He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an andedna -- all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.

[HenHanna]

(His wife and daughter were both named Edna.)

(They left him.)


He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an
andedna,
all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.


(from the context) ----------- What is [andedna] ???

[Carl G.]

(His wife and daughter were both named  Edna.)
      (They  left  him.)
          He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an
andedna,
          all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.
(from the context) -----------  What is  [andedna]  ???

Possibly it's a play on the word "addenda". It may be a portmanteau of
"and Edna".

[HenHanna]

Post by Carl G.

(His wife and daughter were both named  Edna.)
      (They  left  him.)
          He never noticed their absence; they had each given him an
andedna,
          all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.
(from the context) -----------  What is  [andedna]  ???

Possibly it's a play on the word "addenda". It may be a portmanteau of
"and Edna".

thanks... that makes sense.

Post by Carl G.

       He never noticed their absence; they had both given him
andedna,
          all he wanted, all he would ever want, from them.

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this great Palindromist was a perfectionist...

When he noticed a flaw in his typescript,
which he worked on for 30 years:

He...
carried it across to the open grate, and flung it
on the fire. It was typed on sheets of
di-olullectical acit-celluloid, and therefore was consumed
immediately.


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