"An Error in Chemistry", 132 (Event)

Page Number: 
132
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
Because I had not only watched Uncle Gavin
Page Event Ends: 
132
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1935 to Monday, December 31, 1945
Notes: 

CUT: and that "Pritchel," like himself, would surely know that you never put the sugar directly into the whiskey "because the sugar will not dissolve in raw whiskey . . . that you first put the water into the glass and dissolve the sugar into the water, in a ritual almost" (132). Flint's mistake has given him away as someone not from Yoknapatawpha County.

Summary: 

The narrator thinks back to all the times he has watched men make "cold toddies as we call them" - and how they always mix the ingredients in the same order (132).

Chronological Order: 
2.00
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Keywords: 
alcohol: whiskey, food: sugar, ritual
Cultural Issues:

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