An obvious nod

[Tore Rye Andersen]

>On 10/14/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > to Pynchon in this sentence from Lempriere's Dictionary
> >
> > 'The details of the buildings seemed to blur and the downpour replaced
> > them
> > with wretched waterfalls and fountains, broken pipes and seeping 
>minarets;
> > templates of appeasement to the preterite, just the weather again to the
> > elect for the sky absolves nothing of course". (134)

That's an obvious nod allright, but how about this deep and blatant bow:
[In the course of a description of the different guests visiting Lemprière 
during his work on the dictionary]:

"Lastly and most puzzling of all there was a non-descript fellow, tall, 
dressed for the times with brown or black hair, not so tall perhaps, but 
certainly not short and gaunt rather than full in the face although neither 
description wholly missed the mark. Septimus brought him in with a minimum 
of fanfare and at first said nothing at all. Lemprière looked at the man 
suspiciously.
'Who are you?' he asked at length.
'This is Mister O'Tristero,' said Septimus. There was a second long silence.
'I am your rival.' said Mister O'Tristero. That was the substance of all 
that was said.
After he had gone, Lemprière turned to his friend for explanation. 'Keep you 
on your toes,' explained Septimus." (Lemprière's Dictionary, pp. 200-01)

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