Harry Buys The Strangler, Explained：turn tail

What's really going on

The bar is Harry's stage, and for a few minutes he is the man he wants to be. He buys Beer's drinks and claims, "word's all over town that you made Kristo turn tail," as if the rumour were a fact he had earned. Beer is smarter than he looks: he never argues, he just asks about The Strangler and quietly reports who pays what, then says, "You really need The Strangler, don't you?" Once Beer names his price, Harry stops being the man in charge and starts bargaining. When The Strangler himself shows up, Harry's boasting runs straight into a threat about Nikolas, and he warns Beer, "Don't look surprised at anything that happens."

Theme

このチャプターで学べること

• Flattery opens the deal before any price is named.
• Beer reads Harry's need and doubles the fee on the spot.
• The Strangler's boasts collapse the moment they are tested.
• Harry's real problem is an old man who will never agree.

発音のポイント

• Brains and guts — Brains and links into one run, and guts is clipped short.
• ain't in — The t in ain't drops before in, so they run together.
• ten feet of him — Feet of links together, and him is reduced to a weak form.