Three funny Stories by Frank Sullivan, E.B. White and Peter de Vries
Three funny Stories by Frank Sullivan, E.B. White and Peter de Vries The Night the Old Nostalgia Burned Down by Frank Sullivan The way I understand this short, humorous account is by taking the proposals as exaggerations and laughing at them. It is however difficult to separate preposterous from facts. Perhaps Governor Lovelace has really brought the first marble from England, in 1668 and gave it to the great aunt of the narrator. But it seems incredible that a childhood friend, Ada Rehan – “a little gold-haired thing”- would shoot President Garfield. Aunt Caroline is an apparition, with “silk hat, immaculate shirt, white tie…and that magnificent, purple black beard” - A beard, and magnificent to boot? Really? An outstanding scene is the one of the ritual of the Saturday night bath, when they would line up: - father, mother, housekeeper, butler, second girl, t...