But there was a hint of a chuckle as he advised the chamber, en passant, that he was off the hook.

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What made Tom Wolfe's work special, however, was the care the author took never to let the personal get buried under the en passant.

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She is a nobody, a casual extra, except that, when they grasp each other en passant, and as take follows take, she becomes, imperceptibly, a somebody.

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