Page 502
We all suffer in our different ways from being prisoners of birth.
This brilliant line finnally appears!
7/05/2009
He couldn't afford to commit anything to paper...
That's on Page 352, and on Page.
Yet he kept detailed files for his three antagonists on the shelf of his study.
Yet he kept detailed files for his three antagonists on the shelf of his study.
the rich get rich
Isn't this novel in a sense a story in which the rich get rich by their privileged education and the aid of those bankers?
7/04/2009
Alex
Page 212
Last but two paragraph:
Alex bowed his head as if in prayer, and spoke a few words that neither Danny nor anyone else present could hear:'I will clear your name so that you may finally rest in peace.'
But after that he seemed to forget all about his promise at the graveyard, and did nothing until Beth came for his advice on Page368, and even then he advised Beth to let Danny go. His original words on Page 371:
'You are a young and beautiful woman, Beth, with rare qualities that Danny recognized. But don't you think the time has come to move on? It's six months since Danny's death.'
What an inconsistent man!
Last but two paragraph:
Alex bowed his head as if in prayer, and spoke a few words that neither Danny nor anyone else present could hear:'I will clear your name so that you may finally rest in peace.'
But after that he seemed to forget all about his promise at the graveyard, and did nothing until Beth came for his advice on Page368, and even then he advised Beth to let Danny go. His original words on Page 371:
'You are a young and beautiful woman, Beth, with rare qualities that Danny recognized. But don't you think the time has come to move on? It's six months since Danny's death.'
What an inconsistent man!
6/29/2009
Anything wrong here?
Bottom line of Page 300
Danny was admiring a portrait of the founder of the modern Olympic Games when the door opened and the present holder of the title entered.
Danny was admiring a portrait of the founder of the modern Olympic Games when the door opened and the present holder of the title entered.
6/24/2009
At last Danny met a competent solicitor
who didn't forget what should have been common sense for a professional
6/22/2009
before he didn't
P240
There was a knock on the door. It was still going to be a little time before he didn't leap up and stand at the end of the bed and wait for the door to be opened.
I have never met such structure as 'before he didn't', is there any special meaning? Are you emphasizing the courtesy of the porter?
There was a knock on the door. It was still going to be a little time before he didn't leap up and stand at the end of the bed and wait for the door to be opened.
I have never met such structure as 'before he didn't', is there any special meaning? Are you emphasizing the courtesy of the porter?
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