Talk:Eric & Us

Incomprehensible

This paragraph is very difficult to understand: "Buddicom's cousin, Dione Venables, added a postscript to the memoir in 2006, suggesting that the real reason for the ending of Blair and Buddicom's friendship was the possibility that Blair, in an attempt to further their relationship, may have tried to rape Buddicom. Venables recalled that there was incident in 1921 in which Buddicom shouted, screamed and kicked before running home after Blair made advances on her, this interaction left her with a torn skirt and a bruised hip. Dione Venables responded by stating that Buddicom never interpreted Blair's adolescent fumbling as rape, but that the incident was merely a moment when his immature desires got the better of him"

Who is Dione Venables responding to? Surely not to Buddicom, nor to Blair. It appears Venables is responding to the allegation that Blair tried to rape Buddicom. But according to the first sentence, this allegation originates with Venables herself. Why is she responding to herself? And is Venables saying that this was a serious matter, as suggested by the first sentence, or that it was "merely" an immature lapse, as suggested in the final sentence? Venables seems to be responsible both for raising the allegation and for responding to it in a different vein. 83.233.192.41 (talk) 17:25, 24 May 2023 (UTC)