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[personal profile] regshoe
I have just finished reading a Mary Renault novel and feel, predictably, absolutely awful about it. Time to distract myself with some Jacobites!

Next week we'll finish Part I with chapters 5 and 6.

Date: Oct. 11th, 2021 12:18 am (UTC)
tei: Rabbit from the Garden of Earthly Delights (Default)
From: [personal profile] tei
Ooh. That makes a lot more sense, if this was a kind of… regimented type of agreement! Also explains the modern usage of the word “parole,” I suppose.

Date: Oct. 11th, 2021 12:27 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ethelmay
The business about "parole" kept reminding me of Antonia Forest's The Thuggery Affair: "But Jukie stiffened: to Patrick's astonishment he looked genuinely insulted. 'You weren't listening, noddy-boy. I said parole.' " In other words, he had really promised and it was a matter of honor.

Date: Oct. 11th, 2021 01:05 am (UTC)
owl: Stylized barn owl (Default)
From: [personal profile] owl
And we know AF was familiar with Broster; the twins read TFotH!

Date: Oct. 13th, 2021 04:22 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cahn
Ohhhh, I hadn't realized that! (Well, I wouldn't have recognized the name when I first read the Marlowe books...)

Date: Oct. 14th, 2021 03:42 am (UTC)
impala_chick: (JatP || Reggie & Luke)
From: [personal profile] impala_chick
Thanks for this! Now I can see the connection to the word "parole" in modern times.

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