[COMPLETE]The Silent Battle by George Gibbs - kd

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 10th, 2017, 1:00 pm

Thanks Don! Chapter 7 is ready.

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » July 10th, 2017, 4:45 pm

Hi Tony,

Chapter 7 is PL OK!

Don

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 11th, 2017, 12:40 pm

Hi Don! Chapter 8 is ready.

Thanks!

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 13th, 2017, 3:29 pm

Chapter 9 ready. Thanks Don!

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 14th, 2017, 12:34 pm

Hi Don,

Chapter 10 is ready.

There is a portion of dialogue by Coley where I made one tiny change. It's where he says, “Remarks are personal. Miss Loring is a fine girl. Fellow gets her will be lucky.” I added the "a." I don't know if that's something you will want to change, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.

Best!

Tony

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » July 14th, 2017, 2:48 pm

Hi Tony,

Chapters 8, 9 and 10 are all PL OK!

And thanks ... it appears to be another printer's error, as Coley doesn't generally to speak in dialect nor broken English.

Don

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 19th, 2017, 11:47 am

Thanks Don! 11 is ready.

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » July 21st, 2017, 9:52 am

Hi Tony,

Chapter 11 is PL OK!

Don

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 21st, 2017, 4:23 pm

Thanks again Don! 12 is ready.

I looked up the "demnition bow-wows" at a site, addthis.com, and got the following:

"He Has Gone to the Demnition Bow-Wows."

Context: Charles Dickens, masterful storyteller and observer of much that was bad in Victorian England, took as his task in Nicholas Nickleby the exposure of the deplorable conditions in many of the private schools in northern England. Using the fortunes and misfortunes of the Nickleby family as his vehicle for preachment, Dickens introduces Nicholas, his sister Kate, and his mother to a host of minor characters. One of these characters is a Mrs. Mantalini, keeper of a dressmaking establishment, who is foolishly in love with her rake of a husband. Mr. Mantalini, a humorous character, is all charm and elegance as he bleeds his wife of money for his escapades. Having poisoned himself for the seventh time, he finds himself cast off by his still weeping wife. He is last seen in a dismal room, kept by a harpy who has paid his prison fine and supported him only to have her heart broken also. Mantalini, whose favorite expressions include "dem," demd," "demnably," demit," and "demnition," utters the same sweet phrases to his mistress that he uttered to his wife, but now he knows that he has reached the end of his rope. He says to his mistress:

"I will never break its heart, I will be a good boy, and never do so any more; I will never be naughty again; I beg its little pardon,...it is all up with its handsome friend! He has gone to the demnition bow-wows. It will have pity? It will not scratch and claw, but pet and comfort? Oh, demit."

Sounds a little like Golum from The Lord of the Rings to me.

Until next time!

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 24th, 2017, 9:07 am

13 ready. Muchas thanks Don!

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » July 24th, 2017, 11:47 am

Hi Tony,

Chapters 12 and 13 are PL OK!

Don

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 25th, 2017, 4:00 pm

Thanks Don! 14 in.

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 26th, 2017, 5:28 pm

15 ready. Thanks Don!

DACSoft · Post by **DACSoft** » July 27th, 2017, 7:01 am

Hi Tony,

Chapters 14 and 15 are PL OK!

Don

tony123 · Post by **tony123** » July 28th, 2017, 5:49 pm

Hi Don, and thanks! 16 is ready.