Have His Carcase: Chapters 16-18

[miss_eponine]

I'm fairly certain I've got the chapter headings right this time, so there will be no more wrong chapter recap shenanigans.

Comments

[shinyopals]

Harriet's internal about-Peter monologue cracks me up in this book. Always rationalising and denying and thinking about other things.

And her telling Henry Weldon where to shove it, however frightened, is a scene I totally love! :D

[miss_eponine]

Yes. Her "Ooh, Peter on a horse. Yum." thoughts are hilarious.

The first time I read these books, I knew that they ended up together, and I thought it was fairly obvious, especially in this book, that she was falling in love with him long before she realized it.

[rabidsamfan]

One of the things I love about this book is the way that there are so many layers to peel back about the mystery. And watching Peter and Harriet do the peeling, of course.

With the benefit of Hindsight, I wonder if Harriet doesn't pin down her first real stirrings of "this could actually work" to the bit on the beach with the horse. She doesn't finally twig til Gaudy Night, of course, but there's definite promise in that scene!

[nineveh_uk]

Definitely one of the moments (I like that Harriet's horse is bigger and fiercer than Peter's!). Though I'd also add the moment that she can't believe any woman would choose Henry Weldon over Peter Wimsey, and that she thinks Weldon must be amazingly deluded and egotistical (which in fact he is) to imagine that a woman who was sleeping with Peter would want to go to bed with Weldon. Actually, looking back on it, I'd think Harriet would have to pin her having at least a bit of physical interest in Peter really quite early!

I do wonder what Peter thinks he is playing at with proposing to Harriet and talking about kissing her the afternoon of the morning on which they've had an almighty row and he's said how much he hates having to make a joke of his feelings. I can only presume that he doesn't want her to think he has gone off her!