Post by todd on Sept 4, 2007 23:20:26 GMT
Annie's hope that her father will be returning soon (alas, most likely a futile one) prompted me to start this thread.
At present, we don't know why Anthony has suddenly gone off somewhere to parts unknown - beyond the fact that, according to Eglamore, he did that a lot in his youth as well. The timing of his departure, though, does strike me as ominous; only a few months after his wife dies, he heads off without even giving a proper explanation to his daughter (Annie has to find out by calling the hospital that Anthony left, instead of his alerting her to it). I hope that he had a good reason for doing that, but in light of Eglamore's earlier remark, I fear that Anthony took an attitude of "My wife's dead, my daughter's been sent off to boarding school - yes! I'm free, I'm free! I can once again indulge my passion for wanderlust, with no family to tie me down!"
It's possible that he had a specific purpose for doing it, of course - maybe he's on a secret mission and didn't want to desert Annie, but decided that he had to do so if the mission was of great importance. We don't know as yet. (Though I might add that Eglamore is hardly an unbiased source where Anthony's concerned, for obvious reasons.)
At present, Annie is merely hoping that he'll show up - and in Chapter Six, when she first mentions his disappearance, even fears that it's her fault. But I wonder whether that'll change, and she'll come to start holding the same kind of quiet, well-mannered anger towards him that she does towards Muut. (Especially if she starts discovering more things about him during her time at Gunnerkrigg - which she probably will.)
When Anthony returns (if he does), he may have a lot of explaining to do.
At present, we don't know why Anthony has suddenly gone off somewhere to parts unknown - beyond the fact that, according to Eglamore, he did that a lot in his youth as well. The timing of his departure, though, does strike me as ominous; only a few months after his wife dies, he heads off without even giving a proper explanation to his daughter (Annie has to find out by calling the hospital that Anthony left, instead of his alerting her to it). I hope that he had a good reason for doing that, but in light of Eglamore's earlier remark, I fear that Anthony took an attitude of "My wife's dead, my daughter's been sent off to boarding school - yes! I'm free, I'm free! I can once again indulge my passion for wanderlust, with no family to tie me down!"
It's possible that he had a specific purpose for doing it, of course - maybe he's on a secret mission and didn't want to desert Annie, but decided that he had to do so if the mission was of great importance. We don't know as yet. (Though I might add that Eglamore is hardly an unbiased source where Anthony's concerned, for obvious reasons.)
At present, Annie is merely hoping that he'll show up - and in Chapter Six, when she first mentions his disappearance, even fears that it's her fault. But I wonder whether that'll change, and she'll come to start holding the same kind of quiet, well-mannered anger towards him that she does towards Muut. (Especially if she starts discovering more things about him during her time at Gunnerkrigg - which she probably will.)
When Anthony returns (if he does), he may have a lot of explaining to do.
