Thursday, October 9, 2025

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

                                               

Nay, we will slink away in supper-time

Disguise us at my lodging, and return

All in an hour.

 

Lorenzo

The Merchant of Venice       Act II, Scene iv, Line 1                                   

It’s hard to conceive of the word slink in a positive way, and I don’t think it’s a particularly bad or terribly sneaky thing that Lorenzo is talking about here. So really, I think Will could have chosen a better word.

What do you think?



Pay no attention to this guy; it's a setup. 

Mr. Shakespeare-Lover wouldn't question the Bard's choice of words in a million years. 

He's a piece of work. 


I heard that. I'm right here, you know. 


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