| They stripped the top sheet off my erstwhile bedmate. The house physician looked over the cadaver without touching it, then looked more closely at that horrid red puddle--leaned down, sniffed it, then made my skin crawl by dipping a finger into the slop and tasting it. "Try it, Adolf. See what you think." [1, p. 6] |
Erstwhile is a fancy way of saying "former" or "of times past". Yay, I am actually learning stuff while reading. Who would have thought that reading would lead to learning, right?
By the way, it turns out that the red puddle was actually catsup (or ketchup, if you prefer)--Heinz, not Skinner's. Gruesome pun, perhaps?
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