Wu Ting
How would you interpret the phrase “fifty kilometers” here? He had come by train direct from Denestornya even though his mother had offered one of her teams of carriage horses. He had refused the offer, warmly as it had been made, because he sensed she had hoped he would. He knew how much she loved the horses she raised and how she worried over possible hardship for them. In strange stables they would catch cold or be snagged by other horses. So, with a smile, he had told her that it would be too much for them to drive the fifty kilometers from Denestornya to St George’s Meadow beyond Vasarhely, back to the town again and then out to the Laczoks’. They would have to be put to, un- harnessed again, fed at an inn . . . no, he would rather go by train. In that way he would arrive early and maybe have an opportunity to discuss local affairs with the politicians who were sure to be there.How would you interpret the phrase “fifty kilometers” in the sentence “he had told her that it would be too much for them to drive the fifty kilometers from Denestornya to St George’s Meadow beyond Vasarhely, back to the town again and then out to the Laczoks’”? Does it mean the whole journey measures fifty kilometers? Or does it mean one part of the journey, from Denestornya to St George’s Meadow beyond Vasarhely, measures fifty kilometers? Thanks.
Sep 5, 2015 1:36 PM
Answers · 1
The way it is written, it is fifty kilometers for the whole journey, from Denestornya to beyond Vasarhely, then back, then to Laczoks'.
September 8, 2015
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