Posted by Edwin M. Kiser on May 14, 1999 at 05:14:39 from proxy2.ykt.prodigy.net:
In Reply to: First Person Colon posted by John Richardson on May 14, 1999 at 00:07:52:
Here is the text that shows Ransome slipping for a moment into
the first person. It is found in Chapter 12, "Leading Lights."
"He rowed on. Mate Susan, Able-seaman Titty, and the Boy
Roger watched the lights and sang out the moment the top one
showed a little to left or right of the lower one. With so many
look-out men Captain John might have been content, but just
once he looked round for himself and saw the two lights one
above the other like the stop called a colon, which I am just
going to make: there, like that. At last John just grazed a rock
with his starboard oar."
When I first came across this strange notation, I remember that
it seemed a bit strange, as if the author stepped out on the stage
for a moment, somewhat intruding on the actions being played. John
could have made the observation that the lights looked like the
colon symbol. It was wierd for the author himself to make this
observation.
Ed Kiser