"Her mind became like a machine out of work—rusty, creaking, difficult to set going."
— Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Richard Bentley and Son
Date
1889
Metaphor
"Her mind became like a machine out of work—rusty, creaking, difficult to set going."
Metaphor in Context
Ruth on her side was vaguely aware that she did not give satisfaction. The small talk, the perpetual demand on her attention, the constant interruptions seemed to benumb what faculties she had. Her mind became like a machine out of work—rusty, creaking, difficult to set going. If she had half an hour of leisure she could not fix her attention to anything. She, who in her grandmother’s time had been so keen and alert, seemed to have drifted, in Mrs. Alwynn’s society, into a torpid state, from which she made vain attempts to emerge, only to sink the deeper.
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Provenance
Contributed by Suzanne Morgen searching GoogleBooks
Citation
Cholmondeley, Mary. Sir Charles Danvers. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. Link to GoogleBooks
Date of Entry
11/26/2009
