From "The Gun Seller", by Hugh Laurie.
I was ushered into a large, oak-panelled room, with
shelves of Regina versus The Rest Of The World on
three walls, and a row of wooden filing cabinets
along the fourth.
There was a photograph on the desk of three
teenage children, who looked as if they'd been
bought from a catalogue,
and next to it, a signed picture of Denis Thatcher.
I was chewing on the peculiar fact that both these
photographs were pointing outwards from the desk,
when a connecting door opened, and I was suddenly
in the presence of Spencer.
And quite a presence it was. He was a taller version
of Rex Harrison, with greying hair, half-moon spectacles
and a shirt so white it must have been running off the
mains. I didn't actually see him start the clock as he
sat down.
1. What is "half-moon spectacles"?
2. "a shirt so white it must have been running off the
mains"?
3. "I didn't actually see him start the clock as he
sat down."
Which clock?
2. "a shirt so white it must have been running off theThe whiteness of his shirt was dazzling, like that
mains"?
of a bright light .. from which I conclude he could afford to
have it professionally laundered.
2. "a shirt so white it must have been running off theThe whiteness of his shirt was dazzling, like that
mains"?
of a bright light .. from which I conclude he could afford to
have it professionally laundered.
What is "mains"?
1. What is "half-moon spectacles"?
1. What is "half-moon spectacles"?
I just saw a wonderful example of what Laurie was probably
referring to in THE CROWN, second season, episode 5
("Marionettes"). The year is 1958 & various scenes take place in
the London office of a magazine publisher. I see toward the end a middle-aged employee wearing eyeglasses (AKA spectacles) with
lenses of a shape resembling half moons, i.e. if one imagines the
half moon as we usually see it rotated 180 degrees with the flat
part on top. In this case the frame holds the rounded part in place
but there's no frame on top....
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Why?
Why that specification of packing and how with it at Vancouver, CANADADIAN?Clarified. No sugar added. Contains sugars of natural origin.Why what?
No GMO. Pasterized and aseptically packed.
Why?
DClarified. No sugar added. Contains sugars of natural origin.
No GMO. Pasterized and aseptically packed.
Why?
Why what?
Why that specification of packing and how with it at Vancouver, CANADADIAN?
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