New Page #31!
Wake up, sleeping beauty!
If I'd known it was *you*, I'd have done my hair!
April 19th, 1775 is one of the most significant dates in American history. Though Independence wouldn’t be declared for over a year, on this day the first shots were fired on the Lexington Green and there was no turning back: there would be a war between America and England.
Mike and I visited Lexington and Concord on a visit to Massachusetts a few years back, and you can read about our trip if you want. But if you want a substantial read on the subject, please pick up Paul Revere’s Ride. David Hackett Fischer is easily my favorite historical writer. He writes the way my mind works–following every rabbit down its hole and yet doesn’t lose track of what he’s talking about in the midst of all that exploration. He flushes out his subjects and events so completely that you can see them from angles you’ve never looked at them before, which makes his approach holistic in a way very few history books are.
As always, VOTE to preview the next page!
Hahahahahaha!!!!! I’m dying of laughter for two main reasons: 1: Alan’s line about Sam. And 2: I feel so sad for Bea right now….She’s already seen Alan in his “jammies”…and she doesn’t even remember it!
It’s funny that after all this time they’re STILL addressing each other as “Mr. Warren” and “Miss Whaley” even though there’s no one else there to act “proper” in front of. Well, unless you count the dog, and I doubt HE gives a rats arse!
that was normal. It was simple manners to call each other “Mr.” “Mrs.” or “Miss” even after years of knowing each other. it was only “proper” to call realitives by their given names…Even John still calls Bea “Miss Whaley”
Oh, well, I’m obviously no expert on what were correct forms of address back then, but I’m still a bit surprised that Alan didn’t exclaim “Beatrice!” instead of “Miss Whaley”. I know I would if she showed up at MY place unexpectedly in the middle of the night! Manners or no manners.
Just curious. How would you have addressed Nathan or Joseph if they ever suddenly showed at YOUR place like that? I mean, considering how you feel about them. Be honest, now!
Oh, and Lafayette, to. Mustn’t forget HIM!
Oh gosh, don’t mention Lafayette!
If I were to meet Nathan, Lafayette or Joseph, I would scream their name and then glomp them! Of course I would wan their autograph!
hehe! ^///^ Honestly if it were the middle of the night….I’d either faint or scream their name then tear them a new one about waking me up….then glomp them and never let go <3
Thought so. lol Now in MY case, if a “fetching” young woman wearing 18th century clothing suddenly arrived at my place in the middle of the night and breathlessly said that British troops were marching on Lexington and Concord my first words would probably be “Huh, wait, WHAT?!”. Then I’d start looking around for the hidden cameras! That is, IF I was still in the 21st century. If it turned out I’d been transported to the 18th I’d be too stunned to say anything else at first! After that I guess I’d just do what she said until I could figure out what’s going on.
Well, I think got a little bit of my answer today. xD. I was out antiquing with some friends, and one of them pointed out this plate – simply because they noticed the redcoat. Amy, my best friend, walks over there while I’m still looking at something and goes: “T-thats Nathan Hale!” And I’m not proud of the sound I made…I’m really not. My other friend said that my reaction was how she’d imagine I’d react if Nathan came back from the dead and got down on one knee. xD….If it was that bad, I can’t imagine how I’d act if he actually did show up at my door….
are you british?
Eto—this page looks really familiar, like dejavu. Did you do a sketch of this scene several years back or am I dreaming?
you’re not dreaming. or if you are, I’m having the same dream, because I seem to remember a sketch of this floating around at some point.
Love his bachelor’s pad. My only nitpick is that the dog would have started barking before Bea banged on the door. Not as good for drama, I’m sure, but no self-respecting dog would allow anyone to get that close to his master without raising the alarm. (though I notice his tail is wagging…I suppose he’s met Bea before?)
There was a voting incentive or a sneak peek on Deviant Art or that other site that I can’t remember the name of. Because I *do* remember this one :D
My guess is that Flip is more of a dog-dog than a watchdog or guarddog.
I had the same thought…though I’ve had dogs who wouldn’t have barked before the banging on the door, but they certainly would have been barking like mad after (even if they knew the smell on the other side). Alan’s dog is oddly quiet.
And you guys aren’t dreaming…I think the sketch you remember was linked in one of the comments from Wednesday because someone saw this coming. :)
http://comic-chic.deviantart.com/gallery/852104#/d1cqofd this sketch?
Whatever-the-dogs-name-is has definitely met Bea before!
You are *definitely* not dreaming! We’ve seen this before years back when it was a wee lil’ sketch! Oh wow! I’m too tired to do a reaction face now so maybe later in the evening when I’m “better rested”. :P
@Lora: For naming the dog it would help if we knew it’s gender.
It wouldn’t let me get close enough to find out.
I do, however, suspect that Alan’s bachelor pad lifestyle would be cramped if it were a she.
Then to be safe we’ll just have go with something that’s “gender neutral”.
How about “Powder”, from that sketch that everybody’s talking about. Anyway, the dog seems to be the right color for it.
Hey, that’s a good name…seems like something he would pick, anyway. (in my alternate dreamerverse now, Eb is the one who tried to get it named Flip)
I was trying for something that just sounded “old-fashioned”.
So, reading between the lines from the comments last time, and reading up on Lexington and Concord, I’m guessing Bea fictionally fits into the supposed role of Margaret Kemble Gage? (Regarding British plans…)
In any case, I think it’s cool that Bea seems to be remembering stuff from her past in the 1700s. At least, it looks like she’s actually recognized Dr. Warren, and is sort of surprised by that.
Well, Dr. Warren responded to his name being called. That was a good sign that he was the right man!
Was Margaret Kemble Gage a spy, or did she just go around raising the alarm like Sybil Luddington? Or did she do both?
Not like Sybil Luddington, no.
As for the rest, it depends on which historian you talk to.
I just looked her up. The name “Gage” should have been a clue but I figured it might have just been a coincidence. She was in an interesting situation, no matter how you look at it.
So I have just spent the evening reading about the suburbanization of Roxbury and about how the famous hero of Bunker Hill lived there and then I check the dreamer page update and there Roxbury is again! I think it maybe stalking me…
I am really curious as to what Bea is doing there. I’m sure it will be good from a writer’s pov. Probably not good from her POV.
ha ha, I peeked out driving through modern-day Roxbury, though… it’s not exactly a picturesque little country side town these days…!
Welp, kind of a simple page today. I tend to think the dog would be barking at some point, but I digest….
Bea looks absolutely beautiful today. Well done.
That VI is totally making me think of a gender switched Gone With The Wind. Fortunately, I won’t do that for the…
INCENTIVE CAPTION!!
Alan: “But Beatrice, I can change!”
Beatrice: “I’m sorry, Mr. Warren, but I simply can’t love a man who eats nothing but tea cosies!”
HA! There should be a mini-parody titled “The Adventures of Alan Warren and Tea Cosies”.
And now we’re back to tea cosies again! So does this mean the “Toga” craze is about done?
As long as Joseph is “around” it will NEVER end!!!
That depends on how you define “around”, but then you DO still intend to eventually clone him, don’t you? Ah, the Hammy Even Lets Loose with it! Toga! Toga! Toga!
Ah, Cosies Really Are Pretty….
Hah, good one! But I’m afraid resistance is futile.
Yay! I’ve been waiting for this story! SO excited!
lol – even though it was shown in the thumbnail pic, I STILL jumped when it was Beatrice standing there when Alan opened the door.
:)
WOW!
I love everything about this update!!!!!!! XD
I love this page, meta and otherwise. XD And I can feel that chilly draft from here, Alan! Brrrrrr!!! lol
Haha oh no Alan is caught in his pj’s how undignified!! Can’t wait for the next update!
ha ha, I know. Not his finest moment.
Definitely not! Also, A proper, well brought up young lady should NOT be alone and unchaperoned at that time of night in a house with a man in his nightshirt. Why, it’s scandalous! Heaven forbid her parents ever find out, because then Bea will be SO grounded!
Yeah, her dad might actually have to get involved if he knew about *this*…
That’s right. Even if nothing actually happened Bea’s father would probably go after Alan with a blunderbuss if he ever found out that she was in such a “compromising” situation with him!
I mentioned the blunderbuss because it’s pretty much like a sawed-off shotgun. Mr. Whaley would want to make sure he’d hit his target, because NOBODY is gonna have HIS daughter in such a compromising situation and get away with it! Naturally Alan is concerned for Bea’s safety with her being out alone at this time of night, judging from his expression in the VI, but thoughts of an angry gun-toting father can’t be far from his mind at this moment!
PSYCHE! I, for a few brief moments, thought this was the point where Warren actually wakes from his illness! LOL! I could tell by the setting when I got into the page, that I was mistaken! LOL!
I’m curious about what’s so urgent!
Sorry for falling to lurking again…I have been following the comic diligently however!
Dude should also pick up his place a little. You never know when a lady is going to come over, and they don’t like a messy bachelor pad. They like a dude with style. Who’s put together, and has a clean place.
But then again, step one is getting them to come over. And this guy did it in his sleep. WTF!?!
Yeah, really, how DOES he do it?
I think it’s the orchard farm. Chicks dig the orchard farm.
Could it be something in the apples themselves?
Ah yes, the apples! I think you’ve hit the nail on the head!
The secret to dating women is to own an apple orchard! Ladies love fresh apples.
You boys are so silly. It’s the long hair, good manners and six pack.
*LIKE*
I must say, though, that Bea is looking quite fetching today, both on this page and especially in the VI. But then she somehow always does, in BOTH centuries and in ANY situation. Even after flopping around in the dirt while evading cannon fire she STILL managed to look good! Weird, huh? Just sayin’.
My dad is from Massachusetts so we go up periodically to visit. We’ll be going in APRIL, but a little early.
However, even though I’ve been to Lexington and Concord multiple times, visiting just depresses me now because we always went with my grandparents and now that my grandmother is gone…
I have nothing to add other then I LOVE “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Fischer. Seriously my absolute favorite monograph and I’ve read a LOT of them (I’m currently getting my master’s in history).
Gah, I meant to post this on today’s update… fail.