Okay, so my suspected bad guy turned out to be the bad guy--but it was fine. Better to have him than to pull some villain out of a rabbit's hat. Jane Finn is an astonishingly loyal girl, but that's also necessary for the plot. Question now (for me) is whether Tommy and Tuppence get married. I'm guessing NO, because the "we pretend we're not in love" partnership is more free-wheeling. I'll know by tomorrow!
"To all humankind, Tess was only a passing thought. Even to friends, she was only a frequently passing thought." Angel Clare is a good character. He's "enlightened," in so many ways, but when Tess's confesses her "crime," he reverts to ancestral form . . . Tess's "confession" comes earlier than I expected, right after Angel reveals that he has had a bad moment with a woman. Tess points out the similarity in their transgressions, though his is the only true transgression, expecting forgiveness. She doesn't get it. She returns to her mother . . . realizes she can't stay with her. Thoughts to suicide. Unhappiness that divorce is not possible. Departs. Tragic in that the two, if Angel could just see clearly, would indeed be a great couple, each adding to the other. Nature as a definite force involved in the tragedy. It's not neutral--when things go bad, the very skies mock Tess. Tess as unaware of the power of her bea...
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