NP | ZK translation: into the pitch of street noise

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Fri Nov 10 18:54:37 CST 2017


I think I figured it out.

23. fig. The highest or supreme point or degree of something; the acme, the
climax.


On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> P207.20-208.5   Here we are, all this and more, things that normally
> escape the inquiring eye, a single searching look, so much to see, each of
> us looking at both of us, and then we shake it all off and walk down four
> flights into the pitch of street noise that tells us we’re back among the
> others, in unsparing space.
>
> In what sense is the word "pitch" used here?
>
>
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