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From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Peter Wimsey Question
Message-ID: <165@zinfandel.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 12:47:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 23 12:47:24 1984
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In article <655@pyuxqq.UUCP> nosmo@pyuxqq.UUCP (P Valdata) writes:
>Once again my Latin fails me.  What are Peter and Harriet saying 
>near the end of Gaudy Night, when he asks "Placetne, Magister?"
>and she replies "Placet!"  Is it from a quotation or are they just 
>being ultra-scholarly?

Here is a translation (remember, Peter has been pestering Harriet to
marry him)
	Placetne, magister?		Does it please you, Mistress?
	Placet!				It pleases me.

In other words, she finally accepts his proposal.  I think 'magister'
is an inaccurate quote;  It means 'master' and is the term used by
those with degrees to address one another (in Latin); the feminine
form escapes me.
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