![]() Another feature that defied belief was that he managed to do so much in only one week, and other examples were cited from Daphne du Maurier's books where an awful lot seems to have been achieved in an incredibly short space of time. We talked about how the other characters, i.e., Jean's family, were introspective and self-absorbed (which might have helped facilitate the deception), and how difficult a task it was for John to sort out their identities and preoccupations. ![]() Belief had to be suspended in the idea that no one except Jean's mistress and his dog recognised the deception, especially since there was hardly any time interval between Jean leaving and John returning to the château. St Just Thursday Evening Reading Group 4th December 2019.Įveryone enjoyed reading this book, though the chief comment was that the impersonation of Comte Jean de Gue by his lookalike John was not really credible in the circumstances, not least because the Comte was French and John was English. ![]()
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