The Death of Corinne (2009)
The Death of Corinne
“‘You crazy bitch. Prepare to die. She wrote the same thing three times. You crazy bitch. Prepare to die. You crazy –’ Lady Grylls tapped her lips with her fingers in a feigned yawn. ‘Goodness, how tedious . . . Are these the letters?’ ‘Yes. First – second – third,’ Jonson said, arranging them in order.
There was a pause as they read the first letter. ‘She clearly felt the overwhelming need to unburden herself . . . Her shrink couldn’t have been doing his job very well,’ Major Payne murmured... after a while.
‘Very interesting,’ Antonia said. ‘Sad too, in a way.’ ‘Do you think so? I don’t lack compassion, but I find it hard to be sympathetic to the Mrs Venableses of this world.’ ‘Totally potty,’ Lady Grylls said. ‘She calls Corinne a witch but it is she who sticks pins in the doll and asks Corinne if it hurts! Who is Mrs Venables, Hughie?’ ‘A monstrous matriarch whose son Sebastian dies an outlandish death.MoreLess
There was a pause as they read the first letter. ‘She clearly felt the overwhelming need to unburden herself . . . Her shrink couldn’t have been doing his job very well,’ Major Payne murmured... after a while.
‘Very interesting,’ Antonia said. ‘Sad too, in a way.’ ‘Do you think so? I don’t lack compassion, but I find it hard to be sympathetic to the Mrs Venableses of this world.’ ‘Totally potty,’ Lady Grylls said. ‘She calls Corinne a witch but it is she who sticks pins in the doll and asks Corinne if it hurts! Who is Mrs Venables, Hughie?’ ‘A monstrous matriarch whose son Sebastian dies an outlandish death.MoreLess
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