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Beagle’s A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE.
MarkBaynard: “The grave’s a fine and private place. But none I think do there embrace.” Andrew Marvell
Abby_Donovan: According to Mr. Beagle, Marvell was wrong.
MarkBaynard: How so?
Abby_Donovan: Because in the novel his characters learn to embrace both life and death and to realize it takes one to give the other meaning.
MarkBaynard: Is that what you believe? That life has more meaning because it’s finite?
Abby_Donovan: I sense a note of skepticism.
MarkBaynard: I’m just not convinced the poor schlub who ends his life puking his guts out in a hospital trash can would agree with you.
Abby_Donovan: What about you? What do you believe?
MarkBaynard: That life has meaning simply because it’s … life. You don’t have to go out and wrap your BMW around a tree to find the value in it.
Abby_Donovan: Where does that leave death? Is it without meaning?
MarkBaynard: There are meaningful deaths. And there are absurd and utterly meaningless deaths. Unfortunately, you don’t get to choose which one you get.
Abby_Donovan: Unless you’re Sylvia Plath.
MarkBaynard: Is that why you have an electric oven? Less temptation?
Abby_Donovan: If I had my choice of overdramatic writer deaths, I’d prefer to walk into the water with my pockets full of rocks like Virginia Woolf. You?
MarkBaynard: Death of choice? Choking to death on a Krispy Kreme. Unless “none of the above” is an option.
Abby_Donovan: Only if you’re a vampire. Which brings us back to Spike. Buffy or Faith?
MarkBaynard: Which brings us back to that threesome.
Abby_Donovan: Throw in Drucilla and you could make it a foursome.
MarkBaynard: I’ve always been more of a one-woman man myself. That’s how I ended up marrying my high school sweetheart when I was only 22.
Abby_Donovan: You know, it just might be bad form to talk about your ex-wife on a first date.
MarkBaynard: Oh, I don’t know. You never know when you might be interviewing your next ex-wife.
Abby_Donovan: How long were you married?
MarkBaynard: 9 years, 11 months and 17 days. Saved me from having to buy an expensive anniversary gift.
Abby_Donovan: Yeah, divorce lawyers are SO much cheaper. Were you the proverbial couple who got married too young?
MarkBaynard: Probably. By the time I was ready to grow up, she was ready to grow apart.
Abby_Donovan: Any kids?
MarkBaynard: A son. Dylan. He’ll be four in November.
Abby_Donovan: I knew it! That’s why you and Tinky Winky and Biff the Bunny are BFFs, isn’t it?
MarkBaynard: Ah, Biff and his beloved hedgehog Henry/ Henrietta. Their unrequited love is truly one for the ages. As long as the age is 3.
Abby_Donovan: Is your son named after Bob Dylan or Dylan Thomas?
MarkBaynard: Dylan from 90210. If we had twins I was going to name them Brandon and Brenda.
Abby_Donovan: Is he traveling with you?
MarkBaynard: No. He’s with his mother at the moment. I hope to see him soon. So have you ever taken a stroll down the aisle?
Abby_Donovan: No. I was going steady for a while after I came to New York but he broke up with me before I could make him Mr. Abigail Donovan.
MarkBaynard: Threatened by your meteoric rise to fame?
Abby_Donovan: Turned out he preferred artists of the starving variety. Dumped me for a sculptor in Soho who had never even had a show.
MarkBaynard: What did she sculpt?
Abby_Donovan: Mostly plaster casts of his penis.
MarkBaynard: Specialized in miniatures, eh?
Abby_Donovan: Now I KNOW I’m falling in love with you.
MarkBaynard: Did he break your heart?
Abby_Donovan: In his defense, I’m not sure I ever really gave it to him. I prefer to keep it in my safe deposit box at the bank.
MarkBaynard: Let me guess. You sleep with the key under your pillow.
Abby_Donovan: I’m beginning to think I might have lost it. Permanently.
MarkBaynard: I know this fabulous locksmith. I’ll give you his number someday …
MarkBaynard: We’re the last ones left in the cafe and I believe
MarkBaynard: “The grave’s a fine and private place. But none I think do there embrace.” Andrew Marvell
Abby_Donovan: According to Mr. Beagle, Marvell was wrong.
MarkBaynard: How so?
Abby_Donovan: Because in the novel his characters learn to embrace both life and death and to realize it takes one to give the other meaning.
MarkBaynard: Is that what you believe? That life has more meaning because it’s finite?
Abby_Donovan: I sense a note of skepticism.
MarkBaynard: I’m just not convinced the poor schlub who ends his life puking his guts out in a hospital trash can would agree with you.
Abby_Donovan: What about you? What do you believe?
MarkBaynard: That life has meaning simply because it’s … life. You don’t have to go out and wrap your BMW around a tree to find the value in it.
Abby_Donovan: Where does that leave death? Is it without meaning?
MarkBaynard: There are meaningful deaths. And there are absurd and utterly meaningless deaths. Unfortunately, you don’t get to choose which one you get.
Abby_Donovan: Unless you’re Sylvia Plath.
MarkBaynard: Is that why you have an electric oven? Less temptation?
Abby_Donovan: If I had my choice of overdramatic writer deaths, I’d prefer to walk into the water with my pockets full of rocks like Virginia Woolf. You?
MarkBaynard: Death of choice? Choking to death on a Krispy Kreme. Unless “none of the above” is an option.
Abby_Donovan: Only if you’re a vampire. Which brings us back to Spike. Buffy or Faith?
MarkBaynard: Which brings us back to that threesome.
Abby_Donovan: Throw in Drucilla and you could make it a foursome.
MarkBaynard: I’ve always been more of a one-woman man myself. That’s how I ended up marrying my high school sweetheart when I was only 22.
Abby_Donovan: You know, it just might be bad form to talk about your ex-wife on a first date.
MarkBaynard: Oh, I don’t know. You never know when you might be interviewing your next ex-wife.
Abby_Donovan: How long were you married?
MarkBaynard: 9 years, 11 months and 17 days. Saved me from having to buy an expensive anniversary gift.
Abby_Donovan: Yeah, divorce lawyers are SO much cheaper. Were you the proverbial couple who got married too young?
MarkBaynard: Probably. By the time I was ready to grow up, she was ready to grow apart.
Abby_Donovan: Any kids?
MarkBaynard: A son. Dylan. He’ll be four in November.
Abby_Donovan: I knew it! That’s why you and Tinky Winky and Biff the Bunny are BFFs, isn’t it?
MarkBaynard: Ah, Biff and his beloved hedgehog Henry/ Henrietta. Their unrequited love is truly one for the ages. As long as the age is 3.
Abby_Donovan: Is your son named after Bob Dylan or Dylan Thomas?
MarkBaynard: Dylan from 90210. If we had twins I was going to name them Brandon and Brenda.
Abby_Donovan: Is he traveling with you?
MarkBaynard: No. He’s with his mother at the moment. I hope to see him soon. So have you ever taken a stroll down the aisle?
Abby_Donovan: No. I was going steady for a while after I came to New York but he broke up with me before I could make him Mr. Abigail Donovan.
MarkBaynard: Threatened by your meteoric rise to fame?
Abby_Donovan: Turned out he preferred artists of the starving variety. Dumped me for a sculptor in Soho who had never even had a show.
MarkBaynard: What did she sculpt?
Abby_Donovan: Mostly plaster casts of his penis.
MarkBaynard: Specialized in miniatures, eh?
Abby_Donovan: Now I KNOW I’m falling in love with you.
MarkBaynard: Did he break your heart?
Abby_Donovan: In his defense, I’m not sure I ever really gave it to him. I prefer to keep it in my safe deposit box at the bank.
MarkBaynard: Let me guess. You sleep with the key under your pillow.
Abby_Donovan: I’m beginning to think I might have lost it. Permanently.
MarkBaynard: I know this fabulous locksmith. I’ll give you his number someday …
MarkBaynard: We’re the last ones left in the cafe and I believe
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