A halt. The men lay down the cable. The men regard Julie from a distahe men standing about. Pemmi measured out i dark whacks from the pem-mi-whag knife. Edmund lifts flask to lips. Thomas removes flask. Protest by Edmund. Reproof from Thomas. Julie gives Edmund a chaw of bhang. Gratitude of Edmund. Julie wipes Edmunds forehead with white handkerchief. The cable relaxed in the road. The blue of the sky. Trees leant against. Bird stutter and the whisper of grasses. The Dead Father playing his guitar. Thomas perf leadership funs. stru of the plan. Maps pored over and the sacred beans bounced i. The yarrow sticks cast. The dice cup given a shake. Shoulder blade of a sheep roasted and the cracks in the bone read. Peas agitated in a sieve. The hatchet struto a great stake and its quivers recorded. First-sprouting onion caught and its peels palpated. Portents totted up and divided by seven. Thomas falls to the ground in a swoon.
Pig up of Thomas. The Dead Father pauses in mid-strum. Application of wet cloths to Thomass forebrain. He revives. Ay of the onlookers. What has been foretold? Whacks of pemmi poised over open mouths in anticipation of revelation. Thomas remains silent. Anger of the men. Thomas stares at shoes. Anger of the men. Edmund lifts flask to lips. Emma appears. Thomas is startled. Who is Emma? Emma sits down on a box Julie regards Emma. Her stare met. Two stares tending. Emma fingering her brooch. Julie standing with hands pressed into thighs, atop skirt. Thomas fiddling with sword hilt. Silence of the troops. Golden hair of Emma. Pouty bosom of Emma. Merry eye of Emma. General sternation. The Dead Father lists his degrees. B.S.A., Bachelor of S Agriculture, to B.S.S.S., Bachelor of S Secretarial Studies. Evil look from Thomas to the Dead Father. Ferns cut and on a bed of ferns fresh trout newly wrest from the trout stream preseo Emma by kneeling-on-one-kroopers. Emma pleased. Little hairs of pleasure rise on bamas neck. Emma suggests cooking of trout (immediate) and produces from reticule a of slivered almonds. The men build a fire, all pemmi fot. More trout persuaded from trout stream, they are very eager. The sky grays as sun zips behind large cloud. Waning or demise of sun. The projector is set up for proje of the praphic film. Thomas decides that the Dead Father is not allowed to view film, because of his age. e of the Dead Father. Death of the guitar, whanged against a tree, in e. Guitar carcass added to the fire. Thomas adamant. The Dead Father raging. Emma regnant. Julie staring. Trout browning. Thomas walks to the edge. Regards the edge. Aspect of one about to hurtle over the. Thomas retreats from the edge. Slivered almonds distributed over various trouts browning in various skillets. Projector casts image upon s (collapsible/portable). The Dead Father led away and ed to an engine block abandoned in a farther field. Revilings by the Dead Father. Damn your eyes, etc. Ign by Thomas. The film. Ses of partying, men and women, the fuest, a womas up and sits in the lap of the sed guest, a woman, they begin fondling each others breasts. The ninth guest, a man, approaches the sixth guest (the one kneeling with her head between the legs of the fifth guest) and begins taking off her jeans. The ninth guest unbuckles the sixth guests belt, unzips the jeans, and works them down over her hips. The ninth guest carefully pulls down the sixth guests panties, which are e, and sticks his erect thumb between her legs. Some mem