The Infamous Brown Knitted Garment
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"And as Stephen rose to wave and hoot, Jack saw that he was dressed from head to foot in a single tight dull-brown garment; it clung to him, and his pale, delighted face emerged from a woollen roll at the top, looking unnaturally large. His general appearance was something between that of an attenuated ape and a meagre heart....
'Mr Simmons,' said Jack, fixing him with a hard, savage eye, 'this is my friend Dr Maturin, who will be accompanying me. Dr Maturin, Mr Simmons, the first lieutenant of the Lively.'
'Your servant, sir,' said Stephen, making a leg: and this, thought Jack, was perhaps the most hideous action that a person in so subhuman a garment could perform....
Jack got him into the after-cabin at last... here he sat on a locker and gazed at Stephen's garment. It had been horrible at a distance; it was worse near to - far worse...
'Stephen, will you for the love of God take off that thing?'
'My wool garment? You have noticed it have you? I had forgot, or I should have pointed it out. Have you ever seen anything so deeply rational? See, I can withdraw my head entirely: the same applies to the feet and the hands. Warm yet unencumbering; light; and above all healthy - no constriction anywhere! Paris, who was once a framework knitter made it to my design: he is working on one for you at present' "
Post Captain Ch. 12
Words Fail Me.
*facepalm*
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Date: 2012-01-28 11:16 pm (UTC)*wonders gleefully*
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Date: 2012-01-29 07:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-29 11:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-29 12:01 pm (UTC)And this is what
Date: 2012-01-29 07:45 am (UTC)Indeed, word just fail...and I am so glad that Jack drew a line at wearing the one Paris was knitting for him
*mind boggles*
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Date: 2012-01-29 11:55 am (UTC)Re: And this is what
Date: 2012-01-29 12:02 pm (UTC)*averts eyes from The Thing*