AtDDtA(16): The Fatal Word

[kelber at mindspring.com]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>Sent: Aug 22, 2007 8:49 PM
>To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: AtDDtA(16): The Fatal Word
>
>   "'Ahh ...'  D-----n!  There, there it was again, the fatal word!
>the word he had been forbidden, on doctor's orders, in fact, even to
>subvocalize ..." (AtD, Pt. III, p. 432)
>
>
>"D-----n!"
>
>"Damn!"? "Damnation!"?  Or ...?  Help!


The fatal word is "wife" in the previous sentence.

Laura