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Date Posted: 18:09:34 09/12/09 Sat
Author: Carla
Subject: Chatper 87 "Good Night Moon"

A waning gibbous moon


September has gone and October come, and still no word from Casey. Now October is drawing to a close, and Pamela is beginning to believe that Casey has simply chosen to never return. She's reading a book in Jamie's study one night, when the bell rings and Jamie says it's for her. She opens the door to find Casey there. He asks her to go for a walk and she agrees. They are awkward and unsure of each other and a painful quiet descends over them as Casey takes Pamela for a car ride. He takes her to a deserted, tumble-down cottage outside Belfast, a place he says is neutral territory.

Casey talks about the relationship between the English and Irish and how neither have ever understood the other. This leads to talk of their own issues and Casey reaches out his hands to her, and Pamela lays hers in his, bridging the gap between them. He asks her, as his da did his mam, "will you grow old with me" and Pamela turns the question back to him. Casey says he will, and that though he's failed to keep the promise of their wedding night in the past, he's making it again and will keep it this time.

Outside the cottage, they look to the stars and Pamela recites the text of "Good Night Moon" as a blessing on the night. They kiss and then go home together.

Do you think Casey has realised by the end of this chapter that Pamela is pregnant?
Why did he wait until the very end of his alloted time to come for Pamela?
Did his admission that he'd made a mistake in walking out help heal the wounds? Would they have been able to have a whole relationship if he'd simply said he forgave Pamela for her transgressions?
Why did Pamela not apologise? She broke her wedding promise as well?

Epilogue

David is at Kirkpatrick's Folly in the daylight for the first time. He goes to the servant's entrance and Maggie lets him in, directing him to the study. There, he finds the room neat and tidy, with a single sheet of paper propped against a full whiskey bottle, a silver ring around the bottle's neck. On the paper, two words "Gone Fishing".

Did this little tidbit surprise you?
Has David really been called home as he told Pat, or is he just going farther undercover?
Is David working for the same group as Jamie?
Why do you think Jamie chose this time to disappear?

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