I think that the reason that I like Patrick is that I don't take him very seriously all the time. I liked the discussion about which cathedrals "you can keep" or "we'll have back". That struck me as sardonic humour rather than priggishness. As for Jukie's death, I need to look this up, but doesn't he consult a priest for advice about Jukie's state - or at least plan to do so? I need to look that up, but it didn't strike me that the death left him untouched - rather the reverse. As for Ann, I like the description of her as "gay and recollected" and "swinginf her hat" after going to Early Communion. And I think that plot line was sound about her view of the escapade to France. Giles is risking his youmger brother's career as well as his own - and we got a very sympathetic picture of the mother and her predicament after the play.
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I liked the discussion about which cathedrals "you can keep" or "we'll have back". That struck me as sardonic humour rather than priggishness.
As for Jukie's death, I need to look this up, but doesn't he consult a priest for advice about Jukie's state - or at least plan to do so? I need to look that up, but it didn't strike me that the death left him untouched - rather the reverse.
As for Ann, I like the description of her as "gay and recollected" and "swinginf her hat" after going to Early Communion.
And I think that plot line was sound about her view of the escapade to France. Giles is risking his youmger brother's career as well as his own - and we got a very sympathetic picture of the mother and her predicament after the play.