Saturday, December 5, 2009

Smirt



Sign in the Silver Lounge Cape Cod.


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  1. David SessionsMay 17, 2010 at 1:21 PM

    http://tinyurl.com/2bdjjrd
    The terrific novelist Richard Russo mentions it in his novel, "That Old Cape Magic" (Knopf, 2009). On page 68 Russo describes a sign, above the rear bar inside the restaurant. The sign has ornate, indecipherable Gothic letters that the main character thinks are from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." Later on page 113, one of his minor characters cracks its code and translates it as a wedding toast, but nobody realizes it comes from The Silver Lounge: “Here stop and spend a social hour in harmless mirth and fun. Let friendship reign. Be just and kind and evil speak of none.”

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