NP | ZK translation: on line for tickets

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Paul and Becky. That does make the most sense.

On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> It sounds like it means waiting in line to buy tickets. He is imagining
> himself vis a vis the woman, performing an arduous task for her, her
> enjoying the favor, but rather trivially.
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> P207.16-19   He is a man on line for tickets to a ballet that a woman
>> wants to see and he is willing to wait for hours while she tends her
>> schoolchildren. She is the woman, rigid in her seat, watching a dancer
>> splice the air, fingertips to toes.
>>
>> What does "on line for tickets" mean?
>>
>>
>
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