Steeply's father and MAS*H (p. 638)

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Also, an area of Steeply's left finger was whiter than the skin around it. The removal of a university ring, or more probably a wedding band. It seemed curious to Marathe that Steeply would undergo electrolysis but not take trouble to fix his finger's annular pallor.

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Dawn on the outcropping, Marathe cataloguing Steeply's disguise flaws: a ghost-ring of pale skin where a wedding band used to be — "annular pallor." An absence that persists as a ring, opening a scene that's entirely about a consuming loop.

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Steeply's father and M*A*S*H (p. 638)

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