Jones getting political traction in SF. He continues to dominate his "flock" in ways that are hard to understand. He tells them who they can couple with, if they can split up, he takes their money, doesn't allow private accounts. Guyana settlement has started. The first group actually liked it . . . until Jones arrived. A feeling of living out a socialist dream in harmony with nature. Tough but ideologically satisfying. Jones, all this time, is becoming more paranoid. He pretends at one meeting to have poisoned everyone, speaks glowing of mass suicide, fears FBI and CIA. New West article paints damning portrait of the temple based on interviews with fallen away members. Jones decides it's time to go. The only politician who stays on his side is Willie Brown. The others go quiet. Attorney is Charles Garry of Black Panthers fame. "I'm like Perry Mason, only all my clients are guilty."
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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