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see Ratios scene stylistic outliers

• The number of sentences and paragraphs in Lehane's work increase together of course, but not always.
  • A higher number of sentences with paragraphs remaining the same may indicate Descriptive Narrative.
  • Many paragraphs with fewer sentences of shorter length may indicate Dialogue.
  • Intermediate values suggest a scene of mixed dialogue and summary narrative.

• Note that these higher sentence scenes appear periodic, and separated by shorter sentence, paragraph scenes.
  • Are the interleaved shorter sentence scenes, so called 'sequels' that provide emotional reactions, or points of character decision making, after the longer dialogue, confrontation scenes?
  • Do the shorter scenes provide artistic relief, with the background of secondary characters or emotional~ psychological reaction as background for the reader's evaluation of the dramatic situation?