And with that Lehmann, a "cricket nuffy" as one of his pace bowlers, Ryan Harris, put it (someone who can never get enough of cricket) went on his merry way to talk about it to someone else.
("My clerk, with fifteen shillings a week, and a wife and family, talking about a merry Christmas," Scrooge mutters: "I'll retire to Bedlam").
"You, a clerk on 15 shillings a week, with a wife and a family, talking about a merry Christmas," he sneers at Bob Cratchit with a cruel chuckle.
"We have an ad that will come up next week where Callista and I are wishing people a Merry Christmas, and we're talking in a totally positive way.
The New Yorker, May 1 , 1995P. 32 Talk story about a merry, gossipy luncheon at Knickerbocker Club.
By Brendan Gill The New Yorker, May 1 , 1995P. 32 Talk story about a merry, gossipy luncheon at Knickerbocker Club.
Talk story about the new merry-go-round in Central Park, which has replaced the one that burned last November.
The New Yorker, July 21, 1951 P. 15 Talk story about the new merry-go-round in Central Park, which has replaced the one that burned last November.
The switchman carried on trying to talk his wife round: "People have merry lives in Bear Hill.
