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As I remember, the relevant passage has an English professor saying that a roaming lion might cause some "mayhem".
The point was that, if one thinks that Mayhem in 1912 can only mean injury and not widespread chaos and injury, then Edgar Rice Burroughs was saying that the English professor was afraid to get a "boo boo" and therefore Burroughs was making fun of any Englishman whose name is not Greystoke.
The last I looked at it, it wasn't so clear cut or clear clawed. I'll look it up and post it. It should make for some fun and mayhem.
The point was that, if one thinks that Mayhem in 1912 can only mean injury and not widespread chaos and injury, then Edgar Rice Burroughs was saying that the English professor was afraid to get a "boo boo" and therefore Burroughs was making fun of any Englishman whose name is not Greystoke.
The last I looked at it, it wasn't so clear cut or clear clawed. I'll look it up and post it. It should make for some fun and mayhem.
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