From Brig o' Dread when thou mayst pass
Apr 14, 2005
There are as many reasons for getting scurvy as there are people with scurvy.
Comments
on 2005-04-14 17:44:50.0, ac commented:
I noticed at some point that it was a common move in a Margaret Atwood plot for a character to give herself scurvy in order to appear very ill, for sinister manipulative reasons. I know this happens in The Robber Bride. Somewhere else too.