tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post1407596809184770723..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: TMWWT-Chapter TwelveNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-91279133018152363942007-03-24T16:23:00.000-05:002007-03-24T16:23:00.000-05:00L2L: Yes, that was another favorite line of mine, ...L2L: Yes, that was another favorite line of mine, "We smashed something, that's some comfort..." I love that!Nancy C. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-51687893281260426552007-03-24T12:18:00.000-05:002007-03-24T12:18:00.000-05:00Here's one of my many favorite parts - sort of a "...Here's one of my many favorite parts - sort of a "reality check" part...<BR/><BR/>"The world is insane!" said the Professor, and buried his face in his hands.<BR/><BR/>"No," said Dr. Bull in adamantine humility, "it is I."<BR/><BR/>"What are we going to do?" asked the Professor.<BR/><BR/>"At this moment," said Syme, with a scientific detachment, "I think we are going to smash into a lamp-post."<BR/><BR/>The next instant the automobile had come with a catastrophic jar against an iron object. The instant after that four men had crawled out from under a chaos of metal, and a tall, lean lamp-post that had stood up straight on the edge of the marine parade stood out, bent and twisted, like the branch of a broken tree.<BR/><BR/>"Well, we smashed something," said the Professor, with a faint smile. "That's some comfort."...love2learnmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548471887979257624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-81831495864760693432007-03-24T10:17:00.000-05:002007-03-24T10:17:00.000-05:00The speech of the lantern is my favorite in the wh...The speech of the lantern is my favorite in the whole book. <BR/><BR/>And I also love how Ratcliffe is reminded of his words to Syme, about his hope "in a man I never saw," later in the book.Sean P. Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601412713863673499noreply@blogger.com