One of the views of love to be found in the novel is the cold, hard, selfish love which is seen in the actions of Lady Barbara d'Orsey. Throughout her flings in the text, Barbara acts very cold to her lovers. She does love them, if only for the attention they attract to herself, but she fails to show an iota of emotion should they have the misfortune of being injured, having no care whatsoever for their emotions. She refuses to even let them hea

For those who grew close to him, Robert felt a very strong romanticized love. For Rowena, Robert felt the purest strongest love he could imagine. She was the first person he had ever seen and he was able to remember what he had thought and how she had looked which shows this to have been very important to him. He felt responsible for her well being and blamed himself when she died, and didn't forgive himself for letting her down. Her death affected him so much that he left for the war, to try and make himself feel better by helping others to stop pain and suffering, for he thought that was what soldiers do. Yet when he realized the difference he didn't lose his sensitivity, compassion or love of animals, these traits blossomed in the face of all the death and pain, until his compassion led to his downfall and death. For his fellow officers and friends like Purchas, Harris, and Rodwell, Robert felt a sense of love which was very deep and meaningful. For Purchas whom Robert had known since childhood, he had a strong bond which was evident in the closeness of their friendship. With Harris, he felt a very strong emotional attachment which may or may not have been a sexual love but it was definitely a pure and powerful love. Through the time they spent together in the infirmary, they grew to be soulmates and Robert was crushed when Harris eventually died, a feeling which stays with him much like the memory of Rowena. The compassion which Robert displayed with his loved ones is comparable to that he feels for animals in general, but especially for those unfortunate enough to have been caught up in the war in which they were trapped along with him. For the horses Rowena's rabbits and even Rodwell's toad, Robert felt no less compassion and in some cases just as much as he did with Harris and Rowena. His final words after the siege and torching of the barn where he had holed up with his herd of freed horses, were words of concern for the welfare of the dog w

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