Feb 12, 2010 19:26
It was the strangest experience: there he was, telling me things to my face as though he were
invisible, while I could see him as plain as ...'
'The ace of spades?'
'No. Not quite that. As plain as a ... God damn it. As plain as the palm of my hand? A turnpike?'
'As Salisbury sphere? As a red herring?'
'Perhaps so. At all events the Defenders gave me to understand they were unhappy.'
Oh, Stephen. Do not confuse Jack's mind.
Still not together much, but enough for a quote.
fsotw: ch 3,
the far side of the world,
jack and stephen