21. The second scene shifts to the Elder Pallatine and his confederate Sir Morglay Thwack . 22. Then the crowd began turning to the digital readout after each thwack of his racket. 23. We hear every thwack and ping and thud as bullets enter bodies and bodies fall. 24. Occasionally, one would leap clear of the water, landing with a loud thwack . 25. The thwack of slap shots hitting the boards resounds off entire sections of empty seats. 26. Everybody heard a sharp " thwack " and knew instantly what it meant. 27. It was a sound-- thwack , thwack, thwack-- that meant jobs. 28. It was a sound-- thwack, thwack , thwack-- that meant jobs. 29. It was a sound-- thwack, thwack, thwack -- that meant jobs. 30. Somebody had procured an aluminum bat, and the traditional thwack surrendered to a whistling hum.