The Confusion

"I have interleaved sections of one with the other so that the two stories move forward in synchrony. It is hoped that being thus con-fused shall render them the less confusing"

94 — 结构即主题：混乱被故意编成可读同步。

"I am certainly not doing so out of any affection for you! … I see myself as serving the King's ends."

94 — 宫廷女性政治联盟冷、准、互相利用。

"Fate had flipped a coin, and it had come up heads. The disease had nearly flayed her lower back"

91 — 病危段落把双线压到一根弦上。

"When at the first I took my pen in hand, / Thus for to write, I did not understand"

95 — 用朝圣叙事框住巴洛克史诗。

"two novels, Bonanza and Juncto, that take place concurrently during the span 1689–1702"

97 — 时间窗与帝国商政地图一并锁定。

"Rather than present one, then the other (which would force the reader to jump back to 1689 in mid-volume)"

94 — 先教你怎么读，再开杀。

"being thus con-fused shall render them the less confusing to the Reader"

96 — 书名即形式实验。

"On the northern bank of the river, downstream of the Bridge, rose the Tower. … the most brilliant object in Jack's vision"

93 — 泥沼浪子回城，塔与桥收束身份。