Thursday, October 26, 2023

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

 

No, sir; their hats are pluckt about their ears,

And half their faces buried in their cloaks,

That by no means may I discover them

By any mark of favour.

 

Lucius

Julius Caesar          Act II, Scene i, Line 73

 

 

This is Lucius’s answer to Brutus who’s asking the former if he knows who the guys who at the door are. And how does Brutus respond to Lucius? Let ‘em in.

That’s right. Not Let them enter, or even let them in; just let 'em in. That seems pretty slangy for old Will. 

And once again, what’s with the hats in old Rome. I really need to see one of these hats. I just can’t picture a guy in a toga with a hat on. Can you?


Well, now wait just a minute. Here's my young associate in a rain poncho, which you might just say resembles a toga, with a hat on. And a fine chapeau it is!
Do you suppose the fellows at Brutus's door had hats like this?


 

3 comments:

Squeaks said...

Where tf is this guy that he's got a leaf for a hat and a flower for a necklace??

Squeaks said...

Also, is he basically saying, "No dude, these guys seem suspicious af, I don't think we should let them in."?

Pete Blagys said...

Walker is in the Okavango Delta.
I don't think Lucius is making a judgement. I think he's just telling Brutus what he saw.

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