GR translation: the hollow of an upended trunk

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Sun Jun 30 11:13:52 CDT 2013


P371.12-19   Sure enough, in the hollow of an upended trunk, long roots
fringing the scene like a leprechaun outpost, Slothrop finds one Emil
(“Säure”) Bummer, once the Weimar Republic’s most notorious cat burglar and
doper, flanked by two beautiful girls, handing around a cheerful little
orange star. The depraved old man. Slothrop’s on top of them before they
notice. Bummer smiles, reaches up an arm, offering the remainder of what
they’ve been smoking to Slothrop, who receives it in long dirty
fingernails. Oboy. He hunkers down.

Does this actually refer to a tree trunk that's standing upside down and
partially hollowed out?
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