NPPF&VLVL2 Preliminaries: The Epigraphs

davemarc davemarc at panix.com
Fri Jul 11 09:16:36 CDT 2003


From: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
> 
> 747.21 "I had my Boswell, once," Mason tells Boswell, "Dixon and I. We
>     had a joint Boswell. Preacher nam'd Cherrycoke. Scribbling everything
>     down, just like you, Sir. Have you," twirling his Hand in Ellipses,--
>     "you know, ever...had one yourself? If I'm not prying."
>        "Had one what?"
>        "Hum...a Boswell, Sir,-- I mean, of your own. Well you couldn't
>     very well call him that, being one yourself,-- say, a sort of Shadow
>     ever in the Room who has haunted you, preserving your ev'ry spoken
>     remark,-- "
> 
Kudos to jbor for this find!

d.




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