Led to believe by his slightly romantic letters that Louisa’s feelings are reciprocated, we eventually learn – and so too does Louisa – that Jack has been engaged to Grace Horne from before he went overseas. Receiving a random – and somewhat meaningless – letter from Jack (who explains that he knows Louisa from the library though she does not know him), Louisa responds and the two start up a regular correspondence, which leads to Jack asking for a photo of Louisa and her resulting infatuation with him. What powers the story is the initial, epistolary relationship between Louisa – a librarian – and Jack Agnew – a resident of Carstairs who is away at war (the story starts in 1917).
Taken from the collection entitled Open Secrets, this short-story is very much concerned with what is and is not revealed and the secrets and secret lives we keep and lead beneath the lived, visible surface. You could look up from your life of the moment and feel the world crackling beyond the walls.’ p. Urn:oclc:835896118 Republisher_date 20120917060436 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120907030246 Scanner .‘Now she felt what everybody else did – a constant fear and misgiving and at the same time this addictive excitement. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:44:37 Boxid IA157204 Boxid_2 CH109101 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1.
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