One character in this novel compares her husband to a white purebred bulldog that she had once whipped raw and left out in the weather to freeze. Minor characters in this novel include O Nine Morgan, whose wife has run off with a boxer who wants to kill him, and the soldier turned classical scholar Lieutenant McKehnie, and the protagonist is constantly reassured in this novel by the recurring image of George Herbert composing poetry on a hill. The protagonist's brother Mark marries his mistress Marie Leonie Rioter in part four of this novel, The Last Post, while part t
One character in this novel compares her husband to a white purebred bulldog that she had once whipped raw and left out in the weather to freeze. Minor characters in this novel include O Nine Morgan, whose wife has run off with a boxer who wants to kill him, and the soldier turned classical scholar Lieutenant McKehnie, and the protagonist is constantly reassured in this novel by the recurring image of George Herbert composing poetry on a hill. The protagonist's brother Mark marries his mistress Marie Leonie Rioter in part four of this novel, The Last Post, while part three of this novel, A Man Could Stand Up, features a flashback in which the protagonist saves the lives of two fellow soldiers only to be berated for his dirty uniform by General Campion. Title to the protagonist's family estate at Groby is carefully kept away from his repeatedly unfaithful wife Sylvia, whom he eventually divorces to marry Valentine Wannop. For 10 points name this cycle of four novels about Christopher Tietjens by Ford Madox Ford.
One character in this novel compares her husband to a white purebred bulldog that she had once whipped raw and left out in the weather to freeze.
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