Being between library books, I was, of necessity, forced to pull out my Georgette Heyer Omnibus.
Five Regency Romances, written between 1926 and 1957.
I picked the book of books up at the ongoing library discontinued book sale, and pull it out when I need something to fill the gaps.
They're different and fun. A departure from the norm.
They also tend to leave strange words and phrases lingering long after the 30-something rich Duke or Earl has overcome a class barrier to marry the poor but feisty distant cousin, having first set out to wed a suitable female of his mother's or sister's choosing and at their urging ...
Does it signify?
It doesn't signify, although I must own it's excessively handsome of you.
Devilish respectable.
Dash it, you Rogue!
Pray, come in!
Good God! He's raving mad!
Depend upon it, things have come to such a pass that I am obliged to make my way, without further consideration to the library. Only think of my poor reputation!
When I started reading P.G. Wodehouse (if you haven't read him already, I'm sure you'd love him), I used a piece of paper as a bookmark and I filled it front to back with unfamiliar words to check in the dictionary---and that was only part way through the book.
ReplyDeleteGood times.
Well dash it all Laura - didn't you remember us English folks talking like that when we came over? What's a chap to do if he can't leave some jolly memorial behind from old blighty?
ReplyDeleteI must have been reading such stuff and nonsense just before you came Toni... making your speech seem normal, and no cause for comment... Georgette Heyer, or P.G.Wodehouse, (yes... I DO love Jeeves and Bertie Wooster!)
ReplyDeleteAnd this morning? I woke up cursing my plaguy shoulder! Devil take it.
I've finished the last book now, so I'll get to the library as fast as I can to find something more edifying... or intelligent!
Razzzzzzzz!
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