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OMG.

Not sure how I feel thus far.

...the breeze twirled in on itself, picking up the cut grass on the road, spinning a confused chicken around a few times, then straightening back out.

This has been a difficult read for me thus far.

Classic -- Sophia gets pelted between the eyes with a dog turd thrown by a street urchin.

More references to Wilkie Collins - Sugar reading The Moonstone and her residence in Marylebone where Wilkie was born.

I would think that if Sugar is incognito in assuming the role of governess at the Rackham estate she would consider changing her name since she previous lead a famous life as a prostitute.

I'm clutching my pearls right now. Why Faber do you insist on repeatedly using the euphemism Cockstand?

With all the name dropping of Wilkie Collins I would assume Michel Faber is a fan.

Birth and death - what can be more monstrous than that? We like to deceive ourselves and call it wondrous and beautiful but majestic, but it's freakish, let's face it.

Magnificent. Back in Mumbai with old friends.

Re-reading one of my favorites.

Whoa. Did not see that coming.

End of second epoch - anxious to see what will happen. Wilkie Collins made me laugh last night with the "Narrative of the Tombstone"

Get well poor Miss Holcombe.

Licker = liquor Took me too long to figure that one out.

Smonk ignored the mule for the whore it was, off with the first little shit to put ass to it.

End of first epoch.