somewhat tired
Dec. 18th, 2012 01:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incandescensDrat it, I could have sworn that I had some plain black cotton in my stash. Ah well, there should be time to make a run to the haberdashers tomorrow, between the end of work and the work Christmas supper.
In other news, I'm tired. Roll on the Christmas break.
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"But think of all the times I've helped you!"
"Such as when?"
"The Old Bailey," said Lyle reasonably. "I helped you then."
"It was your fault they attacked it in the first place."
"All right -- St Paul's Cathedral."
"You were dangling off the bloody roof while I was getting shot at!"
"Charles, I want you to consider the process of being struck by lightning for the greater good as more of a moral reflection on my character than the unfortunate consequence of being in a high place during a storm."
"What?"
"Wha'?" added Tess helpfully.
Thomas, feeling that Lyle needed support, said quickly, "I think Mister Lyle is referring to his presence on the highest point in London during a thunderstorm as an act of heroism rather than a rash venture into the realms of experimental meteorology . . ."
-- The Doomsday Machine, Catherine Webb
In other news, I'm tired. Roll on the Christmas break.
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"But think of all the times I've helped you!"
"Such as when?"
"The Old Bailey," said Lyle reasonably. "I helped you then."
"It was your fault they attacked it in the first place."
"All right -- St Paul's Cathedral."
"You were dangling off the bloody roof while I was getting shot at!"
"Charles, I want you to consider the process of being struck by lightning for the greater good as more of a moral reflection on my character than the unfortunate consequence of being in a high place during a storm."
"What?"
"Wha'?" added Tess helpfully.
Thomas, feeling that Lyle needed support, said quickly, "I think Mister Lyle is referring to his presence on the highest point in London during a thunderstorm as an act of heroism rather than a rash venture into the realms of experimental meteorology . . ."
-- The Doomsday Machine, Catherine Webb
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Date: 2012-12-18 01:57 am (UTC)No Xmas break for us yet...
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Date: 2012-12-18 09:53 am (UTC)(The Archangel of Lightning would be extremely fond of Lyle, so far as Elohim are fond of anyone or anything.)