GR words question

[James Kyllo]

Hi

not "from the country", but "from the country under the counterpane" -
ie sleep, dreams.

and I think "gland pie" is just emphasising the contents of offal.

best

James


On 2/22/07, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I've been re-reading this beautiful passage, and ,to my horror, realised
> that I don't get certain things, namely
>
> Who are these 'gentle beings from the country'? Someting out of folklore?
>
> '...thousands of children who pestled foam up out of soft mortars of mouths,
> who lost easily a thousand times as many words among the chalky
> bubbles--bedgoing complaints, timid announcements of love, news of fat or
> translucent, fuzzy or gentle beings from the country under the counterpane

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