I stop looking sideways at Lucien and watch Glass while she’s talking, for two reasons. One, she’s been watching us (makes me feel warm, just the word us, when it means me and the doctor) with sharp eyes, like she knows something’s going on but doesn’t quite like it, and two, the way she puts her words together makes her sound like someone down-country from where I grew up, even though her accent’s different. Anyway, she makes me feel less backward, looking like she belongs here in town but not like a lady who does nothing but embroider all day and keep little dogs.
It’s also worth listening to her because she’s talking about my bar, and something that must have happened before my time. Don’t know who Iago is to her that she would be buying him a birthday present, but I have heard that’s the name of the fellow who tends bar at the Tavern. Name like that can’t be too common in a town like this. She sounds a bit awkward talking about him, though. Probably not her brother.
When I mention Thursday, she starts looking just at me and asks me what happened. I kind of hope Lucien will start telling the story and making me out to be some kind of a hero, but he doesn’t, and she is looking at me, so I say, “There was a fight across the street from the bar that night, two guys from town beating on another one they thought was from the Carnival. Hurt him pretty bad before I got there, and all of us ended up going down to the jail with Deputy Hollow for awhile.” I stop there, to give Lucien a chance to add his bit now if he wants.
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Date: 2010-09-19 04:26 am (UTC)It’s also worth listening to her because she’s talking about my bar, and something that must have happened before my time. Don’t know who Iago is to her that she would be buying him a birthday present, but I have heard that’s the name of the fellow who tends bar at the Tavern. Name like that can’t be too common in a town like this. She sounds a bit awkward talking about him, though. Probably not her brother.
When I mention Thursday, she starts looking just at me and asks me what happened. I kind of hope Lucien will start telling the story and making me out to be some kind of a hero, but he doesn’t, and she is looking at me, so I say, “There was a fight across the street from the bar that night, two guys from town beating on another one they thought was from the Carnival. Hurt him pretty bad before I got there, and all of us ended up going down to the jail with Deputy Hollow for awhile.” I stop there, to give Lucien a chance to add his bit now if he wants.