How we cite our quotes:
Quote #10
"Then he took his hat off and placed it on the bar and took up the glass and drank it very deliberately and set the empty glass down again" (23.127).
Cormac McCarthy is a very deliberate writer and the judge is a deliberate character. That's why we always hear about every action he makes in specific detail. The specific detail, though, also suggests that no matter how much he drinks, the judge doesn't really get drunk. And that makes him dangerous.