How we cite our quotes: (Part.Date.Paragraph) or (Part.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #1
She was anxious last night because she didn't think I'd coughed up enough facts to count as a proper little Judas yesterday. (1.9.XI.43.6)
This does beg the question, how much betrayal is enough betrayal? At what point does one become a traitor?
Quote #2
That heading looks terribly official. I feel better already. Like a proper little Judas. (1.9.XI.43.12)
Apparently headings help with betrayal. Why does Julie say this makes her feel better?
Quote #3
(That is from Macbeth. He is said to be another of my unlikely ancestors, and actually did hold court on my family's estate from time to time. He was not, by all contemporary accounts, the treacherous bastard Shakespeare makes him out to be. Will history remember me for my MBE, my British Empire honor for "chivalry," or for my cooperation with the Gestapo? I don't want to think about it. I expect they can take the MBE away if you stop being chivalrous.) (1.10.XI.43.27)
Julie leaves these little breadcrumbs for us throughout her narrative, telling us she's not quite the traitor she's making herself out to be, either. Macbeth is a play by Shakespeare, but the title character is based on an actual historic person—and Julie tells us that the story and the truth of the matter are different, much like her own case.