The Jane Austen Series: Emma LbNA #4591 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Clueless  |
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| Plant date: | Jun 15, 2003 |
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| City: | ??? |
| County: | Bucks |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | ??? |
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| Last found: | Aug 15, 2008 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFam |
| Last edited: | Dec 1, 2015 |
***CONFIRMED MISSING DECEMBER 2009; PLAN TO REPLACE IN 2010***
The Jane Austen Series: Emma
Allow 30 minutes.
For background on this series see the letterbox entitled “The Jane Austen Series: Jane Austen”.
In “Emma” word games provide entertainment, but also repeatedly help Emma get herself – and others! – into trouble. I hope to put them to better use here.
First, a charade from “Emma” so you know how it works:
MY FIRST DISPLAYS THE WEALTH AND POMP OF KINGS,
LORDS OF THE EARTH! THEIR LUXURY AND EASE.
ANOTHER VIEW OF MAN, MY SECOND BRINGS,
BEHOLD HIM THERE, THE MONARCH OF THE SEAS!
BUT, AH! UNITED, WHAT REVERSE WE HAVE!
MAN’S BOASTED POWER AND FREEDOM, ALL ARE FLOWN;
LORD OF THE EARTH AND SEA, HE BENDS A SLAVE,
AND WOMAN, LOVELY WOMAN, REIGNS ALONE
The first two lines describe the word “court”; the next two describe the word “ship”. The second stanza describes what you get when you put the words together (“courtship”). Got it? Rest assured, mine are a lot easier; I’m an accountant, not a poet.
So, here’s where you start:
MY FIRST IS TO FEEL LONGING OR YEARN
MY SECOND BETWEEN HILLS, AN AREA THAT’S LOW
MY WHOLE IS THE NAME YOU DISCERN
A COVERED BRIDGE TO WHICH YOU SHOULD GO!
OK, on a technicality, when you get the name it’s still two words, but it's not easy to put seven letterboxes in the same county and connect them all to Jane Austen in some way. Anyway, go to this place; there’s a parking lot at the park there.
After parking, go stand here:
MY FIRST IS A DRAMATIC PRODUCTION
MY SECOND, TO BE CRUSHED BY FRICTION
MY WHOLE IS FOR CHILDREN’S RECREATION
From roughly the center, take a trail at approximately 280 degrees (thanks True Indigo & RGBisMe). At the first split in the trail, take the trail to the right, and go for a walk upstream. Just beyond a large downed tree, spy a trail to the right and take it to a large field. Notice two benches off to the right – can’t you just picture Emma seated here with her parasol? With a nod to the benches at the very idea, continue to the far end of the field to a dirt road. Enjoy the natural canopy on this road, but watch for what was formerly a tree of three very near the road on the left. From there, take about 18 steps at 290 degrees, stopping at some tree remnants. Here you should look for:
MY FIRST IS A MESSAGE THAT’S WRITTEN
MY SECOND’S A CONTAINER WITH LID
MY WHOLE WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SMITTEN
WHEN YOU HUNT FOR ONE THAT’S BEEN HID
Inside you will find the answer to Mr. Weston’s riddle: “What two letters of the alphabet are there that express perfection?”
When you’ve solved this great mystery, you may continue along the road until your surroundings look familiar.
The Jane Austen Series: Emma
Allow 30 minutes.
For background on this series see the letterbox entitled “The Jane Austen Series: Jane Austen”.
In “Emma” word games provide entertainment, but also repeatedly help Emma get herself – and others! – into trouble. I hope to put them to better use here.
First, a charade from “Emma” so you know how it works:
MY FIRST DISPLAYS THE WEALTH AND POMP OF KINGS,
LORDS OF THE EARTH! THEIR LUXURY AND EASE.
ANOTHER VIEW OF MAN, MY SECOND BRINGS,
BEHOLD HIM THERE, THE MONARCH OF THE SEAS!
BUT, AH! UNITED, WHAT REVERSE WE HAVE!
MAN’S BOASTED POWER AND FREEDOM, ALL ARE FLOWN;
LORD OF THE EARTH AND SEA, HE BENDS A SLAVE,
AND WOMAN, LOVELY WOMAN, REIGNS ALONE
The first two lines describe the word “court”; the next two describe the word “ship”. The second stanza describes what you get when you put the words together (“courtship”). Got it? Rest assured, mine are a lot easier; I’m an accountant, not a poet.
So, here’s where you start:
MY FIRST IS TO FEEL LONGING OR YEARN
MY SECOND BETWEEN HILLS, AN AREA THAT’S LOW
MY WHOLE IS THE NAME YOU DISCERN
A COVERED BRIDGE TO WHICH YOU SHOULD GO!
OK, on a technicality, when you get the name it’s still two words, but it's not easy to put seven letterboxes in the same county and connect them all to Jane Austen in some way. Anyway, go to this place; there’s a parking lot at the park there.
After parking, go stand here:
MY FIRST IS A DRAMATIC PRODUCTION
MY SECOND, TO BE CRUSHED BY FRICTION
MY WHOLE IS FOR CHILDREN’S RECREATION
From roughly the center, take a trail at approximately 280 degrees (thanks True Indigo & RGBisMe). At the first split in the trail, take the trail to the right, and go for a walk upstream. Just beyond a large downed tree, spy a trail to the right and take it to a large field. Notice two benches off to the right – can’t you just picture Emma seated here with her parasol? With a nod to the benches at the very idea, continue to the far end of the field to a dirt road. Enjoy the natural canopy on this road, but watch for what was formerly a tree of three very near the road on the left. From there, take about 18 steps at 290 degrees, stopping at some tree remnants. Here you should look for:
MY FIRST IS A MESSAGE THAT’S WRITTEN
MY SECOND’S A CONTAINER WITH LID
MY WHOLE WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SMITTEN
WHEN YOU HUNT FOR ONE THAT’S BEEN HID
Inside you will find the answer to Mr. Weston’s riddle: “What two letters of the alphabet are there that express perfection?”
When you’ve solved this great mystery, you may continue along the road until your surroundings look familiar.