V-2nd - Chapter 10: Partridge in a Pear tree

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Didn't notice that one, Michael.  Guess I was too busy being offended by the crack about the Sunday Times crossword puzzle.  Phony?  Hmmmph!

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 4, 2010 1:56 AM
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>Subject: Re: V-2nd - Chapter 10: Partridge in a Pear tree
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>Slab says "Unworthy of You" in his criticism of Esther's interpretation.
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>Is the capital "You" another Harper Perennial typo?
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>I'm not sure why he's turning down sex.  It seems like a pretty
>steadfast offer on Esther's part.
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>-- 
>"Such regulations may, no doubt, be considered as in some respects a
>violation of natural liberty. But those exertions of the natural
>liberty of a few individuals, which might endanger the security of the
>whole society, are, and ought to be, restrained by the laws of all
>governments, of the most free as well as of the most despotical." -
>Adam Smith