You know, I think that the one thing that JP did wrong in this whole scene was to make Marie turn back her ring. I'm with Jack on that one. I think it was too harsh.
I hope I didn't screw up your exams! I think banning Will was fair, since the party isn't going to be as big of a deal to him as to Isidore, Claire, and Marie.
I get Jack's reaction and his oomment. Fathers tend to stick up for their daughters. And in this case, he's pointing out that Marie has positive attributes too.
Well, an Odyssey is a big adventure, and adventures have mysteries....
I think the big question for Chartley is would he rather be the governor of Amboyna or back in England?
June 29, 2001
I sat at my dining room table, staring at the two signet rings in front of me. They sat there like two islands in the middle of an ocean, isolated and alone. The significance of their presence there was devastating, something that may have sent the average person into a tailspin, but I had learned over my sixty-five years to maintain my calm, cool veneer to the degree possible. My time in the academic world, which was in essence my entire adult life