Series 10 - Episode 2 Discussion

[A Cousin]

Another one for the tickler file. I may be the last one to figure this out, but that Wordsworth poem Coaver quotes to Harry may have a deeper significance much like the use of Beethoven's moonlight Sonata during Harry's meeting with Elena. (Question from a non-Londoner: did they actually meet on the Westminster Bridge?)

Wordsworth wrote that poem when he and his sister were on their way to Calais to meet with his ex-mistress and illegitimate daughter. He wanted to marry his childhood sweetheart. The purpose of the trip was to come to some sort of arrangement regarding his obligations to the mistress and daughter as well as to clear his conscience towards them in order to marry. He had told the mistress that he wanted to marry nine years earlier but the war between Britain and France had made travel impossible up until then.

One to ponder....