Dance girl in NYC. Visitor comes in and dances with her, living his wife upstairs to watch. Girl is sad for the girl--bad sign for the marriage. She arranges for the girl to come down and win a dance contest. Her boss is angry--the prize cup is NOT to leave the premises. Husband realizes that his wife is great and decides to hustle her out of NYC so he doesn't lose her. Our dance girl decides to return to her husband, a man from the very town the couple had come from. Sentimental in the extreme 3/5
February 1895 (Alice died in 1892) Money problems, jealousy of Wilde; time spent with Lord Wolseley1; off to Ireland to lick his wounds; Irish unrest--Irish landlords boycott all social events; much time spent with manservant Hammond (homosexual attraction again); fancy dress ball, appalling to James, who is only happy in company of Hammond, though Hammond remains a servant and no more; little girl alone on the grounds--inspiration for Turn of the Screw?; conflict with Webster who alludes to Wilde's successful play and HJ's failure; Wolseley was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army . He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, West Africa, and Egypt, followed by a central role in modernizing the British Army in promoting efficiency. He served in Burma, the Crimean War , the Indian Mutiny , China, Canada and widely throughout Africa—including his Ashanti campaign (18...
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