T: Nuns and Soldiers (1980)

IM was 61yo, married 24yrs 

inspired by Henry James "Wings of the Dove" [etext] Tim and Daisy = Densher and Kate

nine numbered sections, 105? unnumbered subsections

characters 1,039,435
words 188,647

 To Natasha and Stephen Spender

 

1959

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Munch print T35

 'There is only one nun and no soldiers at all.'

👨Guy Openshaw, 44yo, dying of cancer
💂Piotr Wojciech Szczepanski, 'the Count'
👩 Gertrude, Guy's wife
👰Anne Cavidge, ex-nun
👦Tim Reede, unsuccessful artist
👧Daisy, Tim's girlfriend

Balintoy

Gerald Pavitt

Stanley Openshaw,  Janet

T11: One 'Wittgenstein?'
T12: Through the door
T13: The Count, it should be explained
T14: As a child the Count
T15: When the Count was over thirty
T16: The Count stood at attention
T17: 'Would you like anything?
T18: Manfred put his head
T19: Veronica Mount
T1: The Count would have liked
T1: There is a gulf fixed
T1: The Count  went into the kitchen
T1: While the count was listening
T1: It was the next morning
T1: Anne Cavidge  sat
T1: 'Is that all
T1: By this time, back
T1: 'I wish you had seen
T1: Just outside the partly
T21: Two  Time had passed
T22: It was the day
T23: 'It was the Count
T24: Tim Reede was mooching
T25: 'Bloody baked beans
T26: 'You mean you're short
T27: The bell rang
T31: Three  Tim Reede
T32: About four
T33: It was twilight
T34: Gertrude too
T35: Tim's first feeling

Munch print (not startled??)
T36: UNEXPECTED SNAG
T37: When he awoke, Gertrude
T38: Lying on her bed
T39: 'I wish you had
T3: Tim Reede awoke. He
T3: They spent the morning
T3: Tim Reede awoke. Joy
T3: Gertrude was sitting
T3: 'Gertrude! Oh
T3: About the time
T3: Tim entered
T3: 'So Tim Reede just
T3: What's happened
T3: 'Goodbye
T41: Four  'Well, and how
T42: 'We're the official
T43: Tim and Gertrude
T44: 'It's Mary
T45: 'You didn't
T46: The Count was sitting
T47: The Count did sleep
T48: 'You mean you want
T49: Gertrude had said
T4: 'So yer back
T4: Everything began
T4: Lying naked
T51:Five It was done
T52: 'When you leave
T53: Jesus Christ came
T54: It was at this point
Anne woke up
'How is your
'Well, I think
'Anne-- I have just
The Count had spent
It was evening
Anne rang the bell
'Have you been to
Tim entered humming
'Oh Time
T61: Six  'What a bore
T62: Tim had arrived
T63: 'He took money
T64: 'All the same
T65: 'I don't like
T66: Dear Tim
T67: 'Well, who wrote
T68: Tim and Daisy were
T71: Seven 'The rocks
He felt that he needed
On the fifth morning
Anne Cavidge lay
Gertrude knocked
'How's Anne
How exactly
A letter did come
'Marie
As Tim gazed
Tim might as well
When Tim woke
Tim had taken
Suddenly and
Vigilant Anne
'Come on
'But you're hurt
'You're telling it
T81: Eight  Anne was following
T82: The Count lay sleepless
T83: Tim was standing
T84: The Count came into
T85: 'Anne, my dearyou there

Polish pope [wiki]
T91: Nine  'Why did
T92: 'Have you got
T93: Anne Cavidge was sitting

'Were
? /Oh Anne