ATDTDA (13): Road baby, 358-361 #1

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

Paul Nightingale 
> A change of direction in Ch27 as the narrative returns to Reef and Stray,
> the latter introduced to Mayva "by pure accident". The opening passage ends
> with the women "jabbering away like a couple of birds on a rooftop" (not a
> marmot, then), Reef temporarily excluded: we have already been told in the
> opening line that this is "[t]he one time" the two women meet, preparation
> for the announcement that Reef and Stray are leaving for Arizona.

this is when it dawned on me that they didn't ever get 
married; thank you for the pointer back to page 218,
where apparently the Mormons and Christers - 
Stray's extended family? - took themselves
(and their shotguns) off while Reef was otherwise engaged...