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[welkins2139]

1)Once he had been miraculously able to scent evil as a horse detects a
broken bridge at night, but the man with the *beep* feet in Phoebe's
room had diminished to the aura over Jill.


2) And Monsignor, upon whom a cardinal rested, had moments of strange and
horrible insecurity--inexplicable in a religion that explained even
disbelief in terms of its own faith.


Can you explain the bold text?

Thank you

[CP]

I don't see any boldface in your post.

The *beep* is the word "q u e e r", caught by the naughty-word robot as something you can't say.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, who wrote the lines, is currently spinning in his grave.
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[welkins2139]

1)Once he had been miraculously able to scent evil as a horse detects a
broken bridge at night, but the man with the *beep* feet in Phoebe's
room had diminished to the aura over Jill.


2) And Monsignor, upon whom a cardinal rested, had moments of strange and
horrible insecurity--inexplicable in a religion that explained even
disbelief in terms of its own faith.


Can you explain the bold text?

Thank you


CP, thank you very much!

I really appreciate all the post replys that you give me.