“What did you say to Strickland when you saw him?’(Said by me, the narrator of the story)
'I asked him to come with me to Holland.' (Said by Stroeve; “he” refers to Strickland)
I was dumbfounded. I could only look at Stroeve in stupid amazement.
'We both loved Blanche. There would have been room for him in my mother's house. I think the company of poor, simple people would have done his soul a great good. I think he might have learnt from them something that would be very useful to him.'
'What did he say?'
'He smiled a little. I suppose he thought me very silly. He said he had other fish to fry.’
W Somerset Maugham
Context: Strickland and Stroeve both loved Blanche, who had been the wife of the latter. Now that Blanche was dead, Stroeve didn’t blame Strickland but invited Strickland to go to Stroeve’s home, which was in the countryside, when Stroeve said the quoted sentences to Strickland. Both Strickland and Stroeve were currently in Paris, and Stroeve asked him to go to Holland, so it was in the future.
Hi. For the bold part, can I think of them as implied type III conditionals with reference to an unrealized future?
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zuotengdazuo For the bold part, can I think of them as implied type III conditionals with reference to an unrealized future? to an unrealized future of the past . Yes.
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zuotengdazuoFor the bold part, can I think of them as implied type III conditionals with reference to an unrealized future?
... to an unrealized future of the past.
Yes.
CJ