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[jbor at bigpond.com]

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On 25/01/2006:

> Makes sense to me, but one wonders why Pynchon uses this word, in 
> italics even.
>
>> Dispensary? Something like a storeroom or cupboard?
>>
>>> Cornelius keeps elephant guns nearby to defend the honor of his
>>> daughters. He keeps one in  "Dispens" out back? The word Dispens is 
>>> in
>>> italics. What does it mean - outhouse?