What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Ha

Dorothy L. Sayers
What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my...
What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my...
What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my...
What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my...
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This is a play on words and refers to the fact that Geoffrey Chaucer was the first person to write a fully developed English novel, The Canterbury Tales . When you pull off your First, child," demanded Miss Ha, "what'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your Second , my child?" This refers to the fact that Chaucer was the first person to publish The Canterbury Tales in 1484.

Source: Gaudy Night

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