AtDDtA1: The Southerly Wind
Tim Strzechowski
dedalus204 at comcast.net
Tue Jan 23 07:25:17 CST 2007
Perfect! Thanks!
> In Bleak House John Jarndyce uses the East Wind as a metaphor for general
> unhappiness about the general turn of events, so the wind isn't actually
> affecting his moods (not in any literal sense). Whenever something
> unfortunate happens he tends to declare "I think the wind must be in the
> East tonight" or something of the kind. On at least one occasion I'm sure
> another character, probably Esther, says, in essence, "no it isn't, look at
> the weathervane!" and JJ shakes his head and says sadly "definitely an east
> wind, my dear".
>
[snip good stuff]
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