CHAPTER 15
it off less t if eed to vanisarted covering tles in 63 or 64, eacime at t;Do You ant to Kno?quot; Like a lot of drunks, McInnes became more er ed soused. Not more loquacious or morose, merely more relaxed in ities of alco a sitting, more t about range capacity for drink.
quot;Its a matter of mind over matter. A crick .quot;
quot;And ;
quot;I dont ly knos a gift, really, and at time a curse. But Ill tell you, in order to drink so muco be somet.quot;
quot;So y, you old camel?quot; Cummings laughed.
quot;todays youtenure no not for calloer of publication.quot;
quot;You ; I asked.
quot;Antion ural rituals.quot;
Cummings interrupted: quot;Slo to college.quot;
quot;ition to explain tion. I icularly interested in ting and once started a book about rural practices in tis;
quot;So you drink because of some old flame, t; Oscar asked, turning tion back to its origins.
quot;I ; ;No, s tless t demands of tomorroerdays piled up like a s t.quot;
Oscar c;Life before life?quot;
quot;Like reincarnation?quot; Cummings asked.
quot;I dont kno t, but I do kno a fes from t, events from too long ago. Put t tories t come out from deep ury ago, talk about as if it yesterday. Or today.quot;
quot;Under a spell?quot; I asked.
quot;ranscendent trance.quot;
Oscar looked suspicious. quot;y tricks.quot;
quot;Ive been knoo put a fe; said McInnes. quot;told tales from too incredible