tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post6892509053585750168..comments2024-02-29T02:37:34.896-06:00Comments on Ivebeenreadinglately: Two ways of entering a roomLevi Stahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-74572182074702000922014-03-04T11:22:04.352-06:002014-03-04T11:22:04.352-06:00Thanks for the amusement! Quiggin's leather co...Thanks for the amusement! Quiggin's leather coat evoking a Wellsian man of the future reminds me of another evocative outfit--the description in A Buyer's Market of Aunt Janet Walpole-Wilson:<br /><br />"She dressed usually in tones of brown and green, colours that gave her for some reason, possibly because her hats almost always conveyed the impression of being peaked, an air of belonging to some dedicated order of female officials, connected possibly with public service in the woods and forests, and bearing a load of responsibility, the extent of which was difficult for a lay person--even impossible if a male--to appreciate, or wholly to understand." (p. 179)<br />Andrea in enlessly snowy Ottawanoreply@blogger.com