Thursday, January 23, 2014

Excuse the Faintness of My Acquiescence, Milicent

"Excuse the faintness of my acquiescence, Milicent." I like everything about that sentence from THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL. I keep saying it to myself: "Excuse the faintness of my acquiescence, Milicent... Excuse the faintness of my acquiescence, Milicent." In reality, there is a semi-colon after it, and several more words chained to it, including "I am become as cold and doubtful in my expectations as the flattest of octogenarians," but I like to stop it right there: "Excuse the faintness of my acquiescence, Milicent."