Re: The game is afoot. -- When SH said it, [the game] was the Perp?

On 2024-06-21 23:47, Tilde wrote:
> HenHanna wrote:
>>
>> The game is afoot.
> 
> Henry V, Act III, Scene I
> 
> I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
> Straining upon the start. The game’s afoot.
> 
>>               When SH said it, [the game] was the Perp?
> 
> Yes, but...
> 
>> WHY, then, today we often think of it as:
>>
>>             [The fun match has started] ?
>>
>>   [The Game] as   a board-game, a friendly match....
>>                (a competition, a fun activity)
>>                              something  to be played?
>>
>> Did the meaning of the [game] change?
> 
> As a law enforcement detective type, Holmes not
> only means by game the Perp where game means a
> hunter's quarry , but can also mean whatever
> scheme the Perp has in play. In a philosophical
> sense it is also The Game.

I always took it to mean the entire interaction/contest between the 
detective and perp.

-- 
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