Posted by PeterH on June 06, 2006 at 12:10:14 from 81.132.218.99 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: How other see the S's and A's dressed (was Swallowdale - frocks) posted by Adam Quinan on June 05, 2006 at 23:01:52:
Thanks for spotting that, Adam - good work. Thanks also to Robert Thompson for correcting the Dutch name - I will use Illustrating Arthur Ransome more circumspectly in future. And yes, foreign illustrations are fascinating, and I never intended to deny that.
With regard to the G.A., she probably thought that the Swallows wore knickerbockers and were consequently a bad influence on the Amazons. Incidentally, a meeting which never took place, but I wish it had, would have been the G.A. encountering the Best of all Natives. I wonder who would have won that clash? My money would be on Mrs W.