Hello!
I beg your pardon and your indulgence in a question of a peculiar literary nature. In Bram Stoker’s “Lair of the White Worm” there is a vignette that does not ring true to me. It begins:
“As she spoke she pointed to where one of the heavy springs was broken across, the broken metal showing bright.”
And ends:
“So soon as this was done, Adam took some tools from his uncle’s carriage, and at once began work on the broken spring. He was an expert workman, and the breach was soon made good.”
I would think a truly broken spring, enough to show the “broken metal showing bright” would have to be removed and replaced or, minimally, re-forged. For context, the story was published in 1911.
I would appreciate any insight you might have into this topic.
Lair Of The White Wyrm 