Angels And Absences: Child Deaths In The Nineteenth Century - Plot & Excerpts
There may not be many such children in English literature, but their number will be increased if we include the fools. The fool, too, is shrewd to observe and privileged to speak, and his shrewdness, like the child's, is not of the ordinary sensible kind. Paul when alive belongs in this tradition: he is the comic child with a touch of fantasy and more than a touch of bluntness, who functions as naive satirist, his satiric themes being money, education, and childhood. Sitting with Mrs. Pipchin in front of the fire, he is very like the child who sees that the emperor is naked: Once she asked him, when they were alone, what he was thinking about. "You," said Paul, without the least reserve. "And what are you thinking about me?" asked Mrs Pipchin. "I'm thinking how old you must be," said Paul. "You mustn't say such things as that, young gentleman," returned the dame. "That'll never do." "Why not?" asked Paul.
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