IVIV20: Always been more of a night person, 367

Paul Nightingale isread at btinternet.com
Wed Jan 27 14:55:41 CST 2010


The exchange between Doc and Magda reveals that Doc's boat trip with Sauncho
took place "the other day", indicating a gap between the last two chapters.
Throughout, the narrative has featured dating as punctuation, allowing us to
speak of 46 days from beginning to end. If we take Doc's word for it here,
we should also pay attention to the passages that do not have such
references. As Sparky might say, ones and zeroes.




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