What was your take on why Billy and Eva didn't have sex while Dennis and his Irish girl were doing it right and left? Was this more of Billy idealizing Eva, his foolish propensity to let the lovely Present give way to the dreamed-of Future?
(I think if Sebastian Barry had written this book, his hopeless-romantic Irishman at least would have gotten some insane glory out of the deal before the cold reality set in!)
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It's a good question, especially because it seemed like Dennis and Billy's main goal in approaching the girls the first time was to get a little action.
I think yes, it had to do with Billy's idealizing Eva. He kept thinking of her as his perfect wife, the mother of his children, which made the thought of screwing around seem unholy. And after he thought she was dead, the idealizing was out of control. Not only was she the love of his life, but she was young and innocent and pure, struck down before she had really lived.
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