ATDTDA 703

[Michael Bailey]

703 Theign-zinger
"Yes though as many must become quickly bored -"

ooh, that's deft...

...and just as quickly he's off and onto "- ah jolly
good and there's the Stiftskaserne..."
(Leo G Carroll could play this to a T)


I'm'a just paste the whole pynchonwiki page:

Stiftskaserne
Stiftskaserne in German. Brief summary of that entry: The name means
Orphanage Barracks. Rather imposing building in Vienna's Seventh
District, dating back to 1850s in its present form, used as orphanage,
school, military prison, troop quarters, today houses some offices of
Austrian Defense Ministry.

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seems to have a statue of an angel that
may be watching over this encounter
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Fiaker...Fiakerlieder
Traditional Viennese two horse cab. "Fiakerlieder" are songs
about/sung by the cabbys, more often than not of the sentimental kind.

Süd-Bahnhof
One of Vienna's main railway stations Wikipedia. Located about a mile
from the city's center. From here trains would leave towards the south
"Südbahn". This railway wasn't nationalized until 1924.

Ostend Express...Staatsbahn
Thats quite confusing: the Vienna-Ostend-Express (on tracks 1894-1914
& 1925 until mid 1990's german Wikipedia) left from the Westbahnhof
Wikipedia. The "Westbahn" was nationalized (german: verstaatlicht) in
1882, so "Staatsbahn" might refer to the Westbahnhof. However, from
1910-1914 the "Staatsbahnhof" was the railwaystation where trains to
the east left Vienna - no trains to Belgium or a home further west
there.

"A thousand Kreuzer? That isn't even ten quid.", ..."thirty K. per day"
It is rather unlikely that Theign hands out "Kreuzer", unless the
Fiaker-ride takes place pre-1900: Austrian currency from 1892 on was
the "Krone" ("Crown"; abbrevation: K.) which consisted of 100 "Heller"
Wikipedia. From January 1st, 1900, on it completely replaced the
"Gulden" which had consisted of 60 "Kreuzer" Wikipedia. But then,
maybe, the old nomination "Kreuzer" remained as a common term for the
new currency's smaller unit "Heller" for some while afterwards. "Quid"
is slang for the British Pound Sterling Wikipedia. According to this
site ten "quid" from early 1900s would equal some 700+ pounds as per
2006.

...passing electric lamplight flaring...
According to this site (german) in the early 1900s most of Viennas
street lights with the exception of the inner city were still gas
lights.

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703 line 37: "You're entangled, aren't you"
The borderline between mentor/mentee relationships
and homoerotic sexual relationships..."Mr Watson, come here...
I need you..."
Cyprian following a sexual urge, but then is shunted
(by a pointsman, as 'twere...) into an espionage civil-service track
---Theign gets to re-direct that energy,
while yet enjoying the sexual interchange as well -
utilizing those old-school skills




-- 
"...there are not only landmarks, but also anti-landmarks - for every
beacon, an episode of intentional blindness." (Professor Svegli, p248)