[Even encouragement toward death is unacceptable if it impedes one's word, but Val is entirely distracted by the news that she delivers next. He gives an exclamation of disgusted indignation.]
Surely yes! Even Wintersend this year would be entirely unacceptable, to say nothing of next Wintersend. Another Age might well come in that time, and then what? No, we must-- Oh, [a self-interruption, one that comes in an entirely different and far more normal tone of voice,] speaking of sums, I had a letter delivered at some point. I believe it might contain news of some liquidation of assets that I had directed, with the intention to further furnish the work. [Hm. He reaches for his wine glass.] I should open it.
[A drink. He gestures, with the glass. The wine swills at the side but does not spill. Anyways.]
But let this not distract us. We cannot wait so long for the completion of this work. Nor can we allow the work to feel at all threatened, or to have the process surveilled with any suspicion or thought of theoretical wrongdoing. Of course there would be none, and the accomplishment of the work would surely speak for itself--but there are always detractors and naysayers, and the wrong word in the wrong year can spoil if not curdle a project. This cannot happen.
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Date: 2021-02-18 04:08 am (UTC)Surely yes! Even Wintersend this year would be entirely unacceptable, to say nothing of next Wintersend. Another Age might well come in that time, and then what? No, we must-- Oh, [a self-interruption, one that comes in an entirely different and far more normal tone of voice,] speaking of sums, I had a letter delivered at some point. I believe it might contain news of some liquidation of assets that I had directed, with the intention to further furnish the work. [Hm. He reaches for his wine glass.] I should open it.
[A drink. He gestures, with the glass. The wine swills at the side but does not spill. Anyways.]
But let this not distract us. We cannot wait so long for the completion of this work. Nor can we allow the work to feel at all threatened, or to have the process surveilled with any suspicion or thought of theoretical wrongdoing. Of course there would be none, and the accomplishment of the work would surely speak for itself--but there are always detractors and naysayers, and the wrong word in the wrong year can spoil if not curdle a project. This cannot happen.