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The Remains of the Day | Essential Passages by Theme: Misplaced Loyalty

Essential Passage 1: Day Two (Afternoon—Mortimer’s Pond, Dorset)

It is no doubt the quiet of these surroundings that has enabled me to ponder all the more thoroughly these thoughts which have entered my mind over this past half-hour or so. Indeed, but for the tranquility of the present setting, it is possible I would not have thought a great deal further about my behaviour during my encounter with the batman. That is to say, I may not have thought further why it was that I had given the distinct impression I had never been in the employ of Lord...

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