![]() This truck driver came in right behind her. Oh, let me have a package of cigarettes, will you? Sure. Yeah, but wait till the series with the Giants. Well, I went into Benny's to get a bite to eat. How long they been married? Well, he came here to college two years ago About a year and a half.Īnyway, school was out, and the Prof was down at Columbus for the convention. You know a fellow's gonna get stuck in a business deal, you tell him.īut a woman Well, even if we had told him, I doubt if it'd have done much good. Thought about it a couple of times, but, well You know how it is. Well, why didn't you tell him? I don't know. ![]() You sold him this house, didn't you? That's right. Oh, he used to come into the bank and to my window a couple of times, at the back, but you couldn't say I knew him. Well, of course, I didn't know him until after he married her. Well, she comes from a good family and all that. Well, it's just a shame he ever married that dame to start off with, you know that. Such a nice guy that even if he did, he probably wouldn't do anything to her. You know something? He's gonna find out about her sometime. That Irene ain't much of a housekeeper, is she? I'll say. Maybe just went uptown for a couple of minutes. What about it? You in here? Guess he's not home. I shall leave it to your judgment as to whether or not it would have sounded better in Latin.Īnybody home? Hey, Prof! Prof, fish are biting right now. Writers are always compromising to attain commercial success. ![]() Regrettably, the author wrote only his title in Latin, and did the story in English. If you can't hear me in the back of the room, please raise your hand and adjust the volume control. It is rewarding to know that there are still a few students interested in achieving high marks. " At the risk of being facetious, I would like to point out that Latin is a dead language. This evening's lecture has as its text the short story "De Mortuis" translated from the Latin.
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