GR translation: pacts sworn to in rooms...

[Mike Jing]

That brings to mind the image of a half-roofless St. Veronica's
Hospital where Pointsman and Spectro once talked about Slothrop and
the octopus.  Hmm...

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:32 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> "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?