![]() Like the guy with the fiddle, and the guy who wants to buy the fiddle, and the poor sap in between them who pays for the fiddle. “Like the bishop and the diamond necklace and the cop. It was from something Wednesday said to me, at Christmas.” Those guys never could hide worth a damn.” He looked up at the sun. He shook his head, then he began to chuckle, and he shook his head some more, and the chuckle became a full-throated laugh. “It’s going to be a bloodbath,” said Whiskey Jack, flatly. Shadow thought it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. The sun was high enough that it caught the waterfall spray: a rainbow nimbus hung in the air. “Look,” he said, and pointed to the waterfall. Whiskey Jack crushed the beer can between his hands, pressing it until it was flat. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is more or less "explained" in chapter 19, where Shadow talks to Whiskey Jack (quotes from the author's preferred text, emphasis mine): ![]()
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