I love Ewen's remark in Ch V, 'Then our wishes coincide, my Lord, which is gratifying.' Ewen has obviously learned his snark from the best, ie Keith.
Ch VI is the only one in the book which doesn't really work for me, and never has. It's too similar to Ch II. Same location, same dynamics, just ramped up. Oh, well.
The procession of memorable aides-de-camp continues. The exquisite one in Ch VI always makes me smile - she has a way of nailing a minor character without going into endless detail.
Captain Greening being womanish - well, that's unfortunate by the standards of a hundred years later. Either it's a product of her time, or it's internalised misogyny, or, and this is my preferred possibility, he's based on an officer she knew. Most British officers in WW1 were excellent (and their very high casualty rates had consequences in the somewhat humdrum nature of senior officers in WW2) but there would always be bad apples.
Here's hoping things calm down for you, regshoe! Not a great time of year for things to go bad. Thank-you for keeping up with the posting.
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Ch VI is the only one in the book which doesn't really work for me, and never has. It's too similar to Ch II. Same location, same dynamics, just ramped up. Oh, well.
The procession of memorable aides-de-camp continues. The exquisite one in Ch VI always makes me smile - she has a way of nailing a minor character without going into endless detail.
Captain Greening being womanish - well, that's unfortunate by the standards of a hundred years later. Either it's a product of her time, or it's internalised misogyny, or, and this is my preferred possibility, he's based on an officer she knew. Most British officers in WW1 were excellent (and their very high casualty rates had consequences in the somewhat humdrum nature of senior officers in WW2) but there would always be bad apples.
Here's hoping things calm down for you, regshoe! Not a great time of year for things to go bad. Thank-you for keeping up with the posting.