"'Her Christian name is Adriatica.'
'Adriatica!' shouted Hans Castorp. 'Priceless! Adriatica von Mylendonk! Isn't that splendid! Sounds as though she had been dead a very long time. It is'positively mediaeval.'
'My dear sir,' Settembrini answered him, 'there is a good deal up here that is positively mediaeval, as you express it."
Mann em The Magic Mountain.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
what's in a name
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