Word: seraphim
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...breaking through' and asserting itself. Often the last kick of indomitable individuality is against the accepted meaning of words, it is none the less a kick even if it misses its mark, like the legendary old lady who had always been under the impression that Cherubim and Seraphim were 'man and wife like Sodom and Gomorrah...
...third of Quebec's 3½ million, missing the daily 7 p.m. episode of Un Homme would have been as unthinkable as substituting English for French. Listeners hissed Miser Seraphim Poudrier as he added to his $70,000 hoard and forgot to mention his avarice at confession. They sent gifts to his wife, Donalda, symbol of saintly suffering. These two main characters are so real that in Quebec "Seraphim" now means "miser," and good Catholics are "as saintly as Donalda...
...whose opinion of the mayor is divided, Grignon is more unbelievable than Seraphim. He struts through the village, strikes poses for tourists or opponents. But he has an eye for new scenes or faces. He mines his town for plots and characters for Un Homme...
...scribbles the next episode, he acts out the lines, snarling like Seraphim, whimpering like Donalda. He insists on working alone. "I have but one friend in all this world," says he, striking a John Lewis pose. "If you want strength, you must live alone. The real puissance . . . the real force, comes from having no friends...