And his face clouded. “I don't know. I got to find out. Looks like I can't get my mind straight nohow.”

[H]e recalls most of his colleagues and their rough-and-tumble exploits. Spencer Bull, for instance, who was a good reporter with one weakness . . . He lost the ability to distinguish between fact and fantasy when he had a snootful.

Coordinate term: distich

What was she supposed to do with a six-foot-tall mansicle frozen in place at the edge of the lake?