Fwd: VL p 341 F1 2

[Michael Bailey]

a relishment of the passage, not intended to prove anything:

this follows a very Hector passage, talking about his Tube addiction & so forth

Hector finally agrees to "take a meeting" with Triggerman & Liftoff:

"The pair, trembling and tense, had been exchanging remarks as Hector
approached, calling, "Hi, guys," his shoes flashing in the sun. Sid
took a very professional beat and a half before leaping up violently,
knocking over his custom deck chair, running to Hector, falling on his
knees,

(((---- see, he's falling on his knees, literally, in front of Hector!!)))


 and crying, "Fifty percent of producer's net! That's out of our own
profits, isn't that right, Ernie?"
"Uh-huh," Ernie on some dreamy internal delay, through which Sid
continued, " 'Course you appreciate that won't happen till we get to
the break-even point —"
 "Do me a favor," Hector struggling to get loose of the importunate
Sid, dragging him a step at a time toward the pool,


(((--- Sid is hanging on to Hector tightly, so that Hector drags him
as he walks, a step at a time.
(((The only place to hold that would create that action would be
around the leg area.  Naturally Hector, who spends 15 minutes a day on
his moustache and takes even (((greater care for his shoes, will be
worried about the creases on his pants from Sid's grip.)))
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