When confronted by Lavinia about his flirtations over the Ouija Board, John insists that ‘the affair was quite above-board, I assure you, my love’. Bring out the pun in John’* statement.
Elsie Brown makes a beautiful use of ‘pun’ in John’ statement. Through the clever or humorous use of the word ‘above-board’ the author explains John’ stand. When confronted by Lavinia about his filtrations over the Ouija board, John insists that the affair was quite ‘above-board’. It means that he didn’t hide or conceal anything and he played above the board. The second meaning is that he was not flirting with Helen on the Ouija board and actions and motives were honest and legal.
