Howsobeit,— scarcely have they met, in the Saloon of Mason's Inn at Portsmouth, than Mason finds himself coming the Old London Hand, before Dixon's clear Stupefaction with that Town.
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Line 97 Vulgarized:
Anyway, getting back to my story . . . immediately upon meeting at the bar of the place Mason was staying in Portsmouth, about seventy miles southwest of London and across the strait from the Isle of Wight, Mason realizes that he's lightyears more sophisticated, concerning urban living, than the rube Dixon.
Subtext:
Mason is City Mouse and Dixon is Country Mouse. But Mason is only City Mouse because Dixon is so completely Country Mouse. It's more like Country Mouse and Mouse That Can Get Along in the City But He's Not Really Comfortable There. I'd say that book doesn't sound as catchy but I guess I'm reading that book right now! Mouse That Can Get Along in the City But He's Not Really Comfortable There & Country Mouse by Thomas Pynchon.
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