a question of rank

Mark Foss (mhfoss@web.apc.org)
Thu, 5 Feb 1998 09:46:47 -0500 (EST)

>On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Anton Sherwood wrote:
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>> One curious exception to the rank-rule is in "It Can't Happen Here",
>> where for once we see C (Greenley) and Wellingham together:
>> W: "I say, James, I seem to have gone deaf."
>> C: "What's that, Geoffrey?"
>>
Jason writes:
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> Weren't they pretty close to being equal in rank?
>
>I would agree. They were both knighted, and of the same age and, probably,
class.
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