Change of Phrase
The original reads,
"No ma'am, you needn't look old-fashioned at me," I said." (V. Eliot 13)
Vivian Eliot marked in the margin, "If you don't like it you can get on with it" (V. Eliot 13), which changes the meaning from, "Don't look at me like this is something to be ashamed of, this is a modern world that we're living in," to "If you don't like what Albert will do, you should pretty yourself up, and it won't be my fault if he does pick someone else."
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"No ma'am, you needn't look old-fashioned at me," I said." (V. Eliot 13)
Vivian Eliot marked in the margin, "If you don't like it you can get on with it" (V. Eliot 13), which changes the meaning from, "Don't look at me like this is something to be ashamed of, this is a modern world that we're living in," to "If you don't like what Albert will do, you should pretty yourself up, and it won't be my fault if he does pick someone else."
This website the work of Abigail L. Bunting