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[[File:Violet Elizabeth Botts.png|thumb|right|I shan't give it to you William until the following day.]] | {{g|[[File:Violet Elizabeth Botts.png|thumb|right|I shan't give it to you William until the following day.]]}} | ||
The sure sign of a [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] who was soundly, but not sufficiently, beaten as a clerk. | The sure sign of a [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] who was soundly, but not sufficiently, beaten as a clerk. | ||
The “next following” day is a redundancy that speaks to that nervousness that the day ''you'' have in mind — namely, the one immediately after the one you’re thinking about — 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; unless you say the “[[next following|''next'' following]]” day, cannot be sure it will be the one tomorrow. | The “next following” day is a redundancy that speaks to that nervousness that the day ''you'' have in mind — namely, the one immediately after the one you’re thinking about — 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; unless you say the “[[next following|''next'' following]]” day, cannot be sure it will be the one tomorrow. | ||
This is the kind of argument | This is the kind of argument you’d expect from ''Violet Elizabeth Botts'' on ''Just William''. Allow me to channel my inner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmal_Crompton Richmal Crompton]: | ||
:“Violet-Elizabeth, give me my rubber back.” <br> | :“Violet-Elizabeth, give me my rubber back.” <br> | ||
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:“I most thertainly did not.” <br> | :“I most thertainly did not.” <br> | ||
:“You said you’d give it to me on the following day.” | :“You said you’d give it to me on the following day.” | ||
:“Tho I did. But not | :“Tho I did. But not ''thith'' following day. Another one. In Theptember, I shouldn’t be thurprised.” | ||
It pains me, readers, to think an adult learned in the ways of the law could be vexed by such a thought. | It pains me, readers, to think an adult learned in the ways of the law could be vexed by such a thought. | ||
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If you encounter such a fellow, and wish to engage on the argument — if you can resist the temptation to administer a restorative beating — you can always use the word “[[next]]”. | If you encounter such a fellow, and wish to engage on the argument — if you can resist the temptation to administer a restorative beating — you can always use the word “[[next]]”. | ||
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