"The difficulty of explaining romance to a 7-year-old is nothing compared to the difficulty of explaining the 'romance' of a darkened room and candles- especially if the 7-year-old has associated candles to explosions and blackouts her whole life." --Baghdad Burning

According to The Family Romance of the Impostor-Poet Thomas Chatterton (Louise Kaplan, 1987), he had just written a political article supporting Lord Mayor Beckford & which had been accepted for publication when the lord Mayor died. Scribbled on the back of a manuscript are the computations: "Lost by his death on this Essay-- 1 (pound) 11 (shillings) 6 (pence); Gained in Elegies [which he promptly wrote on Beckford]-- 5 (pounds) 5 (shillings) 0 (pence). Am glad he is dead by 3 (pounds) 13 (shillings) 6 (pence)." (p. 168)