hey there,
so things are in slight disarray with the order being messed up this week - but not to worry. it appears the tale of Rowan and her adventures are straight forward enough.
Are you still in New York though? or have you disappeared to the wilds of Wisconsin, eating cheese and galavanting about? I spent yesterday drifting down the Delaware river in an inflatable tube, consuming beer and happily moving about a mile an hour.
What a wonderful way to spend a lazy saturday afternoon - I've become fairly good at not spending money on entertainment now that I'm unemployed - and let me tell you, things are looking pretty nasty out there in terms of picking up work.
But, back to Rowan, because her adventures are much more fun than discussing my future career plans. In part 13, we begin with Rowan confronting Matt Cater about his presence in the greenhouse the previous night. Matt refuses to be caught with his pants down, and actually gets angry (sort of reminding me of the idea that the best defense is a good offense; you know... go straight for the jugular etc. etc.). He almost threatens poor little Rowan, telling her that it's for her own good that she not say anything to her aunt (this confrontation is occuring in the room where Mr Chao fell to his death a week before), however Rowan manages to persuade him to let her in on the secret...but not in the house, they must meet in the Tibetan Museum (we really must take a field trip to this museum). Rowan of course gets angry at the reminder of the Tibetan Museum as this is where Matt had promised to take her, but ended up cancelling and leaving her in the hands of the smarmy Reshevsky to act as her tour guide (who I admit may be the best written character in the novel).
Enter Aunt Lucy, who is clearly unimpressed with the continued attention that Matt is directing at her niece. The two of them disappear off somewhere together. Then the delightfully wicked Reshevky enters, and suddenly the next page of text becomes incomprehensible. It is marked with vigorous pencil scribbles in an attempt to delete much of the ensuing conversation between Rowan and Reshevksky. What was also particularly interesting was the appearance of the word 'out' typed repeatedly in the margins down this entire page - an interesting way of communicating something to your editor.
I did enjoy this masked out conversation though between Reshevsky and Rowan, despite the author's attempt to delete it. Reshevsky gets fresh, pinning Rowan to the tree and accusing her of not having 'much intimate knowledge of the male sex'! Unfortunately the last paragraph of their exchange is genuinely illegible so what exactly transpired that hot morning will never be known. My section ends with the two of them re-entering the house where Matt and Lucy are drinking daiquiris, and enquiring politely about what places in the city Rowan still wants to visit.
so, back over to you. No daiquiris for me this hot sunday afternoon, but if I'm lucky, a beer and some barbeque.
But, back to Rowan, because her adventures are much more fun than discussing my future career plans. In part 13, we begin with Rowan confronting Matt Cater about his presence in the greenhouse the previous night. Matt refuses to be caught with his pants down, and actually gets angry (sort of reminding me of the idea that the best defense is a good offense; you know... go straight for the jugular etc. etc.). He almost threatens poor little Rowan, telling her that it's for her own good that she not say anything to her aunt (this confrontation is occuring in the room where Mr Chao fell to his death a week before), however Rowan manages to persuade him to let her in on the secret...but not in the house, they must meet in the Tibetan Museum (we really must take a field trip to this museum). Rowan of course gets angry at the reminder of the Tibetan Museum as this is where Matt had promised to take her, but ended up cancelling and leaving her in the hands of the smarmy Reshevsky to act as her tour guide (who I admit may be the best written character in the novel).
Enter Aunt Lucy, who is clearly unimpressed with the continued attention that Matt is directing at her niece. The two of them disappear off somewhere together. Then the delightfully wicked Reshevky enters, and suddenly the next page of text becomes incomprehensible. It is marked with vigorous pencil scribbles in an attempt to delete much of the ensuing conversation between Rowan and Reshevksky. What was also particularly interesting was the appearance of the word 'out' typed repeatedly in the margins down this entire page - an interesting way of communicating something to your editor.
I did enjoy this masked out conversation though between Reshevsky and Rowan, despite the author's attempt to delete it. Reshevsky gets fresh, pinning Rowan to the tree and accusing her of not having 'much intimate knowledge of the male sex'! Unfortunately the last paragraph of their exchange is genuinely illegible so what exactly transpired that hot morning will never be known. My section ends with the two of them re-entering the house where Matt and Lucy are drinking daiquiris, and enquiring politely about what places in the city Rowan still wants to visit.
so, back over to you. No daiquiris for me this hot sunday afternoon, but if I'm lucky, a beer and some barbeque.
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