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diff --git a/src/wallpaper.txt b/src/wallpaper.txt index 099b72a..677cf0e 100644 --- a/src/wallpaper.txt +++ b/src/wallpaper.txt | |||
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ He didn't want to face them. | |||
25 | His papers, he decided, could wait in the top drawer for a while before being looked at again. | 25 | His papers, he decided, could wait in the top drawer for a while before being looked at again. |
26 | The pain medication made him loopy. | 26 | The pain medication made him loopy. |
27 | He couldn't think as well as he was used to, which wasn't well to begin with. | 27 | He couldn't think as well as he was used to, which wasn't well to begin with. |
28 | Even saying his thoughts out loud, it was as though they were on the TV in the next room. | 28 | Even saying his thoughts out loud, it was as though they were on the [TV in the next room][]. |
29 | Someone was cheering. | 29 | Someone was cheering. |
30 | They had just won a car. | 30 | They had just won a car. |
31 | 31 | ||
@@ -33,10 +33,14 @@ His mother came in with lunch on a tray. | |||
33 | It was hot tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. | 33 | It was hot tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. |
34 | "What have you been doing all day" she asked "you haven't just been staring at the wall have you?" | 34 | "What have you been doing all day" she asked "you haven't just been staring at the wall have you?" |
35 | He had been staring at the wall most of the day. | 35 | He had been staring at the wall most of the day. |
36 | The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper. | 36 | [The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper.][] |
37 | "No" he said. | 37 | "No" he said. |
38 | "What have you been doing then" she asked setting the tray down on his lap. | 38 | "What have you been doing then" she asked setting the tray down on his lap. |
39 | He sat up and almost upset it, but she caught it before it spilled anything. | 39 | He sat up and almost upset it, but she caught it before it spilled anything. |
40 | "Composing in my head" he lied. "A novel of my experience." | 40 | "Composing in my head" he lied. "A novel of my experience." |
41 | 41 | ||
42 | "Do you really think anyone will want to read about you" she asked and walked out of the room. | 42 | "[Do you really think anyone will want to read about you][do you]" she asked and walked out of the room. |
43 | |||
44 | [TV in the next room]: statements-frag.html | ||
45 | [The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper.]: in-bed.html | ||
46 | [do you]: http://www.confederacyofdunces.com/ | ||