I suggested a while back that Judah had made sure that the judges at the tribunal would deliver a guilty verdict. At the time I was thinking that Judah would merely make sure that the judges were predisposed that way, but it occurs to me now that he could have cast a spell over them, which might (but you never can tell) have vanished when Judah was destroyed, causing them to wonder what they had been thinking to believe in witchcraft.
Bramwell!!!!
Yes!!!!! And he's as thrilling as I remember him! I reread
Wuthering Heights because of Bramwell. Alas, I still couldn't stand Heathcliff, but never mind, I still adore Bramwell. Not for marriage, of course, but he's lovely to watch, and to listen to, with that fierce growl of his.
More later or tomorrow--dinner is reaching critical mass.
I hope it didn't explode.
Gerard's death always leaves me wondering about him. How bad was he, and how good was he? I don't think he tried to murder Quentin and Tad on the ship; since he hadn't met Samantha, there was no way he could be sure she would marry him. The much better course of action would be to follow Quentin home and then case the joint as Quentin's friend. And despite our knowledge, via Gabriel, that Gerard was a scoundrel, he still may have liked Quentin. Leticia said that the Gerard she originally knew would never have hurt Tad. Maybe that was true, maybe not. In 1995 Julia talked about how Gerard - which would have been Judah, apparently - could magnify any evil inside her (or something like that). Having Judah actually inside one would be a thousand times worse.