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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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Although he had borne up well under the Inspector’s grilling, I noticed that he went back to his seat like a man walking a tightrope. A twitch had appeared at the corner of one eye, and his face had that strained yet vacant look that invariably preceded his attacks. Whatever it was that had happened to Dogger during the war, it had left him with an inability to be confronted close-up by any sort of officialdom.

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The highlighted describes the disability which the war had inflicted on Dogger. Whenever he is forced to confront an authority figure , that confrontation produces both a physical and an emotional reaction. It's a sort of nervous disorder.

  • The highlighted describes the disability which the war had inflicted on Dogger.
  • Whenever he is forced to confront an authority figure , that confrontation produces both a physical and an emotional reaction.
  • It's a sort of nervous disorder.
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The highlighted describes the disability which the war had inflicted on Dogger.

Whenever he is forced to confront an authority figure, that confrontation produces both a physical and an emotional reaction. It's a sort of nervous disorder.

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