Flight of the Heron read-along: Part I chapters 3-4

[regshoe]

I have just finished reading a Mary Renault novel and feel, predictably, absolutely awful about it. Time to distract myself with some Jacobites!

Next week we'll finish Part I with chapters 5 and 6.

Comments

[ethelmay]

The business about "parole" kept reminding me of Antonia Forest's The Thuggery Affair: "But Jukie stiffened: to Patrick's astonishment he looked genuinely insulted. 'You weren't listening, noddy-boy. I said parole.' " In other words, he had really promised and it was a matter of honor.

[owl]

And we know AF was familiar with Broster; the twins read TFotH!

[cahn]

Ohhhh, I hadn't realized that! (Well, I wouldn't have recognized the name when I first read the Marlowe books...)

[regshoe]

Antonia Forest!—I've been meaning to read the Marlowes books for ages. FotH references sound like another good reason to do so...