tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173246092473374970.post9203834897542266355..comments2023-08-23T17:04:14.327+05:30Comments on PitStop: Of Marguerite St Just, Sir Percy Blackeney and those golden days!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173246092473374970.post-45871074255267626532011-07-05T21:52:58.179+05:302011-07-05T21:52:58.179+05:30Yea Hari, it was simplified for 10th standard kids...Yea Hari, it was simplified for 10th standard kids. I read the original version after we came to college :-). So fond of that book!!! And yea..how vividly we remember things from this one!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14203782450706671108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173246092473374970.post-55434177197916015562011-07-05T21:50:58.784+05:302011-07-05T21:50:58.784+05:30I think our non-detailed book was retold by E.F.Do...I think our non-detailed book was retold by E.F.Dodd - aptly reworded for us 10th standard kids :) <br /><br />But yes, I remember it like I read it yesterday - it becomes a racy read after the chapter where Marguerite finds out about Percy. I also remember mugging all chapter titles in sequence and reciting Percy's punchlines in my head - one of which I was particularly fond of - "Those demmed Frenchies have tied me up like a chicken ready for the oven!" (talking to Marguerite towards the end of the story). <br /><br />http://www.blakeneymanor.com/books/sp/31.htmlHarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434153361687434172noreply@blogger.com