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18 | link: leg | 18 | link: leg |
19 | ... | 19 | ... |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | _THIS MAN REFUSED TO OPEN HIS EYES_ | 21 | _[THIS MAN REFUSED TO OPEN HIS EYES][man]_ |
22 | 22 | ||
23 | Paul read this on an old mugshot in the library. He had taken the bus into | 23 | Paul read this on an old mugshot in the library. |
24 | town to check out a few books on woodworking and got distracted by the True | 24 | He had taken the bus into town to check out a few books on woodworking and got distracted by the True Crime section. |
25 | Crime section. He found this mugshot in a book titled _Crooks like Us_ that | 25 | He found this mugshot in a book titled _Crooks like Us_ that was published in Sydney. |
26 | was published in Sydney. He liked how cities were named after women, or how | 26 | He liked how cities were named after women, or how women were named after cities, whichever was true. |
27 | women were named after cities, whichever was true. | ||
28 | 27 | ||
29 | The man in the picture's eyes were tightly shut, as though he'd just come into | 28 | The man in the picture's eyes were tightly shut, as though he'd just come into the brightness of day after being dark inside for a long time. |
30 | the brightness of day after being dark inside for a long time. His head was | 29 | His head was tilted up and slightly to the right. |
31 | tilted up and slightly to the right. He was wearing a short light tie with | 30 | He was wearing a short light tie with hash marks, and a pinstripe suit. |
32 | hash marks, and a pinstripe suit. Paul wished the photograph was in color. | 31 | Paul wished the photograph was in color. |
33 | He was standing in front of a plain brown wall covered in fabric. | 32 | He was standing in front of a plain brown wall covered in fabric. |
34 | 33 | ||
35 | The man's eyes were not so tightly shut as Paul first thought. His eyebrows | 34 | The man's eyes were not so tightly shut as Paul first thought. |
36 | lifted away from the eyes, giving the man a bemused look. His mouth was | 35 | His eyebrows lifted away from the eyes, giving the man a bemused look. |
37 | slightly opened in what seemed to Paul like a grin. This was accentuated by | 36 | His mouth was slightly opened in what seemed to Paul like a grin. |
38 | the man's ears, which were large. Paul wasn't sure why the ears made the man | 37 | This was accentuated by the man's ears, which were large. |
39 | look happier. He wondered what crime he had committed. | 38 | Paul wasn't sure why the ears made the man look happier. |
39 | He wondered what crime he had committed. | ||
40 | 40 | ||
41 | Above the man's head was written _T. BEDE.22.11.28 / 203 A_. _THIS MAN | 41 | Above the man's head was written [_T. BEDE.22.11.28 / 203 A_.][emilia] |
42 | REFUSED TO OPEN HIS EYES_ was written over his suit, directly below his | 42 | _THIS MAN REFUSED TO OPEN HIS EYES_ was written over his suit, directly below his ribcage. |
43 | ribcage. | 43 | |
44 | [emilia]: http://emiliaphillips.com/books/signaletics/ | ||
45 | [man]: http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpictures/fullRecordPicture.jsp?recnoListAttr=recnoList&recno=31230 | ||