You know I've never read The Blue Castle, and I have been aware for a long time that I ought to, but this pushes it higher up the list than anything else ever has.

That sounds like a wonderful discussion, I wish I'd been there for it! THE CAT IS INDEED PERFECT. The way that the silly pageantry of the coven is clearly all wrong for Lolly whatever it's bringing to the rest of the village is also perfect; Lolly's Satan is not a public Satan, the way that Lolly shrinks from any aspect of her life being a public thing. It's all private, quiet, personal and individual to her.

I would also really love to read Naomi Mitchison's thoughts about it.