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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
I think the comments about the nurses, and Grant’s amusement over things like Mrs Tinker’s reference to “me blue” (her best outfit) are there as comedy which just isn’t funny to us.
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I think you're right, what might have seemed funny to a contemporary English audience, doesn't work for us.
And I agree with both you and
Victoria -- if Grant were as dismissive as stated, he would not have been visited by those who did choose to visit.