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ka·0 Page: In the novel, quote-checkedFirst seen: Prologue

In the hotel’s sitting room Tom jumps, a little hop like a man testing ice, and does not come down: he drifts along the top shelves as if on a library ladder someone had taken away. This is basic, he says.

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  • “a little hop like a man testing ice, except that he didn’t come down from it” (Prologue)paragraph 27
  • “This is basic” (Prologue)paragraph 29

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