The Silver Mistress - Revision history

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Spider of Destiny at 14:28, 14 August 2011

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Spider of Destiny: This is a better category, since this book isn't about Zappa, but merely references him only once.

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This is a better category, since this book isn't about Zappa, but merely references him only once.

Propellerkuh at 07:27, 10 April 2007

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Propellerkuh at 05:42, 10 April 2007

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Propellerkuh at 05:41, 10 April 2007

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Propellerkuh at 05:38, 10 April 2007

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New page

First published in Great Britain 
1973 by Souvenir Press Ltd 
© Peter O'Donnell 1973 
ISBN 0 330 24360 8 

[[Image:Silver_Mistress.jpg|frame|]]
<blockquote>'... Trouble was, it was murder ''getting'' 'er to bed. Full of guilt and doubt, Doreen was. Spent hours arguing aloud with 'erself about whether she would or wouldn't. I'd sometimes drop off to sleep on the couch listening to 'er.' 
'What about the ring?' 
'She used to 'ang it on a fine wire, 'old it up over a little table with a cross chalked on the top, so the spike on the ring nearly touched the cross, and ask it questions. It swung one way for yes, and the other way for no.' 
'That's not prediction.' 
'I know, but Doreen thought it was. She'd ask it about 'er job and 'er love-life and which stuff to use for dry 'air, and what picture to go and see. Everything.' 
'And trusted the answers?' 
'Like 'oly writ. After the first week I rigged a big magnet on a swivel bar under the table, and I'd sit opposite 'er, working the answers with the magnet.' 
She gave a splutter of laughter. 'You mean the should-she shouldn't-she answers?' 
'Especially that. Saved 'er a lot of agonizing and guilt.' 
'Golden-hearted Willie.' 
'They don't make 'em like me any more.' 
'Look, let me finish this, then I want to talk about Janet. Why don 't you make yourself comfortable in the sitting room while you 're waiting? There's a new [[Frank Zappa]] album[[#Note1|[1]]] on the stereo.' 
'I'd rather stay and watch, Princess.' 
'All right, but shut up while I concentrate, or I'll make a mess of this.' 
He sat contentedly, watehing her move, think, frown, turn, bend, straighten, pour and mix. Her legs were a marvel, he thought without any shred of longing. But most of all he liked looking at the column of her throat, even after so many years there were still moments when he felt amazed that it should be Willie Garvin, gutter-bred roughneck, to whom she had given her total trust and friendship. </blockquote>

==Notes==

#<div id="Note1">The most-likely album mentioned above would be [[Over-Night Sensation]].</div>

Further reading Wikipedia articles: "[[wikipedia:Peter O'Donnell|Peter O'Donnell]]" and "[[wikipedia:The Silver Mistress|The Silver Mistress]]"
[[Category:Books about Zappa]]

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 'Golden-hearted Willie.' <br>
 'They don't make 'em like me any more.'<br>
-'Look, let me finish this, then I want to talk about Janet. Why don 't you make yourself comfortable in the sitting room while you 're waiting? There's a new [[Frank Zappa]] album<sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup> on the stereo.'<br>
+'Look, let me finish this, then I want to talk about Janet. Why don 't you make yourself comfortable in the sitting room while you 're waiting? There's a new [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] album<sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup> on the stereo.'<br>
 'I'd rather stay and watch, Princess.'<br>
 'All right, but shut up while I concentrate, or I'll make a mess of this.'<br>

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 First published in Great Britain<br>
 by Souvenir Press Ltd<br>
-© Peter O'Donnell 1973<br>
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 ISBN 0 330 24360 8<br>
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 [[Image:Silver_Mistress.jpg|frame|]]
 <blockquote>'... Trouble was, it was murder ''getting'' 'er to bed. Full of guilt and doubt, Doreen was. Spent hours arguing aloud with 'erself about whether she would or wouldn't. I'd sometimes drop off to sleep on the couch listening to 'er.'<br>
 'What about the ring?'<br>

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 'I'd rather stay and watch, Princess.'<br>
 'All right, but shut up while I concentrate, or I'll make a mess of this.'<br>
-He sat contentedly, watehing her move, think, frown, turn, bend, straighten, pour and mix. Her legs were a marvel, he thought without any shred of longing. But most of all he liked looking at the column of her throat, even after so many years there were still moments when he felt amazed that it should be Willie Garvin, gutter-bred roughneck, to whom she had given her total trust and friendship. </blockquote>
+He sat contentedly, watehing her move, think, frown, turn, bend, straighten, pour and mix. Her legs were a marvel, he thought without any shred of longing. But most of all he liked looking at the column of her throat, even after so many years there were still moments when he felt amazed that it should be Willie Garvin, gutter-bred roughneck, to whom she had given her total trust and friendship. ... [page 61]</blockquote>
 ==Notes==

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 ==Notes==
-#<div id="Note1">The most-likely album mentioned above would be [[Over-Night Sensation]].</div>
+#<div id="Note1">The most-likely album mentioned above would be [[Over-Nite Sensation]].</div>
 Further reading Wikipedia articles: "[[wikipedia:Peter O'Donnell|Peter O'Donnell]]" and "[[wikipedia:The Silver Mistress|The Silver Mistress]]"
 [[Category:Books about Zappa]]