As so often happens, you voice approval of exactly the things I was trying to accomplish. If all the world was as on my wavelength as you are, I’d be a many-times best-seller.
To say Jane had gone ‘over the edge’ could have different interpretations. If you meant moving past complete mental stability, I wouldn’t agree; if you meant it in the sense of ‘crossing the line’, no argument at all. What she did was not good, not remotely so, hence Giles’s reaction (which she clearly anticipated) … but it was utterly understandable, and I don’t know if I could have acted with as much restraint in her position.
It was, indeed, a shame. This woman, as I drew her, had so much in common with Giles in terms of temperament, self-control, analytical nature, even a limited knowledge of the supernatural. Knowing the tragedy he had so recently faced, it would be natural to cheer the possibility that he had found a kindred soul, for however brief an interlude … but that possibility had been wiped off the board before they ever met, and she knew it, and would never for a moment have made any other choice.
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Date: 2014-08-11 07:29 am (UTC)To say Jane had gone ‘over the edge’ could have different interpretations. If you meant moving past complete mental stability, I wouldn’t agree; if you meant it in the sense of ‘crossing the line’, no argument at all. What she did was not good, not remotely so, hence Giles’s reaction (which she clearly anticipated) … but it was utterly understandable, and I don’t know if I could have acted with as much restraint in her position.
It was, indeed, a shame. This woman, as I drew her, had so much in common with Giles in terms of temperament, self-control, analytical nature, even a limited knowledge of the supernatural. Knowing the tragedy he had so recently faced, it would be natural to cheer the possibility that he had found a kindred soul, for however brief an interlude … but that possibility had been wiped off the board before they ever met, and she knew it, and would never for a moment have made any other choice.