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I encountered the sentence "her hunch had paid off", but am struggling to understand it. Could you please let me know what it means? Here is the excerpt:
“I too ended up going to the movies that day.”
“You don’t say.”
There it was again. Mock-rebuke—like someone suddenly slipping an arm under yours as you’re walking together. It was her way of saying that her hunch had paid off. I would remember this. On Christmas Day in the year of our Lord such-and-such—how I liked that beginning. It went with the snow outside the theater, with the light haze around traffic lights down Broadway, with everyone shivering in line, eagerly awaiting My Night at Maud’s.
- André Aciman, Eight White Nights, Second Night
This is a novel published in the United States of America in 2010. This novel is narrated by the nameless male protagonist. The protagonist meets Clara at a Christmas party in Manhattan. The next day, Clara unexpectedly appears in front of the movie theatre to meet the protagonist. So they together go to the movies.
In this part, I wonder what the underlined expression means.
What would it mean that her "hunch" had "paid off"...?
“I too ended up going to the movies that day.”
“You don’t say.”
There it was again. Mock-rebuke—like someone suddenly slipping an arm under yours as you’re walking together. It was her way of saying that her hunch had paid off. I would remember this. On Christmas Day in the year of our Lord such-and-such—how I liked that beginning. It went with the snow outside the theater, with the light haze around traffic lights down Broadway, with everyone shivering in line, eagerly awaiting My Night at Maud’s.
- André Aciman, Eight White Nights, Second Night
This is a novel published in the United States of America in 2010. This novel is narrated by the nameless male protagonist. The protagonist meets Clara at a Christmas party in Manhattan. The next day, Clara unexpectedly appears in front of the movie theatre to meet the protagonist. So they together go to the movies.
In this part, I wonder what the underlined expression means.
What would it mean that her "hunch" had "paid off"...?
