VLVL The deal

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: VLVL The deal


> >>> "Before he was to be cut loose, Zoyd had had to stand between
> >>> two marshals (*.*) unobserved in the afternoon shade (...)."
> >>
> >> Well, if you leave out the part about one of them being "his assailant,
> >> Ron, unobserved in the afternoon shade", sure thing I guess.
> >
> > Of course it's absolutely sure if you leave out "his assailant, Ron".
>
> And, of course, when you read the text as written by Pynchon the words
"his
> assailant, Ron, unobserved in the afternoon shade" aren't left out at all.
>
> best

Yeah, but the question was to which person(s) this "unobserved" is related
to.

You say it's explicitly Ron -- which makes no sense at all.
I say it's primarily Zoyd -- which makes a lot of sense.
You haven't been able to explain why only Ron should be "unobserved in the
afternoon shade," why Zoyd and the unnamed officer thus are visible.

Otto