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Cadzao  #377478  Sun, 10 Jun 07 03:58 PM

"One morning, when a snow-crusted engine dragged its long string of freight cars and its one passenger coach to the station, Scully performed the marvel of catching three men. One was a shaky and quick-eyed Swede (...); one was a tall bronzed cowboy (...); one was a little silent man from the East, who didn't look it, and didn't announce it." ("The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane) http://www.4literature.net/Stephen_Crane/Blue_Hotel/

Could you please tell me how a shaky and quick-eyed man looks like, and what the author means by "who didn't look it, and didn't announce it?"

Thank you so much in advance.

Cadzao

  
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Cadzao  #377908  Mon, 11 Jun 07 12:27 PM

Please help me with it!

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Marius Hancu  #377913  Mon, 11 Jun 07 12:37 PM
untrustworthy or lacking firmness (or just physically shaking), looking quickly in all sides, probably a dubious fellow

who didn't look like a "man from the East," nor did tell anyone about it



  
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Cadzao  #378370  Tue, 12 Jun 07 07:06 AM

Thank you so much, Marius Hancu.

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