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Or so Jonesy believed. He bolted to his feet — for the time being, at least, his bulging knee did not hurt at all — and swung his burdened right arm at one of the lean-to's support posts in a great sweeping roundhouse. And sometimes you believe in nothing but the darkness. Get a few drinks in him and mention that movie and Jonesy would respond with the key line at once: 'The

THE ESSENTIAL ELLISON 307 The real darkness is still a few years away, but it is coming. Something— Yes. ” “Am I wrong, Victor, or do you owe me a little?” “After all this time you’re calling in debts?” “They only ripen with age.