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b"Oke of Oakhurst Part 3How awful Alice Oke is. Though the narrator praises her as a wonderful woman she seems wholly unpleasant to me, and though William Oke is painted as a bore, he seems a thoroughly decent and mistreated man driven to madness by his wife\\u2019s caprices.William is so driven to distraction by his love for this teasing woman that when he begins to imagine he sees Lovelock, and then tries to not to show his reaction, she asks him whether he has seen Lovelock \\u2014 his ghostly rivalWas the ghost of Lovelock real? Was Alice Oke really the reincarnation of the former Alice Oke? We can read it both ways.\\xa0Alice alludes to Lovelock being with her, but I was never sure whether this was just to tease her husband and she didn\\u2019t mean literally, even as a spirt, but is essence as an idea.\\xa0The issue of Oke thinking there would be no hops that year, when he previously has said it would be a bumper year and hops are there to be seen, is perhaps meant to indicate that he is losing his grip on reality. I cannot see any other reason for this incident to be reported to us. But I may be missing something.On the walk with the painter, Oke talks about having to save his wife from dishonouring herself \\u201cone way or another\\u201d. Perhaps the idea of killing her is already in his mind at this point, though I didn\\u2019t guess that at the time.\\xa0When he shoots her, the gun isn\\u2019t mentioned right there and then, but we remember we were clearly told how he had been cleaning and preparing the guns around the house,\\xa0so that was neatly set up.Alice Oke appears to have a Mixed Personalty Disorder with Histrionic and Narcissistic traits while William Oke seems to have sunk into a depression with psychotic features.\\xa0Poor bloke, old William Oke.The story was originally called The Phantom Lover but Vernon Lee later renamed it, Oke of Oakhurst and I think that William Oke crazed murderer that he became is really the hero.Our painter/narrator is merely a camera lens though which we see the tragedy.If You Appreciate The Work I\\u2019ve Put In Here\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/barcud (Become A Patreon) For Bonus StoriesOr\\xa0https://ko-fi.com/tonywalker (buy me a coffee) , if you\\u2019d like to keep me working.\\xa0https://bit.ly/somecomeback (Music)\\xa0by The Heartwood InstituteSupport the showVisit us here: www.ghostpod.orgBuy me a coffee if you're glad I do this: https://ko-fi.com/tonywalkerIf you really want to help me, become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/barcudMusic by The Heartwood Institute: https://bit.ly/somecomeback\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"