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Viewing comments for Chapter 4 "'We Will Remember Them'"Book 2 of the Cleeborough Mill Trilogy
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Comment from greyson ernst
this is really really good i love it im exited to read your other chapters and as always keep writing and stay safe to you and yours have a happy 2021
sincerely Greyson Ernst
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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this is really really good i love it im exited to read your other chapters and as always keep writing and stay safe to you and yours have a happy 2021
sincerely Greyson Ernst
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Many thanks for your continued enthusiasm for this story.
Comment from RetroStarfish
This is such a lovely rendering. I thoroughly enjoyed this chapter.
The rector's response to suicide as a sin is so well articulated and makes me like the character even more than I already did. Having lived in a small town you have also captured the dichotomy of people who are tight with information, yet garrulous gossips during scandal.
As poignant as the conversation is, the plot is moved ahead as well.
Nicely done.
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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This is such a lovely rendering. I thoroughly enjoyed this chapter.
The rector's response to suicide as a sin is so well articulated and makes me like the character even more than I already did. Having lived in a small town you have also captured the dichotomy of people who are tight with information, yet garrulous gossips during scandal.
As poignant as the conversation is, the plot is moved ahead as well.
Nicely done.
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Thank you for this kind review and for picking up on that dichotomy, which is so definitive of small towns wherever they are found.
Comment from nomi338
I do so love the way this story is devolving. I love how you are connecting loose dots into a picture that I suspect will reveal a somewhat socking picture. This is a delicious story, almost mouth watering in its twists and turns. I love it!
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I do so love the way this story is devolving. I love how you are connecting loose dots into a picture that I suspect will reveal a somewhat socking picture. This is a delicious story, almost mouth watering in its twists and turns. I love it!
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Thank you once again for your enthusiasm for this tale and the six star reviews that you write.
Comment from Allezw2
Truly, a curious path this inquiry is taking. As if reaching for the meaning of an ancient artifact, unfamiliar in detail or function. The best of Arthur Conan Doyle in Watson's questions and rejoinders.
The forensic details gather a summary, of sort, of incidents set onto a possible parallel thread possibly related to the original quest.
Nicely done.
Live long and write well,
Fantasist
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Truly, a curious path this inquiry is taking. As if reaching for the meaning of an ancient artifact, unfamiliar in detail or function. The best of Arthur Conan Doyle in Watson's questions and rejoinders.
The forensic details gather a summary, of sort, of incidents set onto a possible parallel thread possibly related to the original quest.
Nicely done.
Live long and write well,
Fantasist
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Many thanks for this review. I am pleased that you are enjotying the story.
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Press on, Fantasist
Comment from robyn corum
Jim,
Nice job with this continuation of your story. This man seems intent on discovering what drove Warburton to a place where life wouldn't matter. A big task. I'm glad we get to watch. Thanks!
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Jim,
Nice job with this continuation of your story. This man seems intent on discovering what drove Warburton to a place where life wouldn't matter. A big task. I'm glad we get to watch. Thanks!
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Wot no spag! Many thanks for this kind review. I thought your 'place where life wouldn't matter' was an excellent concise definition of a battlefield. I might even use that one day!
Comment from damommy
This is very interesting story. The character are so real, they almost step out of my computer screen. Great details throughout. I'm really enjoying the conversation between Charles and the rector. They are delving into some deep subjects here. I agree with them about suicide being a crime. That never made sense to me. Nor does not burying them in consecrated ground. I'm sure God must understand how distorted their poor minds must have been to even consider such an irreparable sin.
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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This is very interesting story. The character are so real, they almost step out of my computer screen. Great details throughout. I'm really enjoying the conversation between Charles and the rector. They are delving into some deep subjects here. I agree with them about suicide being a crime. That never made sense to me. Nor does not burying them in consecrated ground. I'm sure God must understand how distorted their poor minds must have been to even consider such an irreparable sin.
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Thank you so much for this involved review of this chapter and for the lovely six stars. Of course all that is history now but I believed it was a burning question in many people's minds before the law was changed in 1961. The Lawyer Sir Charles Fletcher-Cooke QC was the principal figure behind the new legislation. He had been unsuccessfully trying to introduce such a bill for the decriminalisation of suicide for over a decade beforehand. So someone like Allen in 1925 would be seen as an early reformer in this respect.
Comment from nancy_e_davis
I can understand why Tom W. should want to die. The blizzard wiped out all of his hopes and dreams and he lost the love of his life when he left to join up. He was just existing after the fact. Jericho Farm is where he will find some answers. Good job, Jim. Nancy:)
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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I can understand why Tom W. should want to die. The blizzard wiped out all of his hopes and dreams and he lost the love of his life when he left to join up. He was just existing after the fact. Jericho Farm is where he will find some answers. Good job, Jim. Nancy:)
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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You have caught on to the nub of this story so well but, before we go to Jericho, we must investigate matters of public record. Maby thanks for this review.
Comment from Ulla
Hi Jim. A very interesting conversation indeed. I have to agree that a sin and a crime is certainly not the same. As I'm not religious, the notion that suicide is a sin let alone a crime is utterly alien to me. Suicide is a tragic decision some people take. Now, Jericho Farm! We are getting to the crunch of the matter. Ulla:)))
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Hi Jim. A very interesting conversation indeed. I have to agree that a sin and a crime is certainly not the same. As I'm not religious, the notion that suicide is a sin let alone a crime is utterly alien to me. Suicide is a tragic decision some people take. Now, Jericho Farm! We are getting to the crunch of the matter. Ulla:)))
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Many thanks for this review. Your views would receive approval from Peter Allen I am thinking.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Some good background information here and we are learning about the personalities of these two characters and the cautious nature of the lawyer, much enjoyed and the story is slowly unfolding, love Dolly x
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Some good background information here and we are learning about the personalities of these two characters and the cautious nature of the lawyer, much enjoyed and the story is slowly unfolding, love Dolly x
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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Thank you so much for this six star review review of this latest chapter. Allen will continue to influence the development of both this and the final book of the trilogy. The rector, nice chap though he is is less important to the series.
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You are most welcome x x x
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
My Tom didn't do anything awful when he left the farm, it was the loss of his sheep, and hope to marry Heather. That he should want to die because he'd lost everything he held dear is something many people feel. I'm so sad for him though. I wonder if those at Jericho Farm who knew him are still there. I'm glad we are learning more about him and what happened. Well done, Jim, another excellent chapter in this second book. :)) Sandra xx
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My Tom didn't do anything awful when he left the farm, it was the loss of his sheep, and hope to marry Heather. That he should want to die because he'd lost everything he held dear is something many people feel. I'm so sad for him though. I wonder if those at Jericho Farm who knew him are still there. I'm glad we are learning more about him and what happened. Well done, Jim, another excellent chapter in this second book. :)) Sandra xx
Comment Written 03-Jan-2021
reply by the author on 04-Jan-2021
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These questions of yours will be answered quite soon now. Many thanks for this review and your continued interest.