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I am gone" (B, p. 135)- At the conclusion of Justine,
Darley writes, "I realize that what remains unresolved
in my life is not the problem of Justine, "but the problem
of Melissa" (J, p. 231). These passages foreshadow a
symbolic resolution of the problem of Melissa in Darley's
union with Clea.
The problem of Justine is resolved in a different
manner. Growing tensions evident in Nessim cause Darley
to fear that, through an uncharacteristic jealousy, Nessim
is plotting Darley's death. With an attitude of resignation,
Darley goes to Nessim's annual duck hunt believing he may
be killed, but at the duck hunt the only human casualty
appears to be Capodistria, a lecher revealed to have been
Justine's childhood rapist. Clea speculates that Nessim
may have had Capodistria murdered in order to destroy the
psychological barrier caused by the rape and in this way
bring Justine closer to Nessim; but if such was Nessim's
intent, it proves futile, for after the duck hunt, Justine
flees Egypt, settling as a farm-worker in Palestine. With
Justine's abrupt departure, the first novel in the
Quartet draws to a close: Darley leaves Alexandria, teaches
school in the provinces for two years, and after Melissa's
death, retires with Melissa's and Nessim's daughter to an
island, where he recounts the above events in the book
he is to call Justine. Clea writes to Darley on his
island, hinting at a possible love relationship between
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Fordham, Glenn Wayne, Jr. The Psychological Orientation Towards Growth in Lawrence Durrell's "The Alexandria Quartet", dissertation, May 1981; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330626/m1/18/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .