torsdag 11 augusti 2011

Osannolikt bra romanmeningar, del 10

Lord Peter Whimsey om barn:

"Lord Peter was not one of those born uncles who delight old nurses by their fascinating 'way with' children. He succeded, however, in earning tolerence honorable terms by treating the young with the same scrupulous politeness which he extended to their elders. He therefore prepared to recieve Gherkin's discovery with respect, though a child's taste was not to be trusted, and the book might quite well be some horror of wholly mezzotints or an inferior modern print adorned with leprous electros."

The learned adventure of the dragon's head, Dorothy Sayers.

Gherkin är smeknamnet på Lord Peters brorson Viscount S:t George, stackars barn. De har märkliga namn i familjen Whimsey, Lord Peter heter själv egentligen Peter Death Bredon Whimsey. Vem döper någon till Death?!

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Lord Peters mamma och pappa förstås.