How would you interpret the adverb “directly”? The most important part of a story is the piece of it you don’t know. He said that plenty. It would be no surprise if he asks for that put on his gravestone, if there is to be one. There you see. Hangs the tale, and still yet more to find out. You believe a thing is hopeless. You believe a book burned, yet the words persist. In this case twice, first in Mexico, his notes and drafts all taken by police after the murder, meant for destruction but precariously rescued. Then later on given to me for burning, and not burned. You believe a life ended, but the newsmen can’t make that true by saying so, even saying it many times. It’s dying makes a death, and living makes life. The salvation of all, the life or the tale either one, I’ll come to directly. First the notebooks. For you see I hadn’t burned them, the day I was asked. He said I could only stay on working with him if we disposed of every word, his life entire if you asked me. I saw what he meant to do that day, and why.How would you interpret the adverb “directly” in the first sentence of the third passage? Does it mean in a direct way, or at once? I think it’s the latter. What do you think? Thanks!