GR translation: facets of salt

[Mike Jing]

Got it.  Thanks, Laura.

On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 1:48 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> I agree that the salt is physical. Distressed, her eyes can't focus on
> larger metal objects, papers, or even tiny objects - the tiny face of a
> salt crystal. She's looking around the room, but perhaps the papers and
> salt crystals are on the desk.
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> Slothrop's desk, earlier, contained, amongst everything else, traces of
> sugar.
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> Laura
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Mike Jing
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> Sent: Dec 5, 2015 12:06 AM
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> To: David Morris
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> Cc: Pynchon Mailing List
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> Subject: Re: GR translation: facets of salt
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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 . . . .”
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> Do these "facets of salt" mean that they are at Enzian's headquarters
> which is in a salt mine?
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