Day 19.

Page 22.

Not knowing all the tristan references or what they mean is really hurting me now.

Two Mark Twain references on the page. No idea why. But his whimsy is breaking the momentum. Back to nonsense for Joyce.

The prankqueen is chatting with jiminiy/christopher. It looks like she came into the pub looking to argue with him, though we don't know why.

Jarl von Hoother is trying to call her down. But it doesn't look like it's working.

"Four larksical monitrix." How is anyone supposed to decipher this?

Hurrican hips?

Holdfour stomachs? That's a cow reference?

Jesus. This page sucks. I was really starting to enjoy the book. If the rhythm holds, page 24 should be fun again.

I don't know who khavepaltry and naivebride are, but he's doing that boy/girl pairing again. I assume just for laughs. "Are people really reading my bile still?" I hope he's having a good laugh in hell.

The page ends with a pain in the ass description of what Jarl is wearing.

I am clearly inside the pub listening to drunk people talk about nothing. How long before I quit listening?