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[Fiona Shnapple]

Makes sense to me.
On Saturday, October 19, 2013, Michael Bailey wrote:

> 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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