It all began with my childhood obsessions with Peter Pan and Robin Hood. I either flew to Neverland almost every night as a preteen or stalked the forests with a band of Merry Men. Then I moved on to falling in love with less likely heroes - Curdie from The Princess And The Goblin, Rat from The Wind in The Willows, and Sam Gamgee the true hero of The Lord of The Rings. As I grew older I moved on to Jane Austen. *Chuckles* Mr Darcy and Mr Knightley and the rest are all very well... but I simply adore Henry Tilney...
Then it was Sherlock Holmes and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Nowadays I'm rather immersed in P.G. Wodehouse. I have the mildest crush on Bertie - because he is rather a darling - but really I'm head over heels for Jeeves...
Oh, the cleverness of me!
Simply messing about in boats!
Where there is all hole, sir Never can be holesWhy should shoes have soles, sir
When they've got no souls?
I shall love her until the day I die. That's the tragedy.
"There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo...and it's worth fighting for!"
"Now I must give one smirk, and then we may be rational again."
Well, when a girl thinks you're in love with her and comes to you and says that she's returning her betrothed to store and is prepared to sign up with you instead - what can you do except marry her? You have to be civil.
I endeavour to give satisfaction, sir.
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