Winter:
snow in the mountains and the north;
ever-green susin but cold winds in Gray;
torrential rains leaving occasional rainbows around St. Li.
Susin:
"A mat of mossy, intensely green plants squeezed out any possibility of forest." (2)
-copied from here.
After the rain, Tabitha and Philippe:
see white light from the full moon, Morgana;
hear booming surf;
smell leaf, soil and sea;
feel warm, gritty sand under bare feet, then other sensations as she tells him:
"'You're my first. I was always waiting for you.'" (p. 589)
The inevitable contrast: Dornford Yates' early twentieth century heroes and heroines are celibate or monogamous.
-copied from here.
After the rain, Tabitha and Philippe:
see white light from the full moon, Morgana;
hear booming surf;
smell leaf, soil and sea;
feel warm, gritty sand under bare feet, then other sensations as she tells him:
"'You're my first. I was always waiting for you.'" (p. 589)
The inevitable contrast: Dornford Yates' early twentieth century heroes and heroines are celibate or monogamous.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteAlso, recall my suggestion that one reason some were celibate for non-religious reasons in the early 20th century was simple PRUDENCE. There were no cures or truly workable treatments for sexually transmitted diseases circa 1910-30. Syphilis alone was a widely dreaded killer in those days.
Sean
Sean,
ReplyDeleteI am glad to have lived through an era of such great change.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteBut not all of them were good changes!
Sean
Sean,
ReplyDeleteNo but it is our responsibility to make changes for the better, not for the worse.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteThat is the ideal. But I expect both good and bad changes to happen.
Sean