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From: "Andrew Bollen" 
Subject: (urth) Silk & Malrubius
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:28:13 +1000

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A small point re Silk & Malrubius. I hink the reason people see a =
physical connection between them is the scene in Ch 19 of RTTW where =
Gurloes is chastising Sev; Oreb flies in sqwarking; Sev tells Gurloes it =
is Malrubius' bird; Gurloes hits Sev; Silk comes up behind Gurloes who =
panics when he turns & sees him.

Clealry, Sev doesn't really think Silk is Malrubius. He knows Silk is =
the same person he met previously, at which time he clearly did not =
identify Silk with Malrubius, and accepted that Silk was an astral =
visitor from another world - in Ch 13. I think the passage in Ch. 13 =
holds the clue here.=20

Silk fashions himself a torturer's robe bearing the same decorations as =
Gurloes' (whom he must have met before this scene, though we don't get =
to hear the details). Presumably he uses the same robe and decorations =
in Ch. 19. These decorations (the red trim to the hood mentioned in Ch =
19?) must be those appropriate for the Head of the Order.=20

In Ch. 19, what happens is this, I'm fairly sure. Sev sees Silk =
approaching up behind Gurloes; in the shadows, hooded and ornamented as =
the Head of the Order, Silk could be taken for the figure of Malrubius, =
to a suggestible mind such as Gurloes' may very well possess. =
Quick-thinking Sev plants the suggestion, and cowardly Gurloes panics at =
the supposed apparition.

I don't think there's any need to assume a very close facial resemblance =
between Silk and Malrubius: tall, white hair, shadowed by a hoood, =
decorations etc are enough for the trick to work.

Somtimes GW can be quite annoying with these little red herrings.

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A small point re Silk & Malrubius. = I hink the=20 reason people see a physical connection between them is the scene in Ch = 19 of=20 RTTW where Gurloes is chastising Sev; Oreb flies in sqwarking; Sev tells = Gurloes=20 it is Malrubius' bird; Gurloes hits Sev; Silk comes up behind Gurloes = who panics=20 when he turns & sees him.
 
Clealry, Sev doesn't really think Silk = is=20 Malrubius. He knows Silk is the same person he met previously, at which = time he=20 clearly did not identify Silk with Malrubius, and accepted that Silk was = an=20 astral visitor from another world - in Ch 13. I think the passage in Ch. = 13=20 holds the clue here.
 
Silk fashions himself a torturer's robe = bearing the=20 same decorations as Gurloes' (whom he must have met before this scene, = though we=20 don't get to hear the details). Presumably he uses the same robe and = decorations=20 in Ch. 19. These decorations (the red trim to the hood mentioned in Ch = 19?) must=20 be those appropriate for the Head of the Order.
 
In Ch. 19, what happens is this, I'm = fairly sure.=20 Sev sees Silk approaching up behind Gurloes; in the shadows, hooded and=20 ornamented as the Head of the Order, Silk could be taken for the figure = of=20 Malrubius, to a suggestible mind such as Gurloes' may very well possess. = Quick-thinking Sev plants the suggestion, and cowardly Gurloes panics at = the=20 supposed apparition.
 
I don't think there's any need to = assume a very=20 close facial resemblance between Silk and Malrubius: tall, white hair, = shadowed=20 by a hoood, decorations etc are enough for the trick to = work.
 
Somtimes GW can be quite annoying with = these little=20 red herrings.
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