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From: revjack@radix.net (revjack@radix.net) Subject: Re: (whorl) Re: Digest whorl.v001.n057 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 02:11:20 GMT [Posted from Whorl, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun] On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:58:43 -0600, Kieran Mullen wrote: : How did Silk know Hyacinth's name when they first met? (Silk is hiding : in her bedroom, guards come in looking for intruder, and Silk plays role of : a "client". He tells Hyacinth to go back to sleep, calling her by name. She : remarks later that he got her name right.) The text is quite suggestive - : Silk feels as if something in him reaches out to Hyacinth w/o touching : her. When he was in the dressing room, he found a needler decorated with hyacinths, deduced that it was hers, and took a *big* chance when the guards broke in. : Here are (IMO) a few other big hidden questions: : : - Since Silk seems to come from a frozen embryo, does he have a : superhuman talent? He certainly seems to heal quickly. : - Why does the monitor send them to Blue, over their instructions? I'm still puzzling over this one, and the others. Patera Jack _________________ revjack@radix.net Questions or problems to whorl-owner@lists.best.com