Page 105 – Codswallop
“Blast, who let her read those books again?” hehe, a bit of dark humor / character development. Looks like we’re headed to the royal palace. Again.
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Hmmm, the Sheriff is far too equanimous about this. It would seem that he has no real qualms about facing his Monarch, therefore he must be quite sure of his standing at court.
This may well bode ill for Jane & Company.
Or he’s trying to retain his composure but knows he’s screwed, if the Queen takes the Webbs’ word over his own. One can hope…
But Jane has her necklace back. I’m guessing this bodes ill for all who oppose her…
The sheriff still has the necklace, but at least Jane knows where it is now.
Well, I’ve been wrong before, but I bet Sheriff Mustachington still has an ace or two up his sleeve.
If nothing else, he’s got a couple of valuable hostages and a gun.
And panel two for the win, Andy.
Thanks, Charlie. Lots of things going on. Anything could happen. 😀
Oh, he’s definitely got an ace up his sleeve. He’s far to calm for him not to. This could be a kick-off for a coup, and he’s just moving his time table up a bit. Crafty bastard.
He gave in way too easily. He’s definitely plotting something.
“But what you don’t know is…” *rips off his clothes to reveal an elegant gown underneath* “I AM the Queen!”
“You see this sash?! I won the Miss Empire contest. They gave me a crown, and that makes me QUEEN!”
when someone feels free to condescend to their nominal boss, that someone usually either is or expects to be actually in charge. i suspect that the sheriff, who beats morris hands-down in a biggest jerk contest, is planning to accelerate his coup-d’etat timetable to “right now”. he likely still expects to coerce jane to his cause. incidentally, i looked up the history of the word ‘codswallop’. turns out that i am older than it is. the earliest literary attestation is 1959! there is a clearly false folk etymology connecting it to an 1870’s inventor, but it first appeared in a drawing as the name of a town in 1958 and in print a year later. it may be a corruption of “cows’ dollop”, a term meaning ‘bullshit’ from rural britain.
According to Google’s ngram tool you’re probably correct, but there is that instance of “codswallop” appearing between 1886 and 1892. Luckily for me, this story takes place in the 22nd Century so both old and new can still apply.
EDIT: You are correct, the 1869 issue of Nature that contained the word “codswallop” was actually published in 1986, a typo by whomever entered the metadata.
This seems too easy. the sheriff is flying in a closed airship where accidents might happen. I’m betting he has a plan B.
We still need to see Jabberwocky!