‘What’s the matter?’ ‘What do you mean?’ I asked. ‘Your voice. Shoot, are you crying? What’s the matter?’ My voice had been neutral and a bit puzzled. ‘I’m not crying, Orth.’
I still do not grasp what's happening to Hal and his speech and emotional displays at this point, and having read through 5 times now it's very frustrating. Am I missing something, or did Wallace not clarify well enough?
