I do not think it called for to reproach a motive in Sam either real or imagined, nor ought we to redress his sallies with supercilious gravity; since, having natural good-humor lurking in my heart, I could not refuse a whimsical game of no earthly consequence myself. I took it for an excuse to dissipate the pall of academical austerity.
To let no thread of wit or whimsy go
sans echoes of unchecked Malvolio
might be unsocial. But there is no shame
if one mistook this not so clearcut game.
Last edited by Erik Olson; 01-24-2019 at 05:03 AM.
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