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Originally Posted by issybird
I dunno; I could argue the opposite. The near-strangulation was unconscious, but the deception at the airport was deliberate betrayal, and when he was already on probation in effect.
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Yes, but she'll also learn of his paralysis, and that will help put the betrayal in context as a result of the addictive drug, just as the strangulation was.
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If that's the line to be taken, she would probably be happier still with a dead husband whose showplace in Cornwall could be sold. Much depends on whether or how much she had loved him. And to what extent would she prefer to be in America? I get the impression she's ready to go home, and the boys, too.
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I'm not convinced that Dick won't die from the drug, or turn into a vegetable, or become insane. I think Vita loves him and will stay married to him, but she's practical. She's not going to pine away and weep at his bedside. She'll do what she wants and what's best for her and her sons.