"Ed, they'll hear you, try not to holler quite so—"
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When I said I'd read ahead after the last sentence, what I meant was I glanced ahead without actually parsing it very well because why would I do extra work by parsing future sentences when I'll just need to parse them again when I'm writing the blog entry? So now that I'm paying more attention, I understand that Merle has just helped Ed Addle to escape and Ed, having just possibly slipped through the gap cut in the wire fence around the asylum, begins to shout in exuberant joy that he's escaped. And Merle, here, is simply pointing out that maybe wait until they're snugly set up in the Oil Well Saloon or lounging on a chaise lounge at Nelly's before wildly celebrating.
And, once again, this little drama has simply materialized out of thin air after Pynchon mentioned that Merle sometimes helps inmates escape the asylum. Not confusing at all, Pynchon!
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