ATDDTA (6) 162 - 163:15

[bekah]

This is still pretty light-weight,  funny and with no particular 
tension of it's own until mid 163.   First Kit and Dittany 
conveniently find each other in the stables for a little s&m and 
regroup later under a palmetto tent.

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162: 4
Edwarda is "The Diva of Delmonico's." 

Delmonico's was a famous steak house in New York which opened in 
1827, changed locations several times and by 1898 had two 
restaurants, one at  No. 2 South William Street and a new one (The 
Citadel) on the  northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 44th Street.  

The Citadel  allowed smoking in the dining room,  and an orchestra 
played in the background instead of as a show.  The architecture and 
grandeur were top-notch and celebrities were often seen dining there. 
One of the restaurants closed in 1917 the other in 1923. 

There have been other restaurants called Delmonico's but according to 
Wikipedia  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmonico's_Restaurant> 
which gives sources and names other restaurants,  the original is 
long gone.    <http://www.steakperfection.com/delmonico/History.html> 
(and see "locations")

photos:
<http://nymag.com/news/articles/03/12/100yearsofhotscenes/2.htm> Mark 
Twain at dinner at 44th St. location

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162:6 - smell of hemp and opium

Opium was legal in the US until 1905
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heroin/etc/history.html>

as was marijuana until the individual states banned it - mostly in 
the 1920s.    
<http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/mj005.htm>

These substances could generally be purchased over-the-counter in pharmacies.
photos of ads and containers (opium is a bit over 1/2 way down).
<http://wings.buffalo.edu/aru/preprohibition.htm>


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162: 9   "ostrich-feather aigrettes"
<http://www.vintagevictorian.com/costume_1890_acc.html>
second row from top

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162:12  "sillery"
French champaign
<http://www.bkwine.com/wine_pictures/champagne/ch0506/seconde/francois_seconde.htm>
(every photo in some way)

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162: 18
Kit and Dittany meet up in the stables where some professional weight 
horse whips are available for their pleasure.


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163:11 - "...whereupon his other or co-conscious mind would emerge at 
last to see what it could do"

his  own *co-conscious* mind?

The Freudian unconscious, and the Jungian subconscious, were once 
supplemented by the co-conscious:  "(psychology) A dissociated mental 
state coexisting with a person's consciousness, but without his 
awareness, though it is psychodynamically active and may account for 
various normal and abnormal mental phenomena.
<http://www.answers.com/topic/coconsciousness>


** see also pg     478   Deuce is aware on two levels that a threat 
is approaching
** see also pg 527:    co-conscious "vibes"  emitted  from  individuals
** and pg 564:    co-conscious as the source link between refractions

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163:14
Kit and Dittany find each other in a  palmetto tent during a lawn party.
<http://www.crt.state.la.us/archaeology/expeditions/homehandout.html>
????   (but none of the other samples have walls - only roofs. )
Not a lot of palmetto in New York but it could be imported - or grown 
in a green-house.
Whatever - they met up for 10 minutes in  tent made out of these fronds:
  <http://gallery.cs.umb.edu/gallery/albums/Plants-ejl2/Saw_Palmetto.jpg>

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