Hey gang,
It's been a few weeks since we've seen Collinsport's greatest strutting popinjay, "kvelling" for the benefit of Maggie Evans. I wonder what punishments Diabolos has in store for Nicky B. (who, screwed up Big Time with the Adam and Eve experiment/fiasco)?
Maybe Diabolos has placed Nicholas in one of those cauldrons of boiling oil that were described in Dante's Inferno? However, in this case, Diabolos has Nicholas standing upside down in that cauldron of boiling oil. Of course, to twist the knife a bit more, so to speak, Diabolos has Angelique stirring Nicholas' cauldron with a canoe-sized paddle to insure maximum heat production.
Then again, perhaps Diabolos has Nicholas' arms and legs (not to mention other body appendages, which we won't go into) stretched out on the always dependable 12th century rack. For additional torture, Diabolos has installed one of those magical mirrors (just like the one Nicky had in the House by the Sea) for Nicholas' viewing "enjoyment."
Diabolos could possibly zoom into, say, a view of Maggie Evans on a recent date. How about a shot of Maggie and Barnabas walking hand-in-hand on a romantic stroll on the path leading to Widow's Hill?
I'm sure Nicholas would get a big thrill out of seeing Maggie and Willie Loomis enjoying a quiet, intimate dinner at Bob Rooney's Blue Whale Tavern: "Hey, Willie. Would you and Maggie like to 'supersize' those two bowls of clam chowder?"
But perhaps the most "heartening" scene for Nicholas to observe, would be to see Maggie in the back seat of Roger Collins' snazzy, striped 1966 Mustang. Not with Roger Collins, mind you. No, Maggie "canoodling" in the back seat of Roger's car with none other than Harry Johnson!
Of course, as Nicholas is witnessing this "happy" scene, stretched out on that rack, the sound of the late, great Harry Chapin is heard in the background, intoning his classic hit, "Taxi":
"We learned about love in the back of a Dodge. The lesson hadn't gone too far." ( Although, in this case, the lesson in the back of Roger's Mustang had gone to its full "completion.")
I think that Nicholas would have expressed Dr. Smith's frequent lament from "Lost In Space": "Oh, the pain!"
Can you think of any other diversions/games that Diabolos might have in store for Nicholas during his time of "penance"?
Bob the Bartender, who, like Jenny and Oliver in "Love Story," reminds you that: "Love means never having to say that you're sorry."