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Vidya Zarqa and others , Thanks to the post I am somewhat closer to understanding the story (:-) "What intrigues us and keeps us guessing after reading is what exactly was the nature of the relationship between the boy and the priest?" Pertinent to this question was the doubt fuelled by the sentence "It was that chalice he broke... That was the beginning of it. Of course, they say it was all right, that it contained nothing, I mean. But still... They say it was the boy's fault. But poor James was so nervous, God be merciful to him!' " What exactly is the implication of breaking the chalice ...... me thinks me missed the whole point here ...... moreover who is the 'boy' in fault here ....... experts , help !!! i seem to be sinking (:-))) "I felt annoyed at discovering in myself a sensation of freedom." He's annoyed because to Why the sense of freedom ? Was the price paid by the boy this feeling of being comfined by the priest (which gives him this sense of lightness , freedom ........) Again what was the meaning of the boy dreaming that the priest was 'confessing' to him ...... Zarqua , you had written "Its because the sisters are the ones who lived with the priest, knew his secrets, knew him well >>enough to call him by his first name. Their insight is the direct rival to the lack of insight of the boy (and we readers) as to what the priest was really about, what he was sick of, how his sickness was manifest. " But I got the feeling that the boy knows something more about the priest , his guilt than anyoneelse knew . Something that was left unsaid to the readers . Maureen , I had started this mail before i got yours (about things left unsaid and hypocrisy) So I am now going to go back to the story ..... Anyway , I am waiting for your more_later mail (:)))i |
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