NP | ZK translation: into the pitch of street noise

[Paul Mackin]

You could well be right, but to my ear pitch was an attribute of a thing
(sound) standing for the thing itself. However I may be all wet.

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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