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Anshh Posted 12 years ago
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In the story "A shady plot", by Elsie Brown, what does this line mean?
-- "Oh, the affair was quite above-board, I assure you, my love!" I cried, leaping lithely about to keep her from focusing her gaze behind me.
Is there a pun in this line? What is a pun actually?
Please help me out. Thanks in advance.
-- "Oh, the affair was quite above-board, I assure you, my love!" I cried, leaping lithely about to keep her from focusing her gaze behind me.
Is there a pun in this line? What is a pun actually?
Please help me out. Thanks in advance.
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I don't have a copy of the story, but based on bits and pieces I read about it online, I'm guessing that this is said by John to his wife, while the ghost, Helen, is in the room, which is why he doesn't want his wife to focus her gaze behind him, where Helen is. " With respect to "board," John works for a lumber company and the main activity in the story has to do with Ouija boards. The Ouija boards indicate that John has had an "affair" with a woman named Helen.
- I don't have a copy of the story, but based on bits and pieces I read about it online, I'm guessing that this is said by John to his wife, while the ghost, Helen, is in the room, which is why he doesn't want his wife to focus her gaze behind him, where Helen is.
- " With respect to "board," John works for a lumber company and the main activity in the story has to do with Ouija boards.
- The Ouija boards indicate that John has had an "affair" with a woman named Helen.
- , legitimate - Helen was helping him write ghost stories).
- But his wife thinks it was a real affair with another woman.
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I don't have a copy of the story, but based on bits and pieces I read about it online, I'm guessing that this is said by John to his wife, while the ghost, Helen, is in the room, which is why he doesn't want his wife to focus her gaze behind him, where Helen is.
There are apparently a number of puns on the words "board" and "shady plot." With respect to "board," John works for a lumber c
There are apparently a number of puns on the words "board" and "shady plot." With respect to "board," John works for a lumber c
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Here above board is pun .
1John mean to say he is honest and legal
2supposed love affair
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