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JKBelieve Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

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1. 'there was old Methuselah, who had married his young wife, with Captain Papillon of the Guards holding her parasol and guide-books!'

I just don't understand this sentence. Did Methuselah marry a young woman or marry off his own wife to a Captain Papillon?



2. 'my Lord Bareacres' chariot, britzka and fourgon, that anybody might pay for who like.'

I don't understand the 'that anybody might pay for who like' part.
  

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Hello JK 1. Methuselah did indeed marry a young woman; we are to assume that Capt. Papillon has an amorous interest in her, from the fact that he carries her parasol and guide-book.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello JK 1.
  • Methuselah did indeed marry a young woman; we are to assume that Capt.
  • Papillon has an amorous interest in her, from the fact that he carries her parasol and guide-book.
  • 2.
  • I am not quite sure, but it sounds as if Lord Bareacres was short of cash, and so hadn't yet paid for his carriages.
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Hello JK

1. Methuselah did indeed marry a young woman; we are to assume that Capt. Papillon has an amorous interest in her, from the fact that he carries her parasol and guide-book.

2. I am not quite sure, but it sounds as if Lord Bareacres was short of cash, and so hadn't yet paid for his carriages. (It should be 'who liked'.)

MrP
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