p. 147 "the Town pretends to be shock'd".... "eye--avoidance, in full knowledge that ev'ryone knows ev'ryone else's secrets"........the nature of the rooted life? p.149 ff......"The Company Seraglio"...... WHAT is this, the next couple pages, ABOUT? - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l