Help me again, pls.

Posted by CjK on September 14, 2004

In Reply to: Help me again, pls. posted by CjK on September 14, 2004

: : : 1. It's all the fault, she decided, as the tall fellow drew something on the back of an envelope, something that **was to be looped up or left to hang**, of these absurd class distinctions.

: : : I don't understand **was to be looped up or left to hang** .
: : : ........

: : : 2. - Laurie put his arm round her shoulder. "Don't cry," he said in his warm, loving voice. "Was it awful?"
: : : - "No," sobbed Laura. "It was simply marvellous. But Laurie--" She stopped, she looked at her brother. "Isn't life," she stammered, "isn't life--" But what life was she couldn't explain. No matter. He quite understood.
: : : ***- "Isn't it, darling?"*** said Laurie.

: : : When Laurie said "Isn't it, darling?" , he meant "It is not life" or "It is life"?
: : : Can you say it in other way? Thank you.

: : Laura says, "Isn't life (wonderful)?"
: : Laurie agrees and says, " Isn't it, darling?"
: : He might have said simply Yes or Yes, it is.
: : Sometimes the reply is Isn't it just, meaning Isn't it just wonderful!

: : First question is trickier! It appears to be a drawing of something that can be hung up on a hook, perhaps by shaping it into a loop.
: : I don't know if it has anything to do with class distinctions.

: Thank you very much, Henry. I'm sorry that my text isn't clear. I don't know how to make better ones.

: "It's all the fault of these absurd class distinctions" that why she cannot make friends with lower-class person. (It's in the previous paragraph.)

: Can *something that was to be looped up or left to hang* mean that he drew a so good picture that should be hang on the wall? Is this possible?

: The second :
: Laura had seen a dead man in his peaceful sleeping.
: "Was it awful?"
: "No," sobbed Laura. "It was simply marvellous.*
: Here they talked about death.
: So, her *Isnt' life* means "Isn't life marvellous?" or "It isn't life." ... If it's the first one, why she said *But Laurie...*? Will *but* means anything?

: Sorry that I ask for too trifling details. Hope you don't mind. Thank you again.

^_^ Dear Henry, I've got an idea about "Isn't life". Too bad that I don't know how to write it! Well, can that means "Is life just like this"?

• Help me again, pls. Henry 14/September/04
  • Thank you. CjK 15/September/04