Posted by Lyn on July 17, 2006 at 02:02:02 from 207.200.116.66 user LynMellone.
I actually am embarrassed even to ask this question, because I suspect the answer may be obvious to those who have steeped themselves in AR's personal history. Unfortunately, I am without access to a biography of AR to check and see if my question is answered there.
If AR's first marriage was so disastrous and miserable, such a mistake that he first went to Russia partly to escape Ivy, then why would he think to give the protagonists of Swallows and Amazons the family name of the first wife he was so unhappy with? Is there a logical explanation?