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I've partially reverted the most recent changes. There's no question that James intended a Catholic church. The story specifies that the church is a "temple of the old persuasion," and James wasn't talking about Zoroastrianism. The Notebooks entry also specifies a Catholic church. The sentence about Stransom suspecting that Hague had wronged the unnamed woman friend also doesn't need qualification. The woman herself says that she has "forgiven" Hague and that "Women aren't like men. They can love even where they've suffered."
I've reworded the qualification on Stransom's final readiness to forgive Hague. The last section of the story very strongly hints that the memory of Mary Antrim's charity and kindness have inspired such forgiveness. But there's room for a little doubt, because the story ends before Stransom can actually add a candle to the altar for Hague. Casey Abell 13:44, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Accordingly, I think the vagueness in both of the entries you've changed should remain. If James wanted it to be Catholic (Notebooks aside--the Notebooks are not the story), he would have said "Catholic," and as you say, Hague is never forgiven. This said, I won't change anything back to the way I wrote it, because you'll just change it again. But I think your changes are dishonest to the story in trying to pin it down in such a way.-Brian Becker
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I've partially reverted the most recent changes. There's no question that James intended a Catholic church. The story specifies that the church is a "temple of the old persuasion," and James wasn't talking about Zoroastrianism. The Notebooks entry also specifies a Catholic church. The sentence about Stransom suspecting that Hague had wronged the unnamed woman friend also doesn't need qualification. The woman herself says that she has "forgiven" Hague and that "Women aren't like men. They can love even where they've suffered."
I've reworded the qualification on Stransom's final readiness to forgive Hague. The last section of the story very strongly hints that the memory of Mary Antrim's charity and kindness have inspired such forgiveness. But there's room for a little doubt, because the story ends before Stransom can actually add a candle to the altar for Hague. Casey Abell 13:44, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Accordingly, I think the vagueness in both of the entries you've changed should remain. If James wanted it to be Catholic (Notebooks aside--the Notebooks are not the story), he would have said "Catholic," and as you say, Hague is never forgiven. This said, I won't change anything back to the way I wrote it, because you'll just change it again. But I think your changes are dishonest to the story in trying to pin it down in such a way.-Brian Becker