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Oh, Edmund, can it be true? That I hold here, in my mortal hand, a nugget of purest green?
— Blackadder · 1983
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Percy's enthusiasm is indestructible. Having failed to make gold, he treats an ordinary colour as a new precious material and promotes himself from failed alchemist to pioneer. The grandeur of the announcement is what makes it work: he has not changed the result, only invented a more flattering way to describe it.
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In context
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In ‘Money’, the fourth episode of Blackadder II (1986), Percy tries to solve Blackadder's financial crisis by making gold. He removes the lid from his alchemical vessel and triumphantly reveals a green substance. Blackadder points out the obvious problem, but Percy recasts the failure as a historic discovery. His pride survives even this new name for what he has produced, and he later attempts to turn it into jewellery.
Sources (2)
- Money — episode subtitle transcriptBlackadder II — Money; quoted conversationReference checked
- Blackadder II — WikiquoteMoneyReference checked
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