February 01, 2005Have no mercyAnd sometimes, when her moods were so many and so contradictory of one another that I was puzzled what to say or do, Miss Havisham would embrace her with lavish fondness, murmuring something in her ear that sounded like, "Break their hearts my pride and hope, break their hearts and have no mercy!" Thus in Dickens' Great Expectations does Miss Havisham breed the beautiful Estella to break men's hearts. But that is just a story. In real life, there is a Miss Havisham (though that may not be her name) who has bred hundreds of people and has murmured into their ears "Break James Lark's heart and have no mercy." Hundreds of them. Not sure why. Posted by James Lark at February 1, 2005 05:05 PMComments
James, I've given this some thought, and it worries me. In an attempt to find the perpetrator of this very cruel thing, I checked out the Guiness book of records to see who might have had access to such a large brood, and my eye was immediately struck by the Hurst family. Their official record is that they were the most members of one family to have been on stage at once (in Henley-on-Thames, if you're interested), but I'm guessing that might be a front. They might have it in for you. So, I suggest refraining from becoming romantically entangled with Timothy, Alexis, Muffin, Bryony, Jonas, Adam, Lynsey, Nathan, Ben, Ruth, Ben, Ellie, Aisling, Cassian, Liberty, Flavia, Emerald, Tabitha, Antigone, Polyanna, Madeleine or Amelie Hurst. |
