Not Everyone Knows Everything, Okay?
I become engrossed reading Margaret George's Mary Queen of Scotland & The Isles: A Novel.
The DNB, feeling neglected, tries to participate. "Didn't Mary get her head chopped off?"
"I don't know," I reply. I flip to the front of the book and see a family tree. "Oh great, now I know who she marries after Darnley." I turn the page and see a prologue I didn't notice before. It says that Mary is, in fact, executed.
"Baby!" I shriek. "You totally ruined the book for me! Now I know she dies!"
The DNB looks at me strangely. "It's history," he points out. "It's not supposed to be a surprise."
"Yeah but I didn't remember, THAT'S WHY I'M READING IT."
He snickers to himself. "OhmyGod?? The Americans revolted? So that's why we're not British..."
The DNB, feeling neglected, tries to participate. "Didn't Mary get her head chopped off?"
"I don't know," I reply. I flip to the front of the book and see a family tree. "Oh great, now I know who she marries after Darnley." I turn the page and see a prologue I didn't notice before. It says that Mary is, in fact, executed.
"Baby!" I shriek. "You totally ruined the book for me! Now I know she dies!"
The DNB looks at me strangely. "It's history," he points out. "It's not supposed to be a surprise."
"Yeah but I didn't remember, THAT'S WHY I'M READING IT."
He snickers to himself. "OhmyGod?? The Americans revolted? So that's why we're not British..."
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