VL 249 F1

[Fiona Shnapple]

Kinda ironic in that DL, the point woman, is a lady for whom these men walk
slack, and, it don't portend much for DL is the one who hangs back, cleans
shit up with her as kicking skill, Sledge leads them into a drug bust...so
on.

See VL 196


The floundering fuck ups, by VL, are on their way to Larry a d Maxine.
On Sunday, September 29, 2013, alice wellintown wrote:

> They are there to bail her out, more likely, cause it's DL, get her out of
> the bad shit she's gonna get into. They got her back.
>
> On Sunday, September 29, 2013, David Morris wrote:
>
>> I don't know the phrase, but have two guesses:
>>
>> 1. Walking a slack line, doesn't make much sense to me.
>> 2. Picking up DL's slack
>>
>> Both might imply following behind her.
>>
>> On Sunday, September 29, 2013, Max Nemtsov wrote:
>>
>>> guys, could someone with a good ear please help the stumped translator?
>>>
>>> Vineland, p 249:
>>> DL in the meantime had come straggling back to Berkeley, to the workshop
>>> off San Pablo, with Howie and Sledge, either loyal to the end or just in
>>> shock, walking slack for her, and found they were just about all that was
>>> left of 24fps.
>>>
>>> "walking slack for her" - the exact shade of meaning? i'm suddenly at a
>>> loss with the preposition: do they just tag along - or do they cover her
>>> back somehow?
>>> thank you
>>> Mx
>>> -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?**list=pynchon-l<http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l>
>>>
>>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20130929/87b49ffa/attachment.html>