A FINE LOAD
Rigorous as the delay was, the manservant
was longer, and harder to take. As in my old
Latin textbook, the first thing I learned -
'Maria cum servum ambulat'. Something,
it turned out, like, 'Maria walks with the
servant.' Approximately. I never knew
what it was all about. Did they mean
'slave'? Were they, perhaps, trysting
in the barn, or in the hayloft? My
young mind was all a'twitter.
It was all hard to take, even
learning that 'cum' here
meant 'with'.
Latin lesson. No slight intended.
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