Help me please - a dialogue in GR

[Henry]

Slothrop is in a pig suit; no doubt he is literally "hot," and so he replies
"do tell," as in "Do tell, Sherlock!" 

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of David Morris
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:29 PM
To: János Székely
Cc: pynchon -l
Subject: Re: Help me please - a dialogue in GR

"Do tell" means "tell me more" in the literal sense, or in a more
typically playful/sarcastic sense it would mean "you're telling me" as
in "no shit."

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:11 PM, János Székely <miksaapja at gmail.com> wrote:
> The more simple, the more difficult for a non-native.
>
> In the scene where Slothrop, Bodine, Krypton and Shirley are aboard a Red
> Cross Clubmobile (Penguin/V p. 600), and the girl, who a minute earlier
was
> panicking about "dope fiends", has helped them out with the gears, there
> comes this dialogue:
>
> "You're really hot, Rocketman, wow," Krypton lying in back offering ankle
> and taped cocaine bottle to Shirley with a smile.
> "Do tell."
> "No thanks," sez Shirley. "I'd really better not."
> "C'mon . . . aw . . ."
>
> Now what's happening here exactly? Why "Do tell"?
>
> Thx in advance
> János
>