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September 29, 2004

So kind, most obliging

My cowboy boss is deep into Virgil right now. He sidles up to my desk every now and then to discuss it. "See, the bad alliances Virgil is talkin' about, that's just common sense at the track. You never team up with someone to buy a horse. You gotta always buy your own horse. And Virgil knew that, that's what he's saying. You gotta go your own way."

Speaking of ridiculous literary parallels, I realized recently that the Lad is Mr. Knightly. He's honest and sincere and does the right thing because it is the right thing. And I, with this chattery blog, I am Miss Bates.

Posted by didofoot at September 29, 2004 08:50 AM

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is that a jane austin reference? that second paragraph? i hate jane austin.

also, i played virgil in a made-for-ap-english move in high school. i also played dante, satan, raskolnikov, the landlady, and dr. frankenstein in the same. i don't remember any lines about horses, but it was a while ago.

Posted by: holohan at September 29, 2004 09:51 AM

The Wood-Knightly parallels are even scarier if you've read the lost chapter, where Mr. Knightly explains something at length and then he and Emma go out for falafel.

Posted by: sean at September 29, 2004 10:15 AM

Yes, you guys are! I love that.
and when they remake the movie with you two in it, you'll get to wear a bustle and a bonnet, and Gene can have mutton chops and everything!

Oh... wait. He has them anyway.

Posted by: kati at September 29, 2004 05:55 PM

But Gene's last name begins with a W, so he should be with the likes of Wickham and Willoughby, and all of Jane Austen's other cad-like w-beginning villains.

Posted by: christine at October 9, 2004 05:30 AM

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