In Ruth's view, they looked 'like a couple' because they seemed to possess some terrible secret between them - they appeared stricken with remorse when they saw her. Only a novelist could ever imagine such nonsense. (In part, it was because of her perverse ability to imagine anything that in this instance Ruth failed to imagine the obvious)
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About John Irving
John Irving.
Themes
- Humor — Witty observations and humorous takes on everyday life
- Imagination — The creative power of the mind and visionary thinking