Yeah, it's great to hear the participants' own voices describing their experiences. Also really interesting when Macdonald juxtaposes dueling perspectives, like a section where a doctor notes that the war made him an atheist followed immediately by a nurse recounting how the war rekindled her faith in God.
I have just gotten to the part where Keith has TORN back to the fort (despite the fact that he's carrying dispatches!) because he's heard that Guthrie convinced Ewen that Keith betrayed him, and he just can't bear for Ewen to continue to believe such an awful thing, especially given that he has ALSO heard that Ewen has given up Lochiel's location and the only possible explanation is TORTURE. The FEELINGS. The LOYALTY. The ANGST. (Also Keith all "well, if it was philanthropy that prompted me to look after Ewen in the Sad Hut of Death, it certainly isn't philanthropy prompting THIS." WHAT COULD IT BE, KEITH? WHAT COULD IT POSSIBLY BE.)
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Date: 2021-08-23 08:54 pm (UTC)I have just gotten to the part where Keith has TORN back to the fort (despite the fact that he's carrying dispatches!) because he's heard that Guthrie convinced Ewen that Keith betrayed him, and he just can't bear for Ewen to continue to believe such an awful thing, especially given that he has ALSO heard that Ewen has given up Lochiel's location and the only possible explanation is TORTURE. The FEELINGS. The LOYALTY. The ANGST. (Also Keith all "well, if it was philanthropy that prompted me to look after Ewen in the Sad Hut of Death, it certainly isn't philanthropy prompting THIS." WHAT COULD IT BE, KEITH? WHAT COULD IT POSSIBLY BE.)