Annotation - Chapter 7, Page 37

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One of the more indecipherable pieces of ritual language in the book; derived from (in an earlier draft of the novel) "No trumpets, no drums, no dancing when Eusa comes." EE Rumpa elsewhere means a commotion or "rumpus."