hey can anybody describe this?This is an extract from a story.I can't understand it especially"night gas leak

Question

Exactly at eight Hickey-Mooney of vaudeville team in the flat across the half would yield to the gentle influence of derilium tremens and begin to overturn chairs under the delusion that Hammerstein was pursuing them with a five hundred dollar a week contract.Then the gent at the window across the air shaft would get out his flute;the nightly gas leak would steal forth to frolic in the highways;the dumbwaiter would slip off its trolley and the evening routine of the Frogmore flats would be under way.

Answer 1

It is depicting what an ordinary night is like in the flats at Frogmore. The author makes use of "creative" words or flowery words to describe simple things. i.e. instead of saying: Hickey Mooney had seizures or body twitch, the author used "delirium tremens" ; instead of saying: "The nightly smell of gas spread up to the highways", the author said : " nightly gas leak would steal forth to frolic in the highways." It is the prerogative of the author to make his words as "colorful" as he wants them to be.

This is the basic meaning of the paragraph:
At 8 o' clock , HIckey - Mooney had a seizure and he overturned chairs because he is delusionary. Simultaneously, a gentleman then plays a flute. Then the smell of gas coming from a leak (which happens every night), would spread into the highways. A waiter is seen pushing a cart and so the night begins at Frogmore.

I hope this will help you.

Answer 2

Your dream is very positive. You're lying back watching the clouds just as you are watching the events in your life go by. Everything has clarity and definition, and there is variety as well. You're in a relaxed position indicating that you feel strong and confident about the way things are progressing. The sun feels good and colorful butterflies surround you. These are all the options and opportunities that you have right now, and they are plentiful. They can also signify the people in your life right now. Bright, energetic and beautiful, you are surrounded by positive energy from most every direction. This is a wonderful time for you where you are the one who's in charge of your life, and things are going extremely well. Seize some of those opportunities!

Answer 3

It's hard to tell without further context, but I'm guessing there was a smelly gas from the sewers that was noticeable in the neighborhood at night.

Answer 4

the nightly gas leak..... descriptively is giving a visual snapshot of a thin stream of fog-like vapor that floats without direction and the air flow from cars passing by, moves it any which way so it looks like it is actually dancing...

Hope this helped!