[Hardy-l] Re: Thoughts on 'Tess'

[Rosemarie Morgan]

Yes, Paul, I thought you were referring to the original serial. Apologies. 
Also, I meant that the shooting of Prince is a BBC directorial inspiration 
-- it isn't Hardy so why are we quibbling about it. (the rest of your 
conversation is well understood already).  The cart in the Masterpiece 
Theater version looks like a rather smart chaise and is drawn by a pair and 
has lights. It's also travelling at one heck of a pace: the mail carts were 
known for their speed and they had to carry lights. That's all we have to 
go on.

That's all

RIP
Best
Rosemarie

At 02:35 PM 1/8/2009, you wrote:
>Rosemarie, I'm not sure why you're quoting Hardy's description of the mail 
>cart--I know it's a mail cart in the novel, but I'm not sure it's one in 
>the TV serial.  (Did you think I was referring to the original magazine 
>serial of TESS?)
>  ve to agree to disagree.
>
>Best,
>
>Paul