CAUGHT IT FROM ME

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#314433 Fri, 12 Jan 07 04:48 PM

Hi friends,
I would like someone explain to me these sentences (capital letters) I have found on the John Steinback's "Travels with Charley":
'Then I lay deep in hot water in the tub and I was utterly miserable, AND NOTHING WAS GOOD ANYWHERE.
Charley CAUGHT IT FROM ME, but he is a gallant dog.'

Does it means that Charley would like to "catch" a bath too?
Thanks in advance, jo.

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nona the brit

#314440 Fri, 12 Jan 07 05:07 PM

I don't see how you can 'catch' a bath.

It may be referring to something else entirely that was mentioned earlier (I'm thinking of a skin disease or something) but if it can only be from within this quote then maybe he caught that miserable feeling - but that contradicts gallant really. I honestly think that you need to look at the wider context and find something earlier in the text.

nona the brit

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The name says it all.

Marius Hancu

#314542 Fri, 12 Jan 07 08:06 PM

The only possible connection I see based on the para presented:

I was utterly miserable, (and)
Charley CAUGHT IT [the state/disease of feeling miserable] FROM ME

Marius Hancu

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