Ooh, my guess is it's the exact opposite - he's feeling the pressure of being abandoned (as he probably sees it) by Cowley and Murphy
To be honest I don’t even think I’d managed to convince myself! It was just a throwaway thought for discussion prompted by a remark from Cowley which I can’t find for the life of me find now so was probably drawn more from optimistic imagination than reality BUT there's also a slight implication contained in another observation made by Cowley:
Cowley, limping toward him along the viewing gallery, thinks that he would probably like his face to be blacked up with cork, ready for a night mission or to emerge from the shadows of the range and scare the crap out of whichever recruit whose incompetence has drawn his attention.
i.e. that Bodie would far rather be out and about on manouevres or whatever it is the SAS do. (Sorry can't spell that word but if I go and look for the correct spelling I'll lose this.)
But I think I much prefer your reasoning because of this other comment from Cowley:
The point is this -- can you persuade one of those men out there that he likes you well enough, respects and trusts you enough, to want to work with you? One man, laddie. If you can't do that much, I have no use for you."
There. Bodie is thrown.
In truth, it’s probably a bit of both but it does seem coincidental that Bodie’s suddenly become more accommodating towards Doyle... but would that mean he’s aiming for a partnership with Doyle? Not too sure about that.
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Date: 2019-04-18 05:43 pm (UTC)Ooh, my guess is it's the exact opposite - he's feeling the pressure of being abandoned (as he probably sees it) by Cowley and Murphy
To be honest I don’t even think I’d managed to convince myself! It was just a throwaway thought for discussion prompted by a remark from Cowley which I can’t find for the life of me find now so was probably drawn more from optimistic imagination than reality BUT there's also a slight implication contained in another observation made by Cowley:
Cowley, limping toward him along the viewing gallery, thinks that he would probably like his face to be blacked up with cork, ready for a night mission or to emerge from the shadows of the range and scare the crap out of whichever recruit whose incompetence has drawn his attention.
i.e. that Bodie would far rather be out and about on manouevres or whatever it is the SAS do. (Sorry can't spell that word but if I go and look for the correct spelling I'll lose this.)
But I think I much prefer your reasoning because of this other comment from Cowley:
The point is this -- can you persuade one of those men out there that he likes you well enough, respects and trusts you enough, to want to work with you? One man, laddie. If you can't do that much, I have no use for you."
There. Bodie is thrown.
In truth, it’s probably a bit of both but it does seem coincidental that Bodie’s suddenly become more accommodating towards Doyle... but would that mean he’s aiming for a partnership with Doyle? Not too sure about that.