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Assigned reading (1 2/2 par [] plus 132 notes) [secondary] [McH] [*]

0DV: "found himself looking into the barrel of an irregular revolver at point blank range. [...] A drug addict, too, his manner was to write strings of honourable, learned, highplaced initials after his name while, if you could only have seen into his den, whenever he made believe to read one of his tattered chapbooks he did nothing but turn over three or 4 pages at a time growling because"

1DV: "he found himself looking into the barrel at point blank range of an irregular revolver of the bulldog pattern of some unknown quarreler who supposedly had been told off to shade Shem shd he come stir out awhile to be creased. [...] A drug addict, too, his manner when he was at a loose end was to write strings of honourable, learned, highplaced neoclassical initials after his name while, if you could only have seen into his den, whenever he made believe to read one of his tattered chapbooks he did nothing but turn over three or 4 pages at a time growling because"

FDV2: "he found himself at point blank range blinking into the barrel of an irregular revolver of the true bulldog pattern handled by and unknown quarreler who supposedly had been told off to shade Shem should the shit show his nose out awhile before he got creased. What was this extremely low human type really engaged on? The answer is: a drug addict megalomane at a loose end. This explains the litany of letters, honorific, highplaced, erudite, neoclassical which he loved to place after his name. It would have diverted much if ever seen the spectacle of this zany in the grime of his den making believe to read his tattered chapbook turning over 3 pages at a time"

FDV3: "he found himself at point blank range blinking into the barrel of an irregular revolver of the true bulldog pattern handled by and unknown quarreler who supposedly had been told off to shade & shoot shy Shem should the shit show his shiny nose out awhile to look facts in the face before he got hosed & creased by 1 or 2 of the playboys. What was this extremely low human type really engaged on? The answer is: a drug & drunkery addict megalomane at a loose end. This explains the litany of letters, honorific, highplaced, erudite, neoclassical which he loved to place after his name. It would have diverted much if ever seen the shuddersome spectacle of this zany in the grime of his den making believe to read his eminently unreadable chapbook turning over 3 sheets in the wind"

mysteries:

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