Line 31: "Bee off, and don't you weary about me, Pat. Isle be writer's reign.'"
Non-Lucy-Lips Version: "Be off, and don't you worry about me, Pat. I'll be right as rain."
"Bee off"
Patricia is distracting. Also she probably often pricks Lucia with a needle to sedate her, so while mostly harmless, she can occasionally be threatening.
"weary"
Pat's constant worrying and surveillance, her need to hover around Lucia the "flawer," is wearying.
"Isle"
No woman is an island or something.
"writer's reign"
The writer holds all the power in a narrative or a story. The writer is king. Here, Moore can be referring to himself (since he's writing it all) or he could be referencing James Joyce and the power and control he has over Lucia and her situation (since Lucia is non-fictional and Alan, even though he's writing this, wasn't the one to stick Lucia in Saint Andrew's Hospital). This can also be self-referential in that the entire scene is seen through Lucia's perception and her strange language which is mostly only observable when written down. Most of this would be missed if listening to it as an audio book.
Non-Lucy-Lips Version: "Be off, and don't you worry about me, Pat. I'll be right as rain."
"Bee off"
Patricia is distracting. Also she probably often pricks Lucia with a needle to sedate her, so while mostly harmless, she can occasionally be threatening.
"weary"
Pat's constant worrying and surveillance, her need to hover around Lucia the "flawer," is wearying.
"Isle"
No woman is an island or something.
"writer's reign"
The writer holds all the power in a narrative or a story. The writer is king. Here, Moore can be referring to himself (since he's writing it all) or he could be referencing James Joyce and the power and control he has over Lucia and her situation (since Lucia is non-fictional and Alan, even though he's writing this, wasn't the one to stick Lucia in Saint Andrew's Hospital). This can also be self-referential in that the entire scene is seen through Lucia's perception and her strange language which is mostly only observable when written down. Most of this would be missed if listening to it as an audio book.
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