tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560183633564910142.post5985477469214167705..comments2015-08-28T07:55:52.765+01:00Comments on Greyling Bay: The Quality Of MercyJane Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560183633564910142.post-36066195364558190392009-04-20T23:17:00.000+01:002009-04-20T23:17:00.000+01:00Faith – a really interesting development for Carm...Faith – a really interesting development for Carmelle! I had some ideas for her myself but think her interest in Darius (which I would never have thought of) is entirely plausible- though maybe the new sheets are a bit previous - ?! My only real issue is the point about Laura which I read (perhaps wrongly?) as an authorial comment and which jars a little with me when we are in Carmelle's point of view. Still enjoyable, though! Ali BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560183633564910142.post-79404281296268839972009-04-08T18:14:00.000+01:002009-04-08T18:14:00.000+01:00Ooh, I love this! As the person who brought Carmel...Ooh, I love this! As the person who brought Carmelle to Greyling Bay, I love that you've done this with her, though I hadn't expected it. I always knew I had little respect (though some impatient sympathy) for poor deluded Carmelle and now she's proved me right. On the other hand, she doesn't deserve to be treated as carelessly as she surely will be by the bearded one. Maybe I'll have to rescue her from his grasp. (Douglas, you haven't won me over to DB yet!)Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560183633564910142.post-22337751516604372762009-04-03T18:57:00.000+01:002009-04-03T18:57:00.000+01:00Oops, sorry Douglas! It's probably an age thing - ...Oops, sorry Douglas! It's probably an age thing - when I was sixteen or so I'd have thought a poet was the last word in romance, so I expect he's used to his students having crushes on him. Nowadays getting cornered in a pub by a poet would be a signal for a very large Jameson's!Nicola Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076176253820195827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560183633564910142.post-23897881450156650922009-04-03T16:16:00.000+01:002009-04-03T16:16:00.000+01:00Oh, Nicola. I protest. Methinks you are too harsh ...Oh, Nicola. I protest. Methinks you are too harsh on our Darius... a laugh and a racconteur and a drinker (sometimes drunk) and a bull if angered... but I assure you he is no cad... he has a heart and a soul. (didn't you read 'Cor-Blimey Corinne'? There's a poet in our Darius, and a poet's sensibilities).<BR/><BR/>Besides, characters don't have to be clearly black or white... as with people, they can shift. Darius is also fun to be with... I think he would call Carmelle, Caramel, like the toffee wot sticks in your teeth.<BR/><BR/>Well done, Faith. <BR/><BR/>DDouglas Brutonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03758881615859415262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560183633564910142.post-51636771489990599712009-04-03T12:14:00.000+01:002009-04-03T12:14:00.000+01:00Love it, Faith, but I think Carmelle's on a hiding...Love it, Faith, but I think Carmelle's on a hiding to nothing with Darius who seems a bit of a cad. <BR/><BR/>And maybe Frances and Mercy could get together with Gwen - and not for bingo or an old folks' outing either, that's not Gwen's style!<BR/><BR/>NickyNicola Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076176253820195827noreply@blogger.com