Chapter 14: Charlotte is back 🙄 #ihavenowords #actually #wtfDameMaggieSmith #shemustbeamazingascharlotte #shesamazingateverything #thatsallihavetosay #becasuecharlotteistheactualworst #okimdone #pemberlittens #hashtagbrigade #theactualworst
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TheBookHippie #omgshesabsolutelyawful 9mo
Cuilin Lucy slipped up she said “he”. 🫢 oops 🤫😉 9mo
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Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin Is that what her mistake is?! I don‘t get it 😂 9mo
mcctrish Even awfuler than before @TheBookHippie 🤦🏻♀️ 9mo
TheBookHippie @mcctrish OY TO THE VEY.. 9mo
Bookwormjillk Awful but entertaining 🤣 9mo
Ruthiella @Cuilin @Clare-Dragonfly I wondered about that too. Is it the line “It makes such a difference when you see a person with beautiful things behind HIM unexpectedly.” So that we understand that SHE was overtaken in the moment just as he was? 9mo
dabbe And all the exchanging of coins: a comedy of manners. Charlotte seems to be concerned about doing the right thing about reimbursing for the cab, but as with everything re: Charlotte, it's annoying to everyone, especially Lucy. 9mo
Cuilin @Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly yes. She gave it away that she was overcome not “him”. That the beauty of it all got to her and she still thinks of it!!! 9mo
ravenlee The endnote in the Penguin edition: “It perhaps is worth explaining the ‘unfortunate slip‘ in Lucy‘s speech. She clearly reverses the point of view, meaning to say, ‘It makes such a difference when you see a person with beautiful things behind her unexpectedly.‘ Lucy has made an early version of the Freudian Slip. @Clare-Dragonfly @Ruthiella @Cuilin 9mo
ravenlee @dabbe I think the word “punctilious” applies here. Also, why wouldn‘t she have smaller coins? Wouldn‘t that be like traveling in the U.S. with hundred-dollar bills and quarters, but nothing in between? How hare-brained. 9mo
Cuilin @ravenlee Exactly. Interesting that Charlotte doesn‘t pick up on this. I guess she‘s all in a dither about coins again. 9mo
Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin Ooh, I see! That makes sense, but is Charlotte observant enough to pick up on it? 9mo
Clare-Dragonfly Speaking of Charlotte, I suspect she wanted to be seen as virtuous for offering to pay, but for her money to not actually be accepted because they wouldn‘t have change. 9mo
BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly definitely! I don‘t think she actually expected them to take her money! 9mo
BarkingMadRead I bet Charlotte picked up on it and is saving it for another day! 9mo
dabbe @ravenlee I think she does it on purpose--just like her always saying things like “Oh, I'll sit on the hard ground, Lucy, you take the seat.“ She LOVES being not only the center of attention but creating angst; she feeds off of it. But then that would put her in an even darker category than just being a twit (that was the word in the book right?) 9mo
dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly YES! A way to “pretend“ to be virtuous but not really intending to be. I'd hate to ever turn my back on Charlotte! 🤣 9mo
Bklover @Clare-Dragonfly Yep! She is a manipulative sneak. @ravenlee I had no idea what she referring to 9mo
julieclair @ravenlee Thanks for the explanation! I am listening on audio and was completely clueless what the “unfortunate slip” was, even after listening to it several times. 🤪 9mo
eeclayton @Cuilin @ravenlee Thank you for clearing up what the slip was. I'm reading this in translation and this aspect is completely lost in my version 9mo
Crinoline_Laphroaig Charlotte is the #QueenOfGuiltTripping 9mo
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