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Angliholic  +  814208 Fri, 10 Jul 09 08:14 PM
Stunned by his awful loss, John Paton's reason almost gave way for a time.

 

 

Hi,

Is it correct to interpret the bolded part in the above as "Paton almost lost his reasom once" and "for a while he was almost unreasonable?" Thanks.
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Yankee  +  814257 Fri, 10 Jul 09 09:14 PM

It suggests to me that Paton was close to losing his mind for a while.
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