But, unlike Clarissa, he is not resistant. He is sensitive to the feel of the wind, the color of the sky, and the movements of grass. He is not merely the vague English official that has been suggested by various hints.
As it turns out Peter's intuition was accurate Richard is nostalgic for Norfolk. Peter's judgment, for example, that Richard would be far happier in Norfolk than in London, should be held in suspension until we hear or have verification from Richard himself it's possible that Peter could have been rationalizing. Peter Walsh has told us a few things about him, as has Lady Bruton, but sometimes one person's comments about another will reveal infinitely more about himself than about the other person. In this scene, the fragments fasten themselves to a large, chapter length portrait, and we finally meet the man Clarissa preferred to Peter Walsh.Ĭertainly Virginia Woolf has nursed our curiosity about Richard Dalloway. Our introduction to Richard, on the other hand, has existed only in very small fragments so far - as an instant in memory (Clarissa's) or in contrast to another character (Peter Walsh).
Clarissa Dalloway's character was introduced to us in fragments but the pieces were large and began to fit together rather easily.
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