Pokier

When Pokier had time to think, he was met by the growing enigma of Weissmann's silence.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

Never in his life, not even as a laborer in Berlin, did Pokier work so hard.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

"Please-stop it Use -" this time Pokier got hysterical and did slap her.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

Pokier, billeted at a fisherman's cottage, came in from his evening walks behind a fine mask of salt.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

Close to losing control, Pokier committed then his act of courage.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

At some point during the winter, Pokier came to feel that he could handle a meeting with Weissmann.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

Pokier would have to find his own way to his zero signal, his true course.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

It came to Pokier that the man didn't give a damn about heating problems.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

In this quarter-hour at Peenem-nde, Pokier smiled more than he had in the year previous: spoke of his admiration for Poehlmann's work in devising a cooling system for the propulsion.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

This time he had gone too far: Pokier laced up his shoes and calmly enough went out looking for the SS man, cornered him in his office, denounced him before a panel of kindly, dim governmental figures, the speech eloquently climaxing as he threw chessboard and pieces all into Weissmann's arrogantly blinking face ....

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978