Hindsight
“I find it impossible to say. Take the question of Daisy O’Connell and the ultra-square sailor, about which Dobbs was to challenge me: that man existed, I know. He already figured in my vague picture of tea in the conservatory (a picture even less focused and organised than I have made Paul’s appear). Thinking about him I summoned up a memory of Daisy talking with animation about books in a mixture of French and English, but looking more haggard and twitchy than usual. I believe that is also true, but admit that it might well be a product of my desire to create some sort of personality for her which I could then offer to Dobbs. With my after-knowledge I felt I could assume that the man she was talking to was one of the many conscript servicemen who compensated for the grind and desolation of their new life by stepping up whatever cultural interests they may previously have had—the audience for whom Connolly founded Horizon. The square sailor looked the part, so I put him in.
The de...tails of conversation are obviously yet more dubious.MoreLess
The de...tails of conversation are obviously yet more dubious.MoreLess
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