A small empty wooden dinghy floats in front of an immense dark swell.

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Patsy

Well, what am I supposed to do if you die?

— Absolutely Fabulous • 1992

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker asks how they would cope if the person addressed were to die. The question brings the possible loss into personal terms, focusing on the life that would remain afterward. Its force comes from uncertainty about carrying on without someone who matters to them.

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