GR translation: she is starch

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Mon Mar 4 21:52:29 CST 2013


Yes.

On Monday, March 4, 2013, Mike Jing wrote:

> P257.16-26  “Why did you leave,” the sad whisper ringing as if through a
> telephone receiver from someplace far away, “they wanted to help you. They
> wouldn’t have done anything bad. . . .” Her hair is rolled up, George
> Washington style, all the way around. She gazes at 45° to Slothrop, a
> patient, parkbench chessplayer’s gaze, very large, arching kindly nose and
> bright eyes: she is starch, sure-boned, the toes of her leather shoes turn
> up slightly, she’s wearing red-and-white striped socks on enormous feet
> that give her the look of a helpful critter from one of the other worlds,
> the sort of elf who’d not only make shoes while you slept but also sweep up
> a little, have the pot on when you awoke, and maybe a fresh flower by the
> window—
>
> Does "starch" mean "a little stiff" here, like the starch used on the
> linen?
>
>
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