Sunday, May 15, 2022

Alan Moore's Jerusalem: Book 3: Vernall's Inquest: Round the Bend: Line 35

Line 35: "Though it's not ideyll she likes displace the best of all she's in-bin."

Non-Lucy-Lips Version: "Though it's not ideal, she likes this place the best of all she's been in."

"ideyll"
Saint Andrew's Hospital grounds are not ideal because they're not exactly idyllic.

"displace"
This place is a place where Lucia feels displaced. She would rather be visiting a beautiful garden of her choice rather than one where she has been forced.

"in-bin"
Lucia has been tossed in the bin. She has been discarded and forgotten. These are all things that make the gardens less than ideal. But the garden is, at least, better than the ward.

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