I'm curious as to what you make of Mr. Mileson and Mrs. da Tanka's final exchange--about cow-parsley--and their respective thoughts that accompany it. A missed opportunity for connection/meaning amid a rather bitter encounter? And the possibility (my gut inference) that the five-pound cheque (not a five-bob note) on the mantelpiece will consequently remain uncashed? As the story ends I sense something of new self-knowledge rather than diminishment.
I'm curious as to what you make of Mr. Mileson and Mrs. da Tanka's final exchange--about cow-parsley--and their respective thoughts that accompany it. A missed opportunity for connection/meaning amid a rather bitter encounter? And the possibility (my gut inference) that the five-pound cheque (not a five-bob note) on the mantelpiece will consequently remain uncashed? As the story ends I sense something of new self-knowledge rather than diminishment.