"What is it that I am to do up here, Professor?" called the ingenuous mascotte.
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"Ingenuous" means "innocent and unsuspecting." That Darby's a good kid, if a little naïve. Randolph says, "Darby! Climb the outside of that balloon in these torrential winds!" and Darby says, "Right away, Professor!" Even if Darby has no clue what he's doing. How is he supposed to keep the airship from crashing by climbing up onto the envelope? Isn't Chick going to save the day by dropping fat sandbags? Maybe it's a two-part plan! Three parts if you count Lindsay's figure-four hold on Miles to keep him from knocking The Screw loose and cutting free the envelope in a wild series of pie eating accidents.
In a strange way, I now really want to blog every book I read exactly like this! Imagine doing Alan Moore's Jerusalem! Oh! I think I will do that! But just for the Lucia Joyce chapter! Do I need a new blog for that or should I just add it to Eee! Tess Ate Chai Tea?!
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