GR translation: pacts sworn to in rooms...

[David Morris]

"pacts sworn to" [pact: an agreement, covenant, or compact] suggests a
conspiracy.

"in rooms since shelled back to their plan views" means that the rooms
previously housing the conspiracies have lost their roofs and now one
can see floor plan from above.

"not quite by accident of war" suggests that the rooms were destroyed
to hide something (like the pacts).

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> P190.23-31   So it is here, grouped on the beach with strangers, that
> voices begin to take on a touch of metal, each word a hard-edged clap,
> and the light, though as bright as before, is less able to illuminate
> . . . it’s a Puritan reflex of seeking other orders
> behind the visible, also known as paranoia, filtering in. Pale lines
> of force whir in the sea air . . . pacts sworn to in rooms since
> shelled back to their plan views, not quite by accident of war,
> suggest themselves. Oh, that was no “found” crab, Ace—no random
> octopus or girl, uh-uh. Structure and detail come later, but the
> conniving around him now he feels instantly, in his heart.
>
> "pacts sworn to in rooms since shelled back to their plan views, not
> quite by accident of war, suggest themselves."
>
> What is this about?