[lit-ideas] Re: Alan Sillitoe: A Gander in Jerusalem
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:49:42 -0700
On Apr 27, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
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Nottingham is not far from the stately home of The Duchess of
Devonshire in Chatsworth. It has some glorious countryside to it.
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Made more glorious by the removal of a village, which the Duke
thought spoiled the view.
I have never understood how it was that the Duke of Devon didn't have
a seat in Devon. Maybe he did? Maybe he collected seats? Married
into them. And so on.
As one does.
David Ritchie,
at the beginning of a new chapter in
Portland, Oregon
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