my favorite detail

Sincere 2022-04-23 07:02:36

My favorite detail is that the male lead finally found the female lead, and the female lead said she would not go back to the manor. The two of them sat under the promenade and saw the neon lights suddenly light up in the evening, and local young people cheered and applauded. The male protagonist asked: "Why do they applaud for turning on the lights?" The female protagonist said, "The locals have always been like this, and the night is the best time for them." They are all small towns, and this town is so different from the town where the male protagonist has always lived. ——The male protagonist is restrained and conservative, and the town is warm and relaxed. The heroine has joined the town, which is a deeper reason for her reluctance to go back to Darlington. The heroine encountered difficulties emotionally, so she would naturally think of the past days and the man she once loved, so she wrote that letter. When the temporary pain is over (not just because her daughter is pregnant, the nostalgia for the past is only temporary), she will still choose to return to reality and return to her husband who has always loved her dearly.
The male protagonist also said that the period when the female protagonist was in the manor was the heyday of the manor, and it is not what it used to be now. The meaning here is that he also does not want the heroine to go back. In fact, the male protagonist has found another step for himself, showing that he is thinking about the female protagonist everywhere, even though he really hopes that the female protagonist will come back. The service personality is incurable.
The male protagonist went all the way to pick up the female protagonist with fantasies, but in the end it was nothing. At this time, it is not to blame for the male lead's repression and restraint, he has tried his best to show his love for the female lead. However, their chance to be together has passed. Don't expect a woman to be entangled with the past once she's past her fantasy period. Men who are obsessed are often men, men who regret it.

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The Remains of the Day quotes

  • Miss Kenton: [about a new housemaid] You don't like having pretty girls on the staff, I've noticed.

    [teasing]

    Miss Kenton: Might it be that our Mr Stevens fears distraction? Can it be that our Mr Stevens is flesh and blood after all and doesn't trust himself?

    Stevens: [with the faintest trace of a smile] You know what I'm doing, Miss Kenton? I'm placing my thoughts elsewhere as you chatter away.

    Miss Kenton: ...then why is that guilty smile still on your face?

    Stevens: Oh it's not a guilty smile. I'm simply amused by the sheer nonsense you sometimes talk.

    Miss Kenton: It *is* a guilty smile. You can hardly bear to look at her. That's why you didn't want to take her on, she's too pretty.

    Stevens: Well, you must be right Miss Kenton, you always are.

  • Miss Kenton: I don't know what my future is. Ever since Katherine, my daughter, got married last year, my life has been empty. The years stretch before me and if only I knew how to fill them. But, I would like to be useful again.