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10. The dismissal of Charles Walker. And how Lomax’s grudge towards Stoner got to get out in the open
I applaud Stoner for sticking to his opinion of Walker. The student is so clearly opposed to everything he stands for, that he doesn’t even fit a second feel the temptation to give in. Regardless of consequences. That he doesn’t get support from Edith for being a man of integrity makes it even sadder.
— Mar 20, 2026 07:23AM
I applaud Stoner for sticking to his opinion of Walker. The student is so clearly opposed to everything he stands for, that he doesn’t even fit a second feel the temptation to give in. Regardless of consequences. That he doesn’t get support from Edith for being a man of integrity makes it even sadder.
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…in the soft light of late afternoon her face seemed young and unlined. If i had been stronger, he thought; if I had known more; if I could have understood. And finally, mercilessly, he thought: if I had lived her more. As if it were a long distance it had to go, his hand moved across the sheet that covered him and touched her hand. She didn’t move;…
— Mar 28, 2026 01:55AM
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16. Retirement
’My God, Bill,’ Finch said. ‘Why didn’t you tell me?’
— Mar 28, 2026 01:26AM
’My God, Bill,’ Finch said. ‘Why didn’t you tell me?’
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And the sense of his loss, that he had for so long dammed within him, flooded out, engulfed him, and he let himself be carried outward, beyond the control of his will; he did not wish to save himself. Then he smiled fondly, as if at a memory; it occurred to him that he was nearly sixty years old and that he ought to be beyond the force of such passion, of such love .
— Mar 26, 2026 05:48PM
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Stoner came to realize that she was […] almost happy with her despair; she would live her days out quietly, drinking a little more, year by year, numbing herself against the nothingness her life had become. He was glad she had that, at least; he was grateful that she could drink .
— Mar 26, 2026 05:36PM
Eric Maas
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15. Gracie expecting, marrying the poor sod because Edith ‘s decided after overcoming her initial hysteric shock, leaves for St. Louis and is being widowed because the sod goes off to fight Japan…
Slightly confused that Stoner doesn’t draw a line here like with Walker and Lomax; Edith is so obviously wrong with her radical, all too forward solution. Still, with her, Stoner complies…
— Mar 26, 2026 10:43AM
Slightly confused that Stoner doesn’t draw a line here like with Walker and Lomax; Edith is so obviously wrong with her radical, all too forward solution. Still, with her, Stoner complies…
