Halfway through The Lady of the Shadows. Struck again by King’s ability to distill the human condition into his characters. In many ways, he seems to be developing contemporary archetypes with the introduction of the Three. Odetta/Detta an extreme example of the duality within, an iteration of Venus/Lilith, the composed socialite vs the feral temptress. Savoring the narrative, knowing that the Work in this chapter is to integrate the two into a new, unified self.