Atonement Part 2 Flashcards
it was the unexpected…
detail that threw him afterwards and would not let him go
severed cleanly…no sign of blood or torn flesh.. it seemed to be on…
display for their benefit or enlightenment: this is a leg
So which way, Guv’nor?…
they called him that to settle the difficult matter of rank
he intended to survive…
he had one good reason to survive
when they shut their eyes…
they saw those mutilated bodies
no letters from her…
no way back
he had been diagnosed, with clinical precision…
as morbidly over-sexed, and in need of help as well as correction
this moment had been imagined and…
desired for too long and could not measure up
he had shrunk…
in every sense. Prison made him despise himself.
the gesture had to…
carry all that had not been said
Cecilia had not spoken to her parents, brother or…
sister since November 1935 when Robbie was sentenced
they chose to believe the…
evidence of a silly, hysterical little girl
they encouraged her…
by giving her no room to turn back
I’m beginning to understand the…
snobbery that lay behind their stupidity
I believe…
in you completely
