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 Binchy, Maeve
Mary Katherine. She was christened Mary Katherine McMahon. It is mentioned several times, though quite late.
Green Lake. ... though Kit thinks that the lake sometimes really looks like crystal. Interesting enough, the novel is called "The Glass Lake", not "The Green Lake" - but the German title is "The Green Lake".
his stutter. Sister Madeleine lives in a hut near the lake, and everyone comes to visit her from time to time and tells her their problems. She is always ready to help. When Emmet comes to her, she reads poetry with him, and Emmet's stutter starts to go away.
doctor. Peter Kelly is Martin McMahon's best friend. They often go together to Paddles' pub to have a beer or two. The other pub in Lough Glass is called Shea's and is located just opposite the Central Hotel.
she burns the letter her mother left on Martin's pillow. Kit thinks that Helen McMahon committed suicide and that the letter she left proves it. So she burns it without reading it in order to make it possible for Helen's body to be buried in sacred ground (for suicide is a sin). Actually, Helen went away with her first and only love, Louis Gray, and she explained everything to Martin in the letter.
Ivy Brown. Ivy is actually the first person to call Helen "Lena", and Louis likes the name, so they stick to it. "Lena Gray" is born.
Dawn Jones and Jessie Millar are Lena's colleagues, and Kathleen Sullivan is Stevie's mother. She owns a gas station in Lough Glass.
Dryden. Louis works in the Dryden. His boss is James Williams, who later develops a crush on Lena. Louis has a very good job at the hotel, but he also uses it to cover his several affairs.
The Central Hotel is in Lough Glass and is owned by Dan and Mildred O'Brien. Their son Philip has been in love with Kit for years.
for Kit's 13th birthday. Lena desparately wants to know how her kids are doing, so she gets in touch with Kit, pretending to be an old friend of Helen's. She sends her letters to Sister Madeleine, who seems to know about the whole thing. Kit and Lena stay in touch for some years, until Kit travels to London and wants to visit her. That's where she learns that Lena Gray is actually her mother, whom she had thought to be dead.
Mr. Tyrone. Louis, who is constantly untrue to Lena, has left her, but some time later he returns to her. Ivy calls Lena to tell her that he just came for the keys, and since she knows that Dawn, Lena's colleague, is listening, she employs a "code" - she calls Louis "Mr. Tyrone" after Tyrone Power, because Louis looks so much like a movie star.
Lena sends Kit a dress for the wedding. Lena is very relieved to hear that Kit doesn't tell that she's still alive. She sends her a dress for Martin's and Maura's wedding, and after a while, the two of them get in touch again.
the mentally slightly disordered man who mugged Mrs. Sullivan and Martin McMahon. He lives with Sister Madeleine for about six weeks.
Dawn. Lena hears Dawn say something about a guilty conscience because Lena is so nice, and she slept with her husband. Lena then fires her, although Dawn is very good in her job.
Grace owns the beauty salon that Lena always goes to.
Emmet had begged her to do so. Emmet is madly in love with Clio's sister Anna, but she has dumped him for Stevie. So Emmet begs Kit to make a pass at Stevie in order to distract him from Anna. None of them would have thought that things would turn out to become serious between Kit and Stevie.
Kit. Sister Madeleine leaves Lough Glass and goes to a nunnery.
he made Kevin's and Michael's sister Mary Paula pregnant and has to marry her. Mary Paula is the sister of Clio's boyfriend Michael O'Connor. Lena seems to cope with it, but on the wedding she turns up and is just about to do something when Kit spots her and holds her back. We never learn what Lena wanted to do, but she had nearly lost her mind.
Yes. She hides in the bushes when the ball at the Central Hotel takes place. Kit hears that she is there, but when she sets out to find her, Lena is gone. She later asks Stevie to make a call and check if Lena is alright.
she dies in a car accident. Louis calls Lena and threatens to tell the truth about her. Lena hangs up on him, but at night she drives to Brighton and has an accident. Kit forces Louis to attend the funeral.
they have been together for several months, are happy together and want to get married in a few years' time. Quite an unusual ending for Maeve Binchy, but I like it the way it is.
I hope you enjoyed this quiz, and I hope that you loved this wonderful book as much as I did.
Cater a party for her mother-in-law. This was the first occasion Cathy had to prove herself to her mother-in-law through her work. All of her help was late, and the pressure was overwhelming, but the food was a triumph!
| After a disastrous encounter with cheap red wine and a bit of a domestic dispute, Tom left the glamorous party he was attending and wandered the streets of Dublin. What treasure did Tom find on that New Year's Eve? | "Scarlet Feather" by Maeve Binchy
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A new premises. It must have been fate. After a worrisome and stress-filled evening, Tom was completely rejuvenated as the long-awaited premises appeared before him on his way home.
Maud and Simon. The twins' arrival during the middle of the New Year's cocktail party caused maximum chaos at the Mitchell household.
Waterview. Their complex was full of other young professional couples with no children. Until the young Mitchells arrived, of course!
Lawyer. Neal had a great passion for helping the underprivileged, especially refugees.
Too many guests, not enough food. The hosts had tried to get their bill reduced by telling Cathy and Tom that far fewer people were invited. Cathy and Tom got everyone plastered in self-defense against the shortage of food.
Rice and Fish. Kedgeree is composed of boiled rice, chopped hard-cooked egg, cold minced smoked haddock, and a lump of fresh butter. These are all cooked together with mace and cream. I know there are infinite variations on this recipe, and note that many have strong views on what goes into a kedgeree, especially the spices. Cathy and Tom recycled the kedgeree at the christening party, bringing this starter out at the end of the evening to use as blotting paper for all of the drunks they had created.
Mistress and servant. Cathy's mother once cleaned for the Mitchells, and the fact that Cathy, the daughter of her former maid, had married into the family was a constant source of irritation for Mrs. Mitchell.
Marcella. Marcella Malone was a beautiful manicurist with dreams of becoming a model. At the beginning of the book, she and Tom had been together for several years.
Beef in pastry with mushrooms. This recipe also includes Madeira, truffles, and fois gras. This is not an inexpensive dish! Cathy made one of these especially and brought it back to thank her parents for watching the twins, who thought she "nicked" it from someone who had paid her for it.
Muttie and Muttie's wife. They began calling Lizzie Scarlet "Muttie's wife", as they didn't know her actual name. Later, they kept it up out of habit, though they also occasionally called her Lizzie.
St. Jarlath's Crescent. St. Jarlath is an Irish saint, known primarily for opening a famous college in the 6th century. His feast day is June 6th.
Baby chickens. June was working with some poussins in the catering kitchen, triggering Cathy's morning sickness and letting the cat out of the bag about Cathy's pregnancy.
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