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communicate on an esthetic level with the stolid indifference of grandchildren forced tohumor a batty old aunt. And Ray says, “ Look, I don’ tmean to be rude, but I’ m sick as a dog, hundred and two fever, I feel like hell. Besides,” he indicated a flashing red light on the wall above them, “Valerie is about to enter theValley of the Shadow . On a slope that rose to a star pinnacle, he saw the home of the one who dwelled here— lightsflashing and flickering

They did not get home for seven minutes. 826 THE ESSENTIAL ELLISON Iwanted to puke again, but that was ridiculous. rt of pro forma; almost as if they were reluctantly added to the script against the advent ofjust such criticisms as