I never thought about the connection between Mortmain/Marchmain, I always thought it was a reference to the father’s writer’s block (dead hand?) Maybe that’s too much of a leap…
I've seen the dead hand mentioned, it does seem logical. I may be stretching a bit with the Brideshead connection but it did leap out at me, and the timings are right!
I never thought about the connection between Mortmain/Marchmain, I always thought it was a reference to the father’s writer’s block (dead hand?) Maybe that’s too much of a leap…
I've seen the dead hand mentioned, it does seem logical. I may be stretching a bit with the Brideshead connection but it did leap out at me, and the timings are right!