Theron Wolfe and Jan Svoboda converse. We are told what each says so it is not clear whose is the point of view (pov). A policeman addresses them respectfully as they leave the jail so the pov is not the policeman's. Then:
"Wolfe's Jovian form preceded him into the car." (p. 31)
"...him..." refers to Svoboda so the pov is his. However, the concluding sentence reads:
"He glanced at the profile beside him, sharp against the stars. Even as he watched, it stiffened with a resolution which, nourished, could become fanaticism. Wolfe almost declared what was really in his mind, but stopped himself." (p. 33)
Svoboda glanced at and watched Wolfe's profile: Svoboda's pov. "Wolfe almost declared...": sudden shift to Wolfe's pov.
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ReplyDeleteIOW, Wolfe almost told Jan Svoboda that he had been conniving with Jan's father. It was probably wise of Wolfe not to have done so because a complicating factor would have been introduced that might have upset everything.
Sean