Miss Jane
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Post by Miss Jane on Mar 9, 2008 16:29:24 GMT -5
*Jane's smile was gently amused.*
"Oh, I see. ...Ah, yes. I forget myself--that I am a woman, and as such may only produce pretty little wisps of nothing--perhaps fairy stories for children. I suppose you write important pieces for newspapers and great books of essays on philosophy which people would sooner use to prop a door open than bother to read."
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Robert Frost
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Post by Robert Frost on Mar 9, 2008 16:31:30 GMT -5
*Robert snorted.*
"Hardly, though my father would prefer it. I write poetry."
*He raised an eyebrow.*
"About nature."
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Miss Jane
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Post by Miss Jane on Mar 9, 2008 16:32:32 GMT -5
"Thank goodness. For a moment I thought you were going to say something insipid like love or ancient mythology."
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Robert Frost
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Post by Robert Frost on Mar 9, 2008 16:38:18 GMT -5
*Robert frowned, a little perhaps but nothing really. He cleared his throat.*
"So... what do you write?"
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Miss Jane
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Post by Miss Jane on Mar 9, 2008 16:48:11 GMT -5
"Novels, mostly, though I've done some poetry myself, once upon a time. Silly little satires to amuse my family, mostly..."
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Robert Frost
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Post by Robert Frost on Mar 9, 2008 16:53:41 GMT -5
*Robert nodded slowly.* "Ah, I see, they appear to have the same readership a mine. I swear not a word I have written has been used. Save- *He winced.* "The program."
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Miss Jane
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Post by Miss Jane on Mar 9, 2008 16:55:36 GMT -5
"You write programs? How very...enterprising."
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Robert Frost
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Post by Robert Frost on Mar 9, 2008 16:59:04 GMT -5
*Robert rolled his eyes.* "Indeed, still it pays my living and I have time to write." *He glanced at her a little curiously.* "Do you, do you work at the Opera?"
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Miss Jane
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Post by Miss Jane on Mar 9, 2008 17:06:46 GMT -5
"Oh, no, I am only here for amusement. My...benefactress has been kicked out of the house by her son has insisted I get away from my books and quill for the afternoon, so here I am."
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Robert Frost
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Post by Robert Frost on Mar 9, 2008 17:18:06 GMT -5
"Well maybe next time she shouldn't go around giving out poison like it was Earl Grey I see." *He smiled.*
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Miss Jane
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Post by Miss Jane on Mar 9, 2008 17:37:13 GMT -5
"Earl Grey pretty much IS poison, anyway and what is your next libretto to contain? Melodrama in the highest degree, I imagine."
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Robert Frost
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Post by Robert Frost on Mar 11, 2008 12:47:55 GMT -5
*Robert frowned.*
"I do not know, I do not think so. Opera seems to need itself to be more important that it is. I shall perhaps take another's story and tranform it for, I cannot create drama."
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Miss Jane
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Post by Miss Jane on Mar 11, 2008 12:49:29 GMT -5
"Any story, then? A classic or a modern story?" *She seemed genuinely interested.*
((Dinner time bbl.))
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Robert Frost
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Post by Robert Frost on Mar 11, 2008 12:56:18 GMT -5
((Kk))
"Well I was considering something Arthurian, it contains enough love and blood to entertain the masses."
*Robert smiled wryly, if only he could write something to please himself.*
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Miss Jane
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Post by Miss Jane on Mar 11, 2008 13:21:15 GMT -5
"No doubt," *said Jane, rolling her eyes a little.* "Though being set in the British Isles it might lack the exoticism most opera requires. ...Let me see...you could hardly set it in Italy...nor Africa..."
*She bit her lower lip.*
"Perhaps China--or the outer reaches of Mongolia! Quite barbaric, I understand."
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