Yeah, Brett Hawthorne and Yard argue over whether or not Brett called Yard a "removed". Brett only just avoids being beat up by Yard when another, and the book takes pains to point out his skin colour, black guy turns up to sing "ebony and ivory".
It gets worse...
The hard-r is dropped multiple times a few sentences later.
Yeah, Brett Hawthorne and Yard argue over whether or not Brett called Yard a "removed". Brett only just avoids being beat up by Yard when another, and the book takes pains to point out his skin colour, black guy turns up to sing "ebony and ivory".