GR translation: facets of salt

[Mike Jing]

Well, here she is briefly looking at these "facets of salt", along with
"metal surfaces" and "papers", so I assume they are literal and physical.

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:56 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know about the location of your question, but salt in western
> terms is a purifing, preservative element, and is associated with Truth,
> Honesty. So her words are genuine.
>
>
> On Friday, December 4, 2015, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V659.14-27   “He—” and this hesitation may be (a) in consideration of her
>> feelings, or (b) for reasons of Schwarzkommando security, or (c) both of
>> the above . . . but then, hell, the Principle of Maximizing Risk takes over
>> again: “he got as far as the Lüneberg Heath. If you didn’t know, you ought
>> to.”
>>        “You’ve been looking for him.”
>>        “Yes. So has Slothrop been, though I don’t think Slothrop knows
>> that.”
>>        “Slothrop and I—” she looks around the room, her eyes skitter off
>> metal surfaces, papers, facets of salt, cannot come to rest anywhere As if
>> making a desperate surprise confession: “Everything is so remote now. I
>> don’t really know why they sent me out here. I don’t know any more who
>> Slothrop really was. There’s a failure in the light. I can’t see. It’s all
>> going away from me . . . .”
>>
>> Do these "facets of salt" mean that they are at Enzian's headquarters
>> which is in a salt mine?
>>
>
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