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Panel 1: Detective Fine’s remark that, “…I
forgot. You don’t smoke…” is said right
in front of the ashtray with the discarded cigarette of Laurie’s sitting there. Detective Fine is, once again, indicating to
Dan that he knows more than he’s telling outright.
Panel 4: The following month’s image on Dan’s calendar
– a hawk taking a sparrow in flight, as revealed by Detective Fine –
foreshadows what is to come for Dan and Laurie as they go on the offensive to
stop the series of events put in motion with the murder of Edward Blake, and is
also mirrored by the back-matter for this issue, the main article from Nova
Express titled: “Honor is Like the
Hawk: Sometimes it Must Go Hooded.”
Panel 6: Detective Fine is looking right at the two
jackets on the hooks as he asks where that “…dame, the Silk Spectre…” is
now. He knows. She’s living with Dan.
Panel 7: And
here’s Detective Fine’s final warning to Dan – he tells him that when they
arrested Rorschach they found sugar cubes in his pockets, the implicit
statement being that they were sugar cubes most likely taken from Dan’s
apartment.
Note
the lock continues to glint in the apartment’s light.
Panel 9: Once more the lock shines in
the apartment’s light, which, along with the ironic symbolism alluded to
earlier, also foreshadows what is going to occur toward the end of this
chapter, as the Gordian Knot lock is once again busted, allowing entry to Dan’s
apartment.
And
Dan’s remark, “Suddenly, we have a deadline,” leads directly into
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