It's starting to unravel. Carreyou gets a tip from Alan B. (ethical lab director who quits) that things aren't right. Alan is afraid to take on E.H. He doesn't have the money and he's turned over all his files the Theranos. But he talks. Carreyou is intrigued. He goes to Phoenix to talk to doctors. The more he digs, the more he discovers that the wonder invention isn't so wonderful after all. Feels a little like All the President's Men or Spotlight now. Very exciting.
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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