"All right, all right. And you swear this is made of silver?"
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"All right, all right"
Obviously Thomas Pynchon had a specific actor in mind when casting for the Against the Day movie were scripted.
"you swear this is made of silver"
I'm not sure why Merle's so intent on making sure the photograph has a basis in silver. Is he having werewolf trouble? I suppose this is just more photography speak as Pynchon walks us through the literal process as well as the metaphor.
You can look up the entire process as I did right on the Internet! If you don't know what the Internet is then how are you reading this? Did some jerk print it up to make 'zines that he's now selling somewhere for profit? That rascal!
Oh, I did learn what the fixer in the hypo from earlier was for! The fixer causes the silver halides to lose their sensitivity to light (which is why this happens in a dark room) and thus fixing the photo in place before it gets exposed to more light and washed out. Then the "fixer" is removed by the water bath and left to dry. And then voulez-vous! You have a picture!
I wonder if the mention of silver is also to prepare us for Lew Basnight's move to Colorado and later discussions of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890?
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