...unbroken contract. Her right hand skimmed slightly the end of the table, and when she had passed on 5 towards the sofa the carving knife had vanished without...breast of his sister, guardian and protector, the m resemblance of her face with that of her brother grew at every step, even to the droop of the lower...

...of inspiration reads like an instance of incarnation: knife in hand, Winnie approaches her husband "as if the homeless soul of Stevie had flown for shelter...the breast of his sister, guardian, and protector" (SA 262). Jim's death, unlike Verloc's murder or Winnie's suicide, carries the further implication...

...Winnie becomes most like her brother when she is about to plunge a knife into her husband's heart: "As if the homeless soul of Stevie had flown for shelter straight to the breast of his sister ... the resemblance of her face with that of her brother grew at every step, even to the droop of the...