Posted by Allan_Lang on December 21, 2004 at 02:13:32 from 202.61.171.25 user Allan_Lang.
In Reply to: Re: Imaginary friends posted by Peter H on December 20, 2004 at 14:29:01:
Note that mention of ‘not safe to disagree with Titty’ –
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There is quiet humour here, and it is surely why Ransome’s books also appeal so much to adults.
Not just Titty.
SD Chapter 21 When they come back late from the lake with the arrow. Roger says they are 'just in time'.
"'You aren't' Said Susan 'You ought to have been here half an hour ago. I told you to come back straight away. Another time you'd better cook you own fish and I'll be the one to play around and to come back "just in time"'.
Roger was about to say that perhaps there wouldn't be any fish left if she did that, when he caught John's eye, and saw that the captain thought it would be just as well to take no risks with the mate."
And Susan strikes me as having the potential to be way scarier than Titty.