ZK translation: This seemed almost a rule of order

[Mark Kohut]

C'mon, peoples, as my International Law professor calls us, help out here.

On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 4:30 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> P52.13-19   I reached forward and took a teacup from Ross and handed it to
> Artis. We three. Someone had trimmed and combed her hair, clipping it close
> to the temples. This seemed almost a rule of order, accentuating the drawn
> face and stranding the eyes in their dilated state. But I was looking too
> closely. I was trying to see what she was feeling, in spirit more than body
> and in the wisping hesitations between words.
>
> What does "rule of order" refer to here? This seems to be an interesting
> metaphor.
>
>
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