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Chapter counting
21 March 2021 07:12 pmRight, I think I've finally finished my chapter 4 on Hertha.
Chapter 1, as published, is 'Hannibal'; chapter 2 is Hertha's backstory up to her marriage, all wrapped into the "ten minutes" (rather than longer than that in reality) it takes her and Raoul to get their coats and return to Christine's dressing-room, and ends on the drama of the mysterious voice behind a locked door, followed by the discovery that Christine has vanished. Chapter 3 covers Raoul's return home and account (to his wife) of the rest of that night, along with the backstory of Hertha's acquaintance with 'animal magnetism'. Chapter 4, which feels as if it has been going on for forever, covers Hertha's attempts to befriend Christine, and the backstory of Christine's father and of her earlier acquaintance with Raoul. And Chapter 5, on which I now seem to be embarked, will, I hope, cover the ill-starred performance of 'Il Muto' and events on the roof; I'd assumed we would reach 'Il Muto' by the end of Ch4, but that was obviously not going to happen.
( counting words )
Chapter 1, as published, is 'Hannibal'; chapter 2 is Hertha's backstory up to her marriage, all wrapped into the "ten minutes" (rather than longer than that in reality) it takes her and Raoul to get their coats and return to Christine's dressing-room, and ends on the drama of the mysterious voice behind a locked door, followed by the discovery that Christine has vanished. Chapter 3 covers Raoul's return home and account (to his wife) of the rest of that night, along with the backstory of Hertha's acquaintance with 'animal magnetism'. Chapter 4, which feels as if it has been going on for forever, covers Hertha's attempts to befriend Christine, and the backstory of Christine's father and of her earlier acquaintance with Raoul. And Chapter 5, on which I now seem to be embarked, will, I hope, cover the ill-starred performance of 'Il Muto' and events on the roof; I'd assumed we would reach 'Il Muto' by the end of Ch4, but that was obviously not going to happen.
( counting words )
