6.25.2008

'"My dear boy," returned his father, "confide in me, I beg. But you know my constitution--don't be prosy, Ned."

"I will be plain and brief, " said Edward.

"Don't say you will, my good fellow," returned his father, crossing his legs, "or you certainly will not..."'

-Dickens, Barnaby Rudge

1 comment:

Kenneth Burns said...

Ain't it the gos-a-pel truth.