British pluck. Tommy thinks Tuppence is dead, but he soldiers on bravely. She, earlier, thought he was dead, but . . . The missing documents are still missing. Julius (the American) is looking more and more like Mr. Brown. A photo Antoinette, the French maid at the place where Tommy was nearly killed, shows up in Julius's drawer. Plodding Tommy just might save the day. Great fun, but the characters aren't quite real. We're supposed to believe Tommy and Tuppence, without admitting it, are truly and deeply in love. Yet when one thinks the other dead, it's a bit like they've lost a favorite pen. The plotting of the story, though, is quite amazing--I'm assuming AC can pull it off. My guess is that Julius is, in fact, Mr. Brown.
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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