The quotation is given as the epigram of ear;ier editions of Volume 2 of
Kendall and Stuart and is:
"You haven't told me yet," said Lady Nuttall, "what it is your fianc\'e
does for a living."
"He's a statistician," replied Lamia, with an annoying sense of being on
the defensive.
Lady Nuttall was obviously taken aback. It had not occurred to her that
statisticians entered into normal social relationships. The species, she
would have surmised, was perpetuated in some collateral manner, like
mules.
"But Aunt Sara, it's a very interesting profession," said Lamia warmly.
"I don't doubt it," said her aunt, who obviously doubted it very much.
"To express anything important in mere figures is so plainly impossible
that there must be endless scope for well-paid advice on how to do it.
But don't you think that life with a statistician would be rather, shall
we say, humdrum?"
Lamia was silent. She felt reluctant to discuss the surprising depth of
emotional possibility which she had discovered below Edward's numerical
veneer.
"It's not the figures themselves," she said finally, "it's what you do
with them that matters."
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On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Duffy, John wrote:
> It came back to me - can't remember where it is though - in one of the vols
> of K&S?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duffy, John [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 11 December 2002 12:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: query: citation error?
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> Isn't it just two anagrams of versions of Kendall's name?
>
> So undoing (anagrammatising) lamia gurdleneck gives maurice g kendall
> and KAC Manderville gives Mavrice Kendall.
>
> Wasn't there an anagram of stuart as well?
>
> -John
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Stewardson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 11 December 2002 12:39
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: query: citation error?
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>
> Dear All
>
> This is intriguing, can you supply the original quotation please?
>
> > Try anagrams - Clearly Maurice George Kendall comes out of 'The Undoing of
> > Lamia Gurdleneck - K A C Manderville'. I'm not sure about what remains.
>
> Note that Maurice Kendall = K A C Manderville, if you allow for u = v
>
> Did either Stuart or Kendall have a sense of humour?
>
> Regards
> Dave Stewardson
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