What implicit information about the site clocks does this passage contain

The definition of time as something that passes and is centred in the now is contained implicitly in the use of the tenses ... Clocks do not measure the passage of time but translate temporal intervals into spatial structures.

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in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

what novel are you talking about?