Jul 23 2008
Social Experiment
Fortunately for Jane, Lady Violet had already had a chance to throw the dart and did not wish for another opportunity, and so it was Miss Limpleton’s turn. Ready, aim…
Just then, Heinrich Hendrickson announced that there was a fire in the wine cellar and that everyone would need to evacuate.
Alas, the dart had already left the soft, supple hand of Miss Limpleton. As if in slow- motion, every head in the room turned to watch the dart glide gracefully through the air and plunge itself into the buttox of Lord Branleigh.
A gasp was audible all the way to London.
But Jane smiled inwardly, knowing that now, finally, her engagement to William Fitzknicker would be made public.
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Hey, is this part of the novel you are writing? If so, I love it! If it’s not part of the novel you’re writing, I stll love it!
Um… I’m confused. But intrigued! Lol. I’m sure there’s a very good explanation… Somewhere…
So what’s the social experiment? Find out how the fellow will react to the dart in the bum, or how we’ll react to a fascinating literary snippet like that? =)
There’s a bunch of backstory there I’d love to hear (and I love those character names).
I always snicker when I see “buttox.” Fun snippet, lady. More, please?
Shouldn’t his name be William Fitzwilliam?
Can’t wait to find out more.
Although I do have to say the WilliamFitzknicker is a hilarious name.
I’m definitely intrigued!
’splain?
Lord Branleigh’s face turned a reddish purple as he held his breath against the pain and hoped that no one had noticed the quite girlish squeal that had escaped his lips at the dart’s impact.
i think, and i usually get stuff wrong, so bear with me, but *i* think your experiment is to see who’s the first to say “you go a bit nutty today, brillig?”
if i am wrong, please oh please blame it on the amount of ibuprofin i have taken today, and really what i *meant* was “that is completely lovely!”
after all, it did bring a big smile to my face. my ibuprofin-aided face.
I just spent untold hours in the beauty salon reading Austenland between processes. Now I feel like I’m in some kind of warped reality where bits and pieces of Regency England just pop into my regular life at odd moments.
Great characters, names, and action. So intriguing. Go, Brillig!
Because a dart in the buttox an engagement always reveals.
Okay that’s not fair to leave us hanging like that…I was already all intrigued : )
Or is the experiment simply to see how many people will comment because they have no idea what’s going on?
At first I thought it might be a Jane Austin excerpt or something since I haven’t yet read all her books…
I’ve been catching the entire Jane Austen on PBS (only because I lent my collection to my friend and haven’t gotten it back yet…) so this is really funny.
I am so intrigued!!! More, please!
Buwha?
lol! its the kinda of thing i like; intriguing, clueless! you have to guess it out by yourself!! hmm you are just trying to test the curiosity of the readers
Boy, this is getting me thinking that it’s time for another round of the Writing Game. Really fun, Brillig!
Can’t stop snickering over “Fitzknicker.”
Sort of Jane Austen meets the three stooges, but if I hadn’t just read the post ahead of it, I would also be so confused. Who are all these people and what goes on before and after them.
I read the post above this and commented their
so do I need to comment over here now??
*SNORT*