This exchange between Emma and "The Tenant" is hilarious.
Do you have an obscure fact regarding cartography that would catch the attention of a man whose only other interest is the sweet pea?
I PRESUME THAT WAS A SERIOUS QUESTION?
It was.
THE HEREFORD MAPPA MUNDI IS ORIENTED TO THE EAST. PERHAPS A COMMENT ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS? IF HE IS AN ENTHUSIAST, ANY USE OF THE WORD MAPPA MUNDI SHOULD WORK IN YOUR FAVOUR.
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FAR BE IT FROM ME TO PRY INTO YOUR PERSONAL BUSINESS, BUT ARE YOU CERTAIN THIS IS A MAN YOU WISH TO IMPRESS?
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He is moneyed, with a good deal in the funds, three country estates, and would spend his life consumed by cartography and the sweet pea, thus proclaimed an eligible candidate. Alas, not for me, but my cousin, a reality I fully accept.
USE THE WORD THEORY IF YOU CAN. MEN WHO THINK THEY KNOW A GREAT DEAL FIND SATISFACTION FROM THE WORD.
THE VERY LITTLE I KNOW ABOUT YOUR LIFE EXHAUSTS ME.
Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 2 (2019). Emphasis is mine.