The Aunt's Story

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by Patrick White

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Part 2, chapter 8 - "Is he not beautiful?" Mrs Rapallo said. "As beautiful as a chauffeur." Since when are chauffeurs beautiful?

Liz Since describing them as that got you a Nobel prize for Literature!

Unanswered Questions (3)

I assume Holstius is an invention, but is his name based on anyone or anything in particular?

Were there no bedroom doors in the hotel? Is that an unusual arrangement?

Part 1, chapter 2: "Light yawned out of the hins, and from the yellow thickets of the gorse..." "Hins"?

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