The Nawab’s last years
Verfasst von kristinhd am Mai 15, 2008
Obviously, the Nawab seems to have used Olivia all the time, as a symbol of revenge.
About his last years we know that Harry left him and returned to England. As they meet again the Nawab seems to have changed completely. He is not living in the Palace anymore, because his money problems in the end overwhelmed him. Therefore, he never brought Olivia with him, because he couldn’t afford it. He bought her a house far away in the mountains and lived there with her sometimes. He never speaks about her openly, she has become as secret as his mother.
Furthermore, he returned to spent more time with his wife Sandy and her family.
In addition, his outer appearance has changed very much. As he visits Harry he has become an old man of 50 years and enormously fat, looking almost like a woman. Also his problems have converted to little domestic ones, so that he seemed softer and milder. Surely he is still the ruler of the state, but as he hasn’t the right to decide about things going on in Kathm anymore, he is no longer interested in it. But still he has great financial problems ans feels ashamed about not being able to keep his inheritance in the same state as he got it.
One time he visited Marcia in London and she too said that he is a more interesting person than Douglas, but not her type.
Finally he dies in the arms of his old mother, the Begum, in New York, Park Avenue, some 15 years later.
Mai 16, 2008 um 10:11 Uhr nachmittags
Hi Kristin,
it seems like you put a lot of effort in your blog! It’s just great! I learn more and more about India and the story! You explained the Nawab’s change very well and you have a good structure so it’s easy to follow your thoughts!
I found a few mistakes, maybe it helps you.
You have swap your word order and say “He is not living in the Palace anymore …”. Grammatically, “Anymore” always belongs at the end of the sentence or in this case at the end of the first part. When you have it after “living” you say that he is dead.
And you should also change it here: “Surely he is still […] in Kathm anymore, he is no longer interested in it.”
You should delete the comma before after as it is a listing. “As he visits Harry he has become an old man of 50 years (,) and enormously fat, looking….”
When you use “Therefore” (Therefore, he never brought Olivia) at the beginning of a sentence, you have to do a comma after it. You have to detach “therefore” as you use it as an introduction which bridges this sentence with the one before. It would be the same when you have other words like “however”, “consequently” or “therefore” at the beginning.
So you should also put a comma here “Furthermore, he returned to spent more time…”
Do not make a comma here “…London and she too said, that he is a more…” as the “that” completes the “said”.
Cheers, Katja
Juni 19, 2008 um 5:05 Uhr vormittags
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Inebriation.