How would you interpret ‘our man’ and ‘shell up’ in the context? Does Shepherd (an author) mean to put himself in the draft-dodger’s camp? One could ask many questions of this politically astute novelist, starting with his opinion of a leader who has just set the nation reeling with an abrupt foreign policy reversal, from friendly cooperation to Truman’s so-called “containment” of the USSR. We can only wonder, as Shepherd declines to be interviewed. But this week as we line up behind our man in Washington, shelling up $400 million to fight our friends of yesterday because “Every nation must choose,” we might listen for a thump in the dust, and wonder whether the public’s big hopes will fit in that small, sad sack. How would you interpret ‘our man’ and ‘shell up’ in the sentence: But this week as we line up behind our man in Washington, shelling up $400 million to fight…? Who does ‘our man’ refer to? What’s the meaning of ‘shell up’? Thanks!