The Secret History, margin note 7, Chapter 5
"Deprendi miserum est."
– In the beginning of Chapter 5, when Francis came home after his rendezvous with Bunny to discover Henry in the middle of brainwashing Richard, Henry tried to console his nervous friend in Latin by saying:
"Deprendi miserum est, he said. To my surprise Francis laughed, a humorless little snort."
Here,
"Hatred seems to operate the same glands as love: it even produces the same actions."
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The Secret History, margin note 6, Chapter 2
"Consummatum est."
– These words appear twice in the novel:
first, when Henry took a shard of glass out of Camilla's foot (Chapter 2),
MAJOR SPOILER!
and second, when Richard recalled Bunny's murder (Chapter 6).
Someone surfing on the internet has already mentioned that this line belongs to the sayings of Jesus on the Cross.
The Secret History, margin note 5, Chapter 2
Henry Winter, flirting
– The first day of his visit to Francis's country house, Richard went on a little trip with Henry and Camilla in a boat. And here we have this introduction to some of Henry's habits:
"He had a habit, as I was later to discover, of trailing off into absorbed, didactic, entirely self-contained monologues, about
(They are all three out of barrels. GUIL is wary and nervous. ROS is
light-headed. The PLAYER is phlegmatic. They note the missing barrel.)
(ROS look round.)
ROS: Where's -?
(The PLAYER takes off his hat in mourning.)
PLAYER: Once more, alone-on our own resources.
GUIL (worried): What do you mean? Where is he?
PLAYER: Gone.
GUIL: Gone
Well, where has that got us?
ROS: He's the Player.
GUIL: His play offended the king-
ROS: -offended the king-
GUIL: -who orders his arrest-
ROS: -orders his arrest-
GUIL: -so he escapes to England-
ROS: On the boat to which he meets-
GUIL: Guildenstern and Rosencrantz taking Hamlet-
ROS: -who also offended the king-
GUIL: -and killed Polonius-
ROS: -offended the king in a variety of ways-
GUIL: -to England. (Pause.) That seems to be it.
(ROS jumps up.)
ROS: Incidents! All we get is incidents! Dear God, is it too much to expect a little sustained action?!