| Framley Parsonage Chapters 43 to 45 |
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Chapter 43 |
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Amazon The Amazons were a race of warrior women in Greek myth. Ludovic here humorously refers to the type of woman his mother would have him marry as an Amazon; one mark against Lucy in Lady Lufton's eyes is her small stature and less than imposing nature. [JM] |
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Chapter 44 |
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Locus
penitentiae: "There was yet within him the means of repentance, could a locus penitentiae have been supplied to him." This refers to Mr. Sowerby, who is judged harshly by Lord Lufton for the difficulties Sowerby has created for Lufton and Mark Robarts. Literally a "place of penance." [JC] |
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Chapter 45 |
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Rumor
flies A rumor circulates in Barchester saying that Lord Dumbello intends to jilt Miss Grantly. Trollope says that he doesn't know where the rumor came from, but he describes the general nature of rumors by saying, "We know how quickly rumour flies, making herself common through all the cities." This is a reference to Vergil's Aeneid Book 8 line 554. It reads "Fama volat parvam subito vulgata per urbem." It means literally "rumor flies suddenly having been spread (or having been made common) through a small city." In the Aeneid the quote describes how rumor spreads through the Tuscan city that horsemen are speeding to battle. [TH] |
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Dripping
water hollows the stone See commentary for Doctor Thorne Chapter 3. |
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