Look Life, Time & People or Magazines, Files & Fakes

[Terrance]

  In this chapter, the relationship between DL and Ralph is built on a
series
  of looks and glances. Ralph glaring at the rubber scampi is DL's own
  perception that their performer-groupie relationship (as she supposed
it)
  has been transformed, to her disadvantage. In the Cary Grant passage,
she
  recognises that that he has made an effort of sorts, even if it is
clumsy.
  In the "fifties time warp" passage, she finds she can think clearly,
  reflectively (going way back in time). And "lagniappe" signals a fine
  existentialist moment, suggesting she is a buyer (accepting Ralph's
deal is
  something she can choose to do) as well as seller ("the only one who
can
  execute").

Interesting. 

 looking at the eyes and looks and glances and mirrors and lenses and
shades and lights and fakes, disguises and so on, the repetition of
words like charity ... look, eyes. The disguise stuff is complicated. 

It's all sort of reminds me of Melville's Confidence Man. 

Anyway, at page 141 Prairie interrupts the tale and says, 

"I knew it!" My Mother and this creep .... "

What the hell is she talking about? 

Her mother isn't in Japan. 

Poor Kid.