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• I'm off to the post office, but I had to post quickly to say that the pic up there is exactly how I imagined the place they were kept. Good call, Mahri!! *g* (NT) -- Lil, 09:44:07 07/20/09 Mon
  • I'll second that - it's just as I imagined it, Marilyn! (NT) -- Elaine, 11:48:55 07/20/09 Mon

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• I'm right there with you, the banter between Casey and Jamie is always a high point in the books for me. How can one not enjoy the interaction between two characters we love so much? The undercurrents of the third person in the form of Pamela, are always there and create that intense love triangle that I crave, yet infuriates me at the same time! (NT) -- Denise, 10:17:17 07/20/09 Mon

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• For all the uncertainty and danger, I love this chapter. I think it was good for Casey and Jamie to truly spend some time together and learn a little more about each other besides the stereotypes of Rich Bastard and Fenian Bastard :) I thought it very telling that both men revealed a little of their hearts and souls to each other. I LOVE Nora, as well. She is the epitome of the strong, capable, unflappable woman who is as tough as nails but with a soft heart under it all. I felt she "couldn't" read Casey's tea leaves as she didn't want to reveal what she'd seen in them. I think Casey believed the same thing, that she'd seen an early and violent death for him and simply didn't want to say it out loud. Given what we know of Casey's future, what do you think she saw? (NT) -- Carla, 11:16:44 07/20/09 Mon
  • In this case, I think no news is probably bad news, so Nora held back on commenting on Casey's future. (NT) -- Denise, 12:18:05 07/20/09 Mon
    • I was just wondering if she saw his time on the prison ship, the loss of their first babe, his time in the U.S., etc. We do know that while Casey & Pamela have some heartbreak and really tough times, they also have some good, so why wouldn't she have mentioned that? She told Jamie there was heartbreak but happiness in the end. Or did she see something in Casey's future that has yet to be revealed to us? (NT) -- Carla, 13:02:58 07/20/09 Mon
      • I was wondering if she actually read them or did she not want to, afraid of what she'd see. We know she took his cup but she then rubbed her eyes and said she was too tired - so I just wondered if she actually saw anything at all. I think mostly I don't want there to be any 'fatal' foreshadowing where Casey is concerned *g* (NT) -- Mahri, 13:13:57 07/20/09 Mon
        • Sometimes I think I will just write two separate endings, and the Casey girls will have to get the green book and the Jamie girls will have to get the gold book- or whatever colour Leprechauns in a Barrel of Whiskey turns out to be. :) (and yes, I am joking about that final title, but it's how my friend Rhonda and I refer to the 'last book'.) (NT) -- celtgirl, 14:52:46 07/20/09 Mon
          • I like that idea of two endings! Hey, that title has a ring to it :) (NT) -- Tracy, 16:23:58 07/20/09 Mon
      • I know a certain person who is qualified to answer that question, but know she won't! (NT) -- Denise, 13:14:18 07/20/09 Mon
        • No, she won't- to be honest Mr. Riordan dictates his own storyline and I never know which twists and turns the boyo will choose to take, so I don't make too many hard and fast decisions about his storyline. (NT) -- celtgirl, 14:47:17 07/20/09 Mon
  • LOL- 'Rich bastard and Fenian Bastard'- I may have to use those terms. (NT) -- celtgirl, 16:14:06 07/20/09 Mon
    • I could just picture Jamie and Casey muttering such insults almost as compliments about each other. It really is a delicate balance between them, with Pamela on a point in between and their feelings for her (and hers for them) colouring all their interactions. (NT) -- Carla, 19:53:35 07/20/09 Mon

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• CINDY I have a few simple questions regarding the last few chapters and was hoping for a wee response. The poem about Maude - is that from Yeats, or written by Jamie, or just something fitting you added to conclude the chapter? I always knew of Jamie's love of poetry, but only recently made the connection to Jack Stuart, so now I'm looking at certain things in a different light. (Was the identity of Jack Stuart revealed in past EU discussions - I don't recall?) Also, and this is silly, but would Nurse Browning have come by her name out of respect for a certain skater we both admire? (NT) -- Denise, 13:12:53 07/20/09 Mon
  • Do you mean the poem Losing Maude, Denise? Because I wrote that myself, so I guess we could attribute it to Jack Stuart- it was just something I had in my head that I wanted to put in the book- well, actually parts of the chapter grew out of the poem, rather than the reverse- and it could have been something running through Jamie's head post-abortion. I hope that's the poem you were asking me about. As to Nurse Browning, alas, dear Kurt did not cross my mind during her naming. :) And yes, Jack Stuart's real identity has come up in previous discussions. (NT) -- celtgirl, 14:46:08 07/20/09 Mon
    • Yes, of course that's the poem. It always amazes me how a writer has the storyline told to him or her in unusual ways. I simply can't recall the business about Jack Stuart being Jamie, which is scaring me coz I know I'm becoming more forgetful, but this is a rather important detail to have erased from one's mind! Very scary! I could maybe claim it was the first discussion which I only eavesdropped on occasion, but still.... (NT) -- Denise, 16:16:12 07/20/09 Mon

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• I absolutely thorougly enjoyed the conversations between Jamie and Casey in this chapter in particular. It's one that I re-read often. I'm not sure what it is about it but it's just 'nice' to see them together united in something and on friendly terms and it seeming to enjoy each other's company. (NT) -- Tracy, 16:25:52 07/20/09 Mon
  • Dreen often says that some of her favourite bits are when Casey and Jamie are in a scene together- even when they are furious with one another, I think they have an honesty together that is refreshing to them both- under different circumstances they might have made good friends. Really, in my mind I do think of them as friends, despite the love triangle. (NT) -- celtgirl, 16:34:14 07/20/09 Mon
    • Love triangle? I never picked up on that. (NT) -- Elaine, 16:38:35 07/20/09 Mon
      • Just referring to the fact that Casey knows his wife and Jamie have very strong feelings for one another. I do think of them as a triangle, I can't really separate one man out from the tangle of emotions that exist in various ways between these three people. Not to say that might not change as the story rolls on. (NT) -- celtgirl, 16:41:26 07/20/09 Mon
        • Cindy, you silly girl, I was being facetious! I should have put a little ;-) at the end. (NT) -- Elaine, 17:30:10 07/20/09 Mon
          • Sorry, I am not quick on the uptake today- I'm going through some odd cycle of insomnia and it's making me rather stupid in daylight hours. :) (NT) -- celtgirl, 17:35:27 07/20/09 Mon
            • You're not stupid! And please, no apology. I can truly appreciate the effects of insomnia. If only I had put that little wink at the end of my post. (NT) -- Elaine, 18:10:12 07/20/09 Mon