Mandarax

"Mandarax," she said, "turns out to be a very good teacher of the art of flower arranging."

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

The clock of * Zenji Hiroguchi's Mandarax lost only eighty-two seconds between the time he checked into the Hotel El Dorado and, thirty-one years later, when Mary Hepburn and the instrument were eaten by a great white shark.

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

* Siegfried, incidentally, had entrusted Mary Hepburn with Mandarax, in case she had to communicate with Hisako Hiroguchi.

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

And then, trying to imagine what Willard would have done, she came up with the idea that Mandarax, along with being a clock and translator and so on, might also be a radio.

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

If Mandarax were still around, it would have had mostly unpleasant things to say about matrimony, such as:

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

They honestly believed him to be a madman, which misconception, ironically, had been impressed upon them by * Zenji's own creation, which was Mandarax.

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

The Captain replied with a quotation well known to Mandarax:

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

As for what was wrong with the * Captain, * Mandarax made the educated guess that he had Alzheimer's disease.

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

She watched helplessly as he threw * Mandarax into what turned out to be about three meters of water on the slope of the shoal.

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985

It was slightly ajar, so that Mandarax had overheard and translated much of what had been said during the night.

Galapagos Vonnegut, Kurt 1985