The thing that got me about Vita was the way she moved all the furniture around in Magnus’s house. I thought that was quite astonishingly rude. And I agree, that was a vile thing to say about Magnus. I read it as another aspect of Vita’s character, rather than a reflection of du Maurier’s attitudes.
She and Dick do seem to be a complete mismatch. But then is Dick to be believed about all this? We only have his version of the relationship.
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