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Similarly, I've removed some of the flight-of-fancy material, as well as some non-pertinent narration, in the section where Tharkay confronts Laurence about the latter's guerilla tactics. There is no conceivable need to make the fanciful comparison to Dorset lancing a boil. If one were to split hairs upon it, it's an inappropriate analogy because when a boil is lanced, the immediate reaction is flinching and perhaps a hiss of pain, but nothing profound. Here it's precisely the opposite, Laurence shows no outward reaction for a while yet, but his mind is in turmoil and remains so for quite a while to come. This point, by rights, need not even be debated -- hence the sentence has been removed. | Similarly, I've removed some of the flight-of-fancy material, as well as some non-pertinent narration, in the section where Tharkay confronts Laurence about the latter's guerilla tactics. There is no conceivable need to make the fanciful comparison to Dorset lancing a boil. If one were to split hairs upon it, it's an inappropriate analogy because when a boil is lanced, the immediate reaction is flinching and perhaps a hiss of pain, but nothing profound. Here it's precisely the opposite, Laurence shows no outward reaction for a while yet, but his mind is in turmoil and remains so for quite a while to come. This point, by rights, need not even be debated -- hence the sentence has been removed. | ||
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