these lashes do not
strike a person (hate versus capital--perishable labor) but are directed
at the air and fail to inflict much injury.  Likewise, even if all of
Dixon's italics indicate that he is shaking the whip or even lashing,
there is nothing in the text to suggest that Dixon is not simply shaking
the whip in the air, failing to inflict injury on the Driver. 

But, if we can find other examples where P uses italics in this way it
might help. It might not. What if these are the only two examples from
any P text?