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(A little bit into chapter 6) "Maybe I should go away, said Etta, again. Her hair was white and undone. The piece of it that fell towards her mouth reminded Otto of baby geese. A return to down." This quetion may sound a little dull. I've read and reread this book for a few times, but I still couldn't understand what "A return to down" implies? Could anyone here help me?
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Roxanne
down, like softest baby hair...
Kathryn Scott
I assumed it meant down as in goose down (baby goose feathers)?
Josephine Briggs
Possibly returning to being a baby or a small child.
Barbara
The German translation reads "Die Rückkehr zum Flaum", which supports Kathryns assumption: the return to fluff/down, as in getting really old parallels with early childhood.
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