Johnyxxx
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Hi,
Can anybody explain to me what such a fine flourish of the tongue means here?
He paused and the coroner supplied the cue for which he was palpably waiting. “Can you tell the court why you did not apply the Gettler test, Dr Peters?”
“I can. There were two reasons. One, that the pulmonary vein had been ruptured as a result of the injuries which I have already described. The other, that the deceased—ah—entered the river at a time and point when the water was, in view of the condition of the tide, brackish.“ He brought the word out with a fine flourish of the tongue. ”In my opinion the test would have been of no practical value.“
William Sloane, Edge of Running Water, 1939.
Thank you.
Can anybody explain to me what such a fine flourish of the tongue means here?
He paused and the coroner supplied the cue for which he was palpably waiting. “Can you tell the court why you did not apply the Gettler test, Dr Peters?”
“I can. There were two reasons. One, that the pulmonary vein had been ruptured as a result of the injuries which I have already described. The other, that the deceased—ah—entered the river at a time and point when the water was, in view of the condition of the tide, brackish.“ He brought the word out with a fine flourish of the tongue. ”In my opinion the test would have been of no practical value.“
William Sloane, Edge of Running Water, 1939.
Thank you.
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