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The “next following” day speaks to that nervousness that the day ''you'' have in mind — the one immediately following the one at hand — might not be the one ''your adversary'' does. For ''a'' day following this one might, conceivably, fall some indeterminate time — four days, eight days, who knows, even three hundred and fifty-seven days? — in the future. All days after this one “follow” this one; if you mean one cannot be sure it will be the one tomorrow. | The “next following” day speaks to that nervousness that the day ''you'' have in mind — the one immediately following the one at hand — might not be the one ''your adversary'' does. For ''a'' day following this one might, conceivably, fall some indeterminate time — four days, eight days, who knows, even three hundred and fifty-seven days? — in the future. All days after this one “follow” this one; if you mean one cannot be sure it will be the one tomorrow. | ||
This is the kind of argument you'd expect from that posh ginger girl on ''Just William''. Allow me to channel my inner | This is the kind of argument you'd expect from that posh ginger girl on ''Just William''. Allow me to channel my inner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmal_Crompton Richmal Crompton]: | ||
:“Violet-Elizabeth, can I have my rubber back please?” <br> | :“Violet-Elizabeth, can I have my rubber back please?” <br> | ||