Therefore, he was particularly disgruntled to see what he had taken for a bundle of old rags on the tracks outside was a human body. He did not say “Not again” (what he said was “Shit on this”), but “Not again” was what he meant.
I love this running gag. It helps break up the story, which is long. It has an 80s feel to it, like the grandfather in Lost Boys announcing that the only problem with Santa Clara is all the damn vampires.
